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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-17.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-17.jpg\" alt=\"txoko foie gras dinner\" title=\"txoko foie gras dinner\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41537\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Petit Sale, Foie Gras a la Plancha with Lentils at Txoko\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We hurried along in the cloak of darkness, skirting the lamp posts, our footsteps echoing on the wet cobblestone. We reached our destination, threw a quick look over our shoulders to make sure we weren’t being followed, and then approached the discreet door, solid, bolted. One long knock followed by three swift knocks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Password: \u003cem>quack quack\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003cstrong>foie gras dinner\u003c/strong> awaits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*****\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, so maybe it wasn’t quite so dramatic. But with California’s upcoming \u003cstrong>ban on foie gras\u003c/strong> slated for July 1 (\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040SB1520\">Senate Bill 1520\u003c/a>), who knows what kind of clandestine measures we’ll have to take to get a taste of the forbidden foie?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I predict a healthy black market, astronomic prices, and a resurgence of speakeasy grilles in the door design world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vivid imagination aside, the morality of producing, serving, and eating foie gras is a hotly debated, emotional topic from both sides. At the crux of the matter is the practice of \u003cem>gavage\u003c/em>, the use of a funnel inserted into the duck/goose’s esophagus to force-feed grain over the final few weeks of its life. Those in favor of the foie gras ban argue that the practice of gavage is cruel. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those against the ban counter that the animals do not suffer from gavage because of a number of \u003ca href=\"http://www.artisanfoiegras.com/articles/GuemeneLetter.pdf\">physiological reasons\u003c/a>. The digestive tracts of duck and geese, and other similar water fowl, are made to accommodate the swallowing of large prey, whole. They lack a gag reflex. Their esophagus is not sensitive and is lined with keratin, not the delicate mucus membrane found in humans. Unlike humans, the opening of a duck’s trachea sits in the middle of their tongue. Because of this anatomical feature, their upper respiratory tract is not blocked during gavage, so they are able to breathe during the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High profile chefs have taken stances of the matter. In a letter to fellow California restaurateurs, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2012/03/wolfgang_puck_sends_letter_to.php#more\">Wolfgang Puck\u003c/a> writes: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nAs a chef, a businessman, and someone who cares about the humane treatment of animals, I'm writing to let you know why I support this particular law, and why I hope you'll give it your full support, as well…We chefs have the ability to create delicious and original dishes our customers will love without causing torment to animals.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0504070058apr07,0,3549007.story?page=1\">Charlie Trotter\u003c/a> has also vocally spoken out against foie gras, while \u003ca href=\"http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/table-talk-frere-jacques/\">Jacques Pépin\u003c/a> calls California’s banning of foie gras \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nTotally ridiculous.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The debate over the ethics of foie gras is full of passionate opinions, but California’s ban brings up another issue of \u003cstrong>choice\u003c/strong>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/2009/02/01/shock-foie/\">Mark Pastore\u003c/a>, co-owner of \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto\u003c/a>, brings this point to light: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nReasonable people can disagree over the ethics of one’s chosen diet and the various practices of farmers, whether those farmers produce meat, fruits, or vegetables. Fundamentally, we believe that individuals ought to be free to determine how to live their lives, including their diet… \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We respect the right to oppose the production and consumption of foie gras. We relate to many of the reasons that some choose to do so. However, we no more cede control over our morality than we would presume to compel someone else to conform to our notions of how they ought to live their life. We do not grant permission to someone who has no legal, moral, or spiritual authority to impose their beliefs upon us, whether that person is demanding we adopt their point of view regarding foie gras, abortion, or what books we should read. These are all personal choices and should remain so.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-3.