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Tonight in NYC! Panel on Food Literacy at The New School

This is a last-minute heads up, but if you are free tonight, there is a discussion at The New School titled "What's for Dinner? The Rise of Food Literacy." Get some insight into all of those words ...

The New Farm Bill: What's In It?

So - how about a little Friday afternoon politics? We've been following the passage-veto-override of the new Farm Bill with some interest. The infighting amongst our two major political parties has be...

Edible Nation: The Official Blog of Edible Communities

If issues of your local Edible Community publication are too far and few between for your liking, check out Edible Nation! Bruce Cole and Kurt Michael Friese are the official bloggers for the Edible ...

Reality Bites: Food Banks Hit by the Rising Food Costs

Reading this article from the Boston Globe, "Squeezed by Prices, Pantries Ask for Help," should have felt like more of a shock. But really, it just made grim sense. Of course food pantries and homele...

Blogging the NY Times: Confusing Reports on Commodity Crops

With rising food costs, subsidized US corn glutting the market, and the dollar becoming further devalued, we've all been getting a crash course in Economics 101 these past few months. But the New York...

Salmon Fishing Ban, Grocery Budgets, Mangosteens, and Raw Milk Ban Possible
Top food news for April 14-18

Here's our weekly food news roundup. Read all about food-borne illnesses, grocery budgets, irradiated food, and more!...

Mission Accomplished! The Cindy McCain (Or Is That The Food Network) Recipe Challenge

Remember when we posted the Cindy McCain recipe challenge? We said that any patriotic reader who made all seven of the recipes listed on McCain's website as "McCain Family Recipes" would receive a Dem...

Are Bananas Going Extinct?

Whether we slice them over cereal or put them in our backpacks for an afternoon snack, we certainly do love our bananas. But lately we've been hearing more and more news that our beloved banana may be...

France Says "Non!" to Genetically Modified Food

Genetically modified food is quite common in the United States, but Europeans have long been suspicious of it, particularly in France....

Straight Up: The Trouble With Irish Whiskey (and James Joyce Cocktails)

NY City Council Green Carts Program Putting More Fresh Produce in "Food Deserts"

Food deserts are areas where communities don't have access to healthy, fresh food. Communities are blocked for economic and geographic reasons from accessing good food. Last week, New York City coun...

Does the US Government Actively Discourage Local Food?

We talk a lot about local food here at The Kitchn. We believe that your cooking can be better when informed by your local seasons and crop cycles. We also want to stay connected with local farmers and...

In the News: Food Prices to Keep Rising

We read today that US economists are predicting food prices could rise 3-4% this year. They rose 4% this past year, and a global demand for grain is pushing prices up consistently. Food experts and...

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

Last week, I received a forwarded email from a friend, and the only reason I opened it was because the subject was "World Food Consumption" so it seemed like something I should read. You may have see...

Bad Beef Update: Was the USDA Recall a BIG SHAM?

So. We were reading one of our favorite food blogs, Tigers & Strawberries, where Barbara always has pointed and educated things to say on current food news. Regarding last weekend's massive reca...

Good Beef: How to Find Local Meat

We were sobered by last weekend's massive beef recall and strengthened in our resolve to be very careful where we buy our meat. We are cooking a big beef curry this weekend for some friends and we are...

2008 Candidates on Food: Barack Obama

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

2008 Candidates on Food: John McCain

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

2008 Candidates on Food: Hillary Clinton

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

USDA Ground Beef Recall: 143 Million Pounds of Beef from California Slaughterhouse

Big news this weekend: over 143 million pounds of ground beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse have been recalled by the USDA after a whistle-blower animal-rights activist video showed crip...

2008 Candidates on Food: Ron Paul

What do each of the 2008 presidential candidates have to say about food, agriculture, organics, sustainable farming and other key issues in today's food economy? We can hardly give an in-depth analysi...

Text Message for Safe Fish

We love our wallet card and all, but the information on sustainable seafood changes so rapidly, if you don't remember to download the new one each season, you can be left at the fish monger wondering ...

Price Check: Coping With Rising Food Costs

We started a conversation about the rising cost of groceries yesterday. Kitchn readers shared their concerns and questions. Many of you said the rising prices hurt and some agreed that eating out is...

Organics Food Industry Facing a Crunch

Are prices for organic produce and milk about to go up, up, up? The demand for organic food went up 21% in 2006, and continued to go up sharply in 2007. Other factors, like the demand for biofuels, ...