Ensuring Food Safety
In the New York Times, author Eric Schlosser calls upon the Senate to pass the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to to protect the nation's food safety.Restaurant Critics: An Endangered Species
Writing in Time, Josh Ozersky laments the shrinking number of professional restaurant critics.
The Case Against Men in the Kitchen
Is the adoption of home cooking by men good or bad for feminism?
Eat Frozen Fish, Save the Planet
Hey, fish eaters: wanna reduce carbon emissions? Two ecological economists and a food system researcher argue that you should switch from buying fresh fish to frozen.Of Grub and Grabbing
The concept of "grabbing" a bite or the drink is "just the most soulless and desperate submission to the marketing industry's money-spinning fantasy of busy modern life."In Defense of Waiters
Waiter-turned-author Phoebe Damrosch says that waiting profession deserves more respect, not to mention better wages and health insurance. She recommends a European-style service charge to cover those costs.
Times Presses Congress on Antibiotics and Livestock
The New York Times editorial page is calling upon lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow veterinarians to prescribe antibiotics to treat individual farm animals or prevent disease, but restrict routine feeding of antibiotics to farm animals.