Food bloggers’ annual raffle, Menu for Hope, is on again and with 100 hours left to run, chances are good that you’ll win prizes aplenty. Get over to Chez Pim to check out the full list or to Tomato for the South East Asian edition. I’m not offering a prize this year because I doubt… Continue reading Menu for Hope 5: 100 hours left
Month: December 2008
ACA goes after faux import beer
Guess what? Blogging can change the food system. A few months back I wrote about faux import beer: the beer that looks imported but is actually brewed locally or by some third party. Yesterday, in The Age: The Australian Consumers Association is demanding clearer, more prominent labels on bottles of foreign beer made locally under… Continue reading ACA goes after faux import beer
Future of Fish in the NYT
It’s taking me a while to catch up on my reading at the moment, but Mark Bittman’s overview of the decline of fish is worth a look. From Bittman: Industrial aquaculture — sometimes called the blue revolution — is following the same pattern as land-based agriculture. Edible food is being used to grow animals rather… Continue reading Future of Fish in the NYT
Food Pornographers against Internet Censorship
Bananas! If you haven’t been following Australian news, the Australian Government is about to embark upon its attempt to censor the Internet (or at least, censor websites and not HTTPS, IPv6, encrypted data or the torrentz, which is where the depraved of Australia will flee to get their porny fix). For me, it is going… Continue reading Food Pornographers against Internet Censorship