April 9, 2010
Five Friday Favorites posts feature news articles from the food world, recipes which look amazing, or anything I find interesting, want to share, or think readers might like too.
Leave a comment and tell me what you think!
Can you be Vegan and still eat oysters?
1. This is an interesting article about being “vegan” and eating oysters. The author thinks one can do both. It’s certainly a unique perspective which I’ve never considered. But the comments on the post…wow are people opinionated, or what? Why must we label ourselves? Sometimes I eat vegan, sometime I eat pork, do I have to give myself a label?
A “Nano-Batch” for a Cause:
2. The wonderful people who make Askinosie Chocolate are having an ebay auction to raise money for their Cocoa Honors program. Cocoa Honors is a local outreach program of Askinosie Chocolate in which a small group of students from Central High School in Springfield, Missouri will …
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April 2, 2010
I’d like to introduce a new section to the blog called “Five Friday Favorites.” These posts will feature news articles from the food world, recipes which look amazing, or anything I find interesting, want to share, or think my readers might like too.
Leave a comment and tell me what you think!
1. Trader Joe’s adopts sustainable seafood standards:
Trader Joe’s announced this week that they will sell only sustainably sourced seafood by the end of 2012.
From the Washington Post: “In announcement posted on its Web site, the grocery chain would remove species condemned by environmental groups from its shelves, establish a transparent sourcing policy and leverage its buying power to change the seafood industry. The phase-out applies to all fresh, frozen and canned seafood.”
Why is this relevant? Because Trader Joe’s is no longer the small grocery chain which started here in Southern California selling exotic foodstuffs from all over the world. They now have they …
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