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-3.jpg\" alt=\"Txoko, SF\" title=\"Txoko, SF\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41532\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foie Gras Dinner, Txoko SF\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many restaurants have already started taking foie gras off their menu, others have done the exact opposite, choosing to honor the luscious lobe with special foie-centric menus. From the looks of the sold-out events, the countdown to July 1 has foie gras lovers eager to indulge while they can. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/10/dishcrawl-real-life-culinary-social-networking/\">Dishcrawl\u003c/a> is hosting a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dishcrawl.com/foiebattle/\">Foie Battle\u003c/a> -- a series of intimate foie gras dinners featuring various chefs at secret locations throughout the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/txoko-at-bar.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/txoko-at-bar.jpg\" alt=\"Txoko at bar\" title=\"Txoko at bar\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41539\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Txoko, SF\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I attended one of these dinners last week at \u003ca href=\"http://www.txokosf.com/\">Txoko\u003c/a> (pronounced \u003cem>CHO-ko\u003c/em>). The Basque-inspired restaurant is owned by \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2012/03/29/why-we-serve-foie-gras/\">Ryan Maxey\u003c/a> and chef \u003cstrong>Ian Begg\u003c/strong>, the same guys behind \u003ca href=\"http://www.nakedlunchsf.com/\">Naked Lunch\u003c/a> (and its claim to fame, the \u003cstrong>Foie Gras & Duck Prosciutto Sandwich\u003c/strong>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-11.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-11.jpg\" alt=\"Txoko bar\" title=\"Txoko bar\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41534\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Txoko Bar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cocktails by bar master \u003cstrong>Jason Brown\u003c/strong> are creative and dangerously tasty. I tried the \u003cstrong>Cool Hand Luke Fizz\u003c/strong>, made with Fighting Cock Bourbon, bitters, Mexican Coke, and frothy egg whites. Basically a bourbon float. Happy times. I’m already looking forward to future pintxos-laden happy hours so I can sample a few more of Brown’s concoctions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-8-v2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-8-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster in Foie Gras Cream\" title=\"Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster in Foie Gras Cream\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41533\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster in Foie Gras Cream\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our decadent meal started off with a \u003cstrong>Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster\u003c/strong> floating in a pool of \u003cstrong>foie gras cream\u003c/strong>, garnished with pickled cucumber, a chiffonade of anise-y flavored shiso, and vibrant droplets of chili oil. The starter was well-balanced and full of bright flavors to whet our palate. My dining partners and I all noticed that the foie gras cream had a familiar tang to it. After a few moments of flipping through my brain’s Filofax of flavor recognition, I had the answer: \u003cstrong>White Cheddar Cheez-Its\u003c/strong>. There was unanimous agreement that I was indeed spot-on correct. We called Ryan over to confirm. He insisted the cream was just made of foie renderings and cream…let’s just agree to disagree, Ryan. We know there’s pulverized Cheez-Its in there. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-13.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-13.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\" title=\"Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41535\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next came a \u003cstrong>Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\u003c/strong> with toasted almonds, muscato gelee, and arugula, over toasted pain de mie and slices of meyer lemon. The flavor of the foie gras torchon was beautiful, like salted butter set out on a path of seduction. The muscato gelee was a playful touch, cool on the tongue and brought out the sweetness of the meyer lemon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-16.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-16.jpg\" alt=\"Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop\" title=\"Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41536\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop in Foie Sauce\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop\u003c/strong> graced our table next, nestled over velvety potato coulis and hen of the woods cooked in a \u003cstrong>foie gras sauce\u003c/strong> fragranced with sage. The foie flavor was subdued in this dish and had to be sought out. The hen of the woods shone. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big foie finish was the \u003cstrong>Petit Sale\u003c/strong>, a, eye-popping portion of gorgeously seared \u003cstrong>Foie Gras a la Plancha\u003c/strong>, over a bed of creamy beluga lentils, fava beans, green garlic, and mirepoix. A few rosettes of sweet duck jamon (translation for Italians: duck prosciutto) adorned the plate. The crowning jewel was a perfect crispy puff of \u003ca href=\"http://lickmyspoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chicharrones-2.jpg\">4505 chicharrone\u003c/a>. The dish was at once fresh and Spring and luxuriously rich. