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Face the Economic Tough Times by Cooking Up Some 1930s-Style Food

San Diego CityBeat | September 24, 2008

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.

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Tags: food, recipes, cooking, eating, economic issues, Spam, Great Depression, AllRecipes.com, penny pinching

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To Shmeat or Not to Shmeat: Carcass Consumption vs. Dr. Frankenmeatnew

PETA argues that fake meat has the potential to eliminate the raising of animals for human consumption, while allowing those with a taste for tissue to continue enjoying their favorite meaty delicacies. Sounds like a win/win, but there are obstacles to replacing meat with shmeat, not least of which is widespread distaste at the very thought of a Frankenfurter or test-tube steak.

San Diego CityBeat | D.A. Kolodenko | 12-17-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: food, PETA, animal issues, vegetarianism, meat, fake meat, shmeat

Talking with Two Joe the Plumbers from San Diegonew

I found five Joe the Plumbers listed in San Diego. One's phone was disconnected and two didn't call me back. The two remaining Joe the Plumbers responded to my cold calls the day after the debate

San Diego CityBeat | D.A. Kolodenko | 10-22-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain, economic issues, Joe the Plumber, working class voters

Guitar Legend Mundell Lowe Looks Back, Moves Forwardnew

Mundell Lowe returned recently to the log cabin on the farm in southern Mississippi where he grew up, only to find the house is now a pile of logs. The man who owns the property is selling them off for six bucks apiece.

San Diego CityBeat | D.A. Kolodenko | 09-10-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: guitarists, Mundell Lowe

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