AltWeeklies Wire
Scaling Up the Local Food Economy Depends on Finding Regular Buyersnew
On a recent flight between Santa Fe and Portland, Ore., my peanut and cracker offerings struck me as particularly pathetic. What if, I wondered, airlines picked up exciting and regionally characteristic snacks each time planes stopped in different locations?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Zane Fischer |
10-29-2009 |
Food+Drink
SOLE Food: Eating Organically (and Responsibly) on a Food-Stamp Budgetnew
Given this brave new economy and our financially fragile place within it, when feeding my family do I now have to choose between my beliefs and my budget? Only one way to find out.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
10-13-2009 |
Food+Drink
Sure, Food Prices Are Rising, but Trust Me, They're Sell-Offsnew
Only time will tell if we're at the point in the food debate to pop the taboo question: how come, despite widespread grousing about rising prices, our food is so bizarrely cheap?
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-14-2009 |
Food+Drink
The Economy of Las Vegas' Dining Scene Remains Strongnew
Only the stodgiest observer will hesitate to call Vegas a great restaurant city. It is a food destination, one constructed in unique haste without the strongest foundation. Could it all come crumbling down in this economic free fall? Nope.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Brock Radke |
07-17-2009 |
Food+Drink
Three of New Haven's Top Chefs Show How to Maintain Lavish Eating Habits in a Dismal Economynew
These dark days call for a Gastronomic Stimulus Package, a plan for the nation that will allow the American people to eat well on a budget.
New Haven Advocate |
Thomas MacMillan and Margaret Middleton |
04-21-2009 |
Food+Drink
With Foodie Foresight, Eat Well and on Budgetnew
Times might be tough, but with a little foodie foresight, you won't be so broke that you'll have to resort to stone soup.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
03-23-2009 |
Food+Drink
Can People Eat Nutritiously on Food Stamps?new
I spent Feb. 4 through Feb. 10 eating a highly nutritious, low-carb diet for $33.07, or $4.72 per day, less than food stamps provide. For a month in 2007 my wife and I ate a higher-carb -- but still nutritious -- diet for $2.57 per day each.
Boulder Weekly |
Ari Armstrong |
02-23-2009 |
Food+Drink
Can California's Wineries Survive When Everyone's Buying Cheap Imports?new
Once the money flowed freely, but economic struggles and shrinking distribution are becoming a huge buzz kill for Northern California's acclaimed wine country.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jessica Fromm |
01-09-2009 |
Food+Drink
Spam: It's Not Just for Inboxes Anymorenew
Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
12-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Does Paying $20 for a Bottle of Wine Make Sense in Today's Economy?new
Virginia wine has a lot going for it. Still, for some people, it can't compete with lower-priced wine from places like Chile, Argentina and especially Australia.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
11-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Fine Wines for Hard Timesnew
It's ironic, given the recent massive bailout of Wall Street in the guise of making nice to Main Street, that some of the best advice on inexpensive wines should come from The Wall Street Journal.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
10-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, economic issues
Is the Slow Food Movement Out of Reach for the Poor and Working Class?new
Social activists, like Brahm Amadi, director of People's Grocery in West Oakland, are questioning the Slow Food movement's relevance in a place as stratified and class-based as the Bay Area.
East Bay Express |
Alastair Bland |
10-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Face the Economic Tough Times by Cooking Up Some 1930s-Style Foodnew
In May, one of the nation's largest cooking sites, AllRecipes.com, reported that traffic to recipe pages using low-cost ingredients nearly doubled in the first three months of the year and that searches for low-cost foods increased as much 107 percent. In June, I wrote about the recession-led increase in sales of Spam luncheon globs. And all that was before the economic downturn had turned into an economic smackdown.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food, recipes, cooking, eating, economic issues, Spam, Great Depression, AllRecipes.com, penny pinching
Mark Winne Examines the Politics of Eatingnew
The community food systems expert talks with us about how economic divisions in the US affect the way people eat. We also present an excerpt from Winne’s recent book, Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, which examines this problem in detail.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Mark Winne and Charlotte Jusinski |
07-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