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-18-v2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-18-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Foie Gras Ice Cream\" title=\"Foie Gras Ice Cream\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41538\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foie Gras Ice Cream\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know you’ve been wondering this whole time how a foie gras dessert would pan out. The answer is \u003cstrong>Foie Gras Ice Cream\u003c/strong>. Before you cringe, hear me out. I’ve tried sweets made with duck fat before…and it is a fine line. It takes restraint and the right flavor pairings to make it work. Txoko’s Foie Gras Ice Cream succeeds in doing just that. The foie flavor in the ice cream is subtle, so that you’re delighted when you look for it. It tastes vaguely of toasted nuts and coconut milk. The ice cream base is made with cream and foie gras renderings (similar to the foie cream in our first course, minus the Cheez-Its of course). Caramel-y prunes in syrup and bits of buttery shortbread cookies accompany the ice cream for a perfect ending to the meal. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From now until July 1, you can savor your forbidden foie gras at \u003ca href=\"http://www.txokosf.com/\">Txoko\u003c/a> -- their signature dish on the regular menu is \u003cstrong>Foie Gras a la Plancha\u003c/strong>, served with golden raisin sauce, caramelized Brussels sprouts, pain de mie, and duck prosciutto. They also offer a \u003cstrong>Four Course Foie Gras Prix-Fixe Dinner every Wednesday Night\u003c/strong> ($55 per person). The menu rotates on a weekly basis. All their foie gras is sourced from \u003ca href=\"http://www.artisanfoiegras.com/\">Sonoma Artisan Foie Gras\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*****\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the day, it's hard to weigh in on this controversial topic. It's a debate that has gotten \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/22/BA266523.DTL&ao=all\">ugly\u003c/a> before, even here in San Francisco, a place many of us like to consider above average on the tolerant and progressive scale. Will I start getting hate mail because I find foie gras delicious? (I really hope not). Is eating and enjoying foie gras ethical? Do animals suffer for my gastronomic pleasure? Are there more important issues concerning our nation's food systems that could benefit from all this energy debating foie gras? As someone who cares about what I eat, these are the questions I ask myself. At the same time, as someone who values the freedom of choice, S.B. 1520 sure feels like a slippery slope. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why not focus on responsible and humane farming? Crafting standards, promoting reform, supporting farmers who are treating their animals with care -- that sounds like a more productive, long-term plan than outright prohibition. \u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2012/04/in-favor-of-foie-gras-ken-frank-speaks-out.html\">Ken Frank\u003c/a>, chef of Napa Valley's \u003ca href=\"http://latoque.com/\">La Toque\u003c/a> recently wrote to the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nLet’s repeal AB 1520 [\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040SB1520\">sic\u003c/a>\u003c/em>], which will create the biggest black market since Prohibition, and replace it with the world’s highest standards for humane foie gras. A black market removes any incentive to treat the animals well and focuses instead on \"not getting caught.\" To be clear, it will not help the ducks. I’m advocating a \"win-win.\" Every chef I know supports humane farming. We’ll be happy to work with Mr. Burton and others that support humane farming to craft standards that establish California as the global leader in Humane Foie Gras.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"http://vegan.com/blog/2012/04/12/the-biggest-black-market-since-prohibition/\">The biggest black market since Prohibition\u003c/a>\" may be an exaggeration, given the market size of people who consume foie gras is a fraction of those who consumed alcohol during Prohibition, but the point is made. There will be a black market, and what will be the consequences of it? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'll leave you with this \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2009/02/01/foie-gras-duck-duck-goose/\">incredible story\u003c/a>. There is a man in the western region of Spain they call the \u003cstrong>Goose Whisperer\u003c/strong>. He cares for what may be the happiest geese in the world. They gorge on acorns and olives, figs too. They feel safe. They call to their wild brethren above and tell them to come down and join them in paradise, where they are protected and there is plenty of good food to eat. They are not force fed by humans. They produce the sweetest, richest, most sublime tasting liver possible. If we could figure out how to replicate this kind of foie gras farming, now that would be something. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Foie for Thought:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable.html\">Dan Barber's Foie Gras Parable on TED Talks\u003c/a> – Ecological, ethical, possible\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1919163,00.html\">Can Ethical Foie Gras Happen in America?\u003c/a> – The Goose Whisperer comes to New York\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/foie_gras_countdown/\">Sfoodie’s Foie Gras Countdown\u003c/a> – Where to get your foie fill before 7/1\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chow.com/food-news/105127/how-to-store-foie-gras/\">Russell Jackson, chef-owner of Lafitte, on How to Store Foie Gras\u003c/a> – Preparing for Foiemageddon\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, so maybe it wasn’t quite so dramatic. But with California’s upcoming \u003cstrong>ban on foie gras\u003c/strong> slated for July 1 (\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040SB1520\">Senate Bill 1520\u003c/a>), who knows what kind of clandestine measures we’ll have to take to get a taste of the forbidden foie?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I predict a healthy black market, astronomic prices, and a resurgence of speakeasy grilles in the door design world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vivid imagination aside, the morality of producing, serving, and eating foie gras is a hotly debated, emotional topic from both sides. At the crux of the matter is the practice of \u003cem>gavage\u003c/em>, the use of a funnel inserted into the duck/goose’s esophagus to force-feed grain over the final few weeks of its life. Those in favor of the foie gras ban argue that the practice of gavage is cruel. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those against the ban counter that the animals do not suffer from gavage because of a number of \u003ca href=\"http://www.artisanfoiegras.com/articles/GuemeneLetter.pdf\">physiological reasons\u003c/a>. The digestive tracts of duck and geese, and other similar water fowl, are made to accommodate the swallowing of large prey, whole. They lack a gag reflex. Their esophagus is not sensitive and is lined with keratin, not the delicate mucus membrane found in humans. Unlike humans, the opening of a duck’s trachea sits in the middle of their tongue. Because of this anatomical feature, their upper respiratory tract is not blocked during gavage, so they are able to breathe during the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High profile chefs have taken stances of the matter. In a letter to fellow California restaurateurs, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2012/03/wolfgang_puck_sends_letter_to.php#more\">Wolfgang Puck\u003c/a> writes: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nAs a chef, a businessman, and someone who cares about the humane treatment of animals, I'm writing to let you know why I support this particular law, and why I hope you'll give it your full support, as well…We chefs have the ability to create delicious and original dishes our customers will love without causing torment to animals.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0504070058apr07,0,3549007.story?page=1\">Charlie Trotter\u003c/a> has also vocally spoken out against foie gras, while \u003ca href=\"http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/table-talk-frere-jacques/\">Jacques Pépin\u003c/a> calls California’s banning of foie gras \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nTotally ridiculous.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The debate over the ethics of foie gras is full of passionate opinions, but California’s ban brings up another issue of \u003cstrong>choice\u003c/strong>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/2009/02/01/shock-foie/\">Mark Pastore\u003c/a>, co-owner of \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto\u003c/a>, brings this point to light: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nReasonable people can disagree over the ethics of one’s chosen diet and the various practices of farmers, whether those farmers produce meat, fruits, or vegetables. Fundamentally, we believe that individuals ought to be free to determine how to live their lives, including their diet… \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We respect the right to oppose the production and consumption of foie gras. We relate to many of the reasons that some choose to do so. However, we no more cede control over our morality than we would presume to compel someone else to conform to our notions of how they ought to live their life. We do not grant permission to someone who has no legal, moral, or spiritual authority to impose their beliefs upon us, whether that person is demanding we adopt their point of view regarding foie gras, abortion, or what books we should read. These are all personal choices and should remain so.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-3.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-3.jpg\" alt=\"Txoko, SF\" title=\"Txoko, SF\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41532\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foie Gras Dinner, Txoko SF\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many restaurants have already started taking foie gras off their menu, others have done the exact opposite, choosing to honor the luscious lobe with special foie-centric menus. From the looks of the sold-out events, the countdown to July 1 has foie gras lovers eager to indulge while they can. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/10/dishcrawl-real-life-culinary-social-networking/\">Dishcrawl\u003c/a> is hosting a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dishcrawl.com/foiebattle/\">Foie Battle\u003c/a> -- a series of intimate foie gras dinners featuring various chefs at secret locations throughout the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/txoko-at-bar.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/txoko-at-bar.jpg\" alt=\"Txoko at bar\" title=\"Txoko at bar\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41539\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Txoko, SF\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I attended one of these dinners last week at \u003ca href=\"http://www.txokosf.com/\">Txoko\u003c/a> (pronounced \u003cem>CHO-ko\u003c/em>). The Basque-inspired restaurant is owned by \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2012/03/29/why-we-serve-foie-gras/\">Ryan Maxey\u003c/a> and chef \u003cstrong>Ian Begg\u003c/strong>, the same guys behind \u003ca href=\"http://www.nakedlunchsf.com/\">Naked Lunch\u003c/a> (and its claim to fame, the \u003cstrong>Foie Gras & Duck Prosciutto Sandwich\u003c/strong>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-11.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-11.jpg\" alt=\"Txoko bar\" title=\"Txoko bar\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41534\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Txoko Bar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cocktails by bar master \u003cstrong>Jason Brown\u003c/strong> are creative and dangerously tasty. I tried the \u003cstrong>Cool Hand Luke Fizz\u003c/strong>, made with Fighting Cock Bourbon, bitters, Mexican Coke, and frothy egg whites. Basically a bourbon float. Happy times. I’m already looking forward to future pintxos-laden happy hours so I can sample a few more of Brown’s concoctions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-8-v2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-8-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster in Foie Gras Cream\" title=\"Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster in Foie Gras Cream\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41533\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster in Foie Gras Cream\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our decadent meal started off with a \u003cstrong>Glazed Marin Miyagi Oyster\u003c/strong> floating in a pool of \u003cstrong>foie gras cream\u003c/strong>, garnished with pickled cucumber, a chiffonade of anise-y flavored shiso, and vibrant droplets of chili oil. The starter was well-balanced and full of bright flavors to whet our palate. My dining partners and I all noticed that the foie gras cream had a familiar tang to it. After a few moments of flipping through my brain’s Filofax of flavor recognition, I had the answer: \u003cstrong>White Cheddar Cheez-Its\u003c/strong>. There was unanimous agreement that I was indeed spot-on correct. We called Ryan over to confirm. He insisted the cream was just made of foie renderings and cream…let’s just agree to disagree, Ryan. We know there’s pulverized Cheez-Its in there. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-13.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-13.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\" title=\"Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41535\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next came a \u003cstrong>Salt Cured Foie Gras Torchon\u003c/strong> with toasted almonds, muscato gelee, and arugula, over toasted pain de mie and slices of meyer lemon. The flavor of the foie gras torchon was beautiful, like salted butter set out on a path of seduction. The muscato gelee was a playful touch, cool on the tongue and brought out the sweetness of the meyer lemon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-16.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-16.jpg\" alt=\"Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop\" title=\"Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41536\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop in Foie Sauce\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pan Seared Day Boat Scallop\u003c/strong> graced our table next, nestled over velvety potato coulis and hen of the woods cooked in a \u003cstrong>foie gras sauce\u003c/strong> fragranced with sage. The foie flavor was subdued in this dish and had to be sought out. The hen of the woods shone. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big foie finish was the \u003cstrong>Petit Sale\u003c/strong>, a, eye-popping portion of gorgeously seared \u003cstrong>Foie Gras a la Plancha\u003c/strong>, over a bed of creamy beluga lentils, fava beans, green garlic, and mirepoix. A few rosettes of sweet duck jamon (translation for Italians: duck prosciutto) adorned the plate. The crowning jewel was a perfect crispy puff of \u003ca href=\"http://lickmyspoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chicharrones-2.jpg\">4505 chicharrone\u003c/a>. The dish was at once fresh and Spring and luxuriously rich. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-18-v2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/2012-04-txoko-dishcrawl-foie-battle-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-18-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Foie Gras Ice Cream\" title=\"Foie Gras Ice Cream\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41538\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foie Gras Ice Cream\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know you’ve been wondering this whole time how a foie gras dessert would pan out. The answer is \u003cstrong>Foie Gras Ice Cream\u003c/strong>. Before you cringe, hear me out. I’ve tried sweets made with duck fat before…and it is a fine line. It takes restraint and the right flavor pairings to make it work. Txoko’s Foie Gras Ice