Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill >> Autumn 2007. democrats, republicans, it’s all the same thing.

David Foster Wallace, author of Consider the Lobster, on feeling guilty about not being vegetarian. a friendly reminder to myself to drop fish from my diet.

Mirch Masala - Seattle, WA | Yelp. a much needed new indian resturant in capitol hill. well reviewed in the the stranger.

Five Easy Ways to Go Organic - New York Times Blog. milk, potatoes, pb, ketchup, and apples.

The Great Torontoist Challenge: Baguette Edition. i do love bread.

Springwise: Group dining made easy. cool site that helps solve the problem of organizing lots of people for meals or take-out orders.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Portland’s best coffee roaster is opening a new location in capitol hill where aurifice coffee used to be. what a great neighborhood.

6 Superfoods That Prevent Disease. hurray to broccoli and spinach.

RIP Frites | The Stranger. Frites, an utterly fantastic belgian fries stand in my neighborhood recently (and abruptly) closed for good.

The international meat industry generates roughly 18% of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions—even more than transportation. also, going veggie saves more CO2 then switching to a hybrid car.

Amazon.com: Slow Food Nation: A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat. think i might check this out.

Mini-Market by Tempo. college street asian catch-all. i thought everything was good. mussels and tilapia were awesome.

Mother Dumplings. dumplings right near spadina & dundas. open ’til midnight. i just got gorged for like $6.

The Seattle Times: A Kirkland cafe with no prices. the place is called terrabite and you pay whatever you think you should.

Rolling Stone : Pork’s Dirty Secret: The nation’s top hog producer is also one of America’s worst polluters. in the last 4 years i’ve probably been asked 1000 times why i’m vegetarian. i think my new answer will be “why aren’t you?”. via 3rdparty.

Canada goes to WTO over U.S. corn subsidies. wonder if this will go anywhere?

TIME.com: Secret Suppers. underground restaurants where you pre-pay. via 3rdparty

Amazon.com: The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan. check out the video with the author. bill maher does too much of the talking but they do get to how messed up western diets are.

Next for NYC Trans Fat Ban: Enforcement. washington post article about the restaurant trans-fat ban recently passed in nyc.

The Secret of Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work - New York Times. a method for making good bread with as little work as possible.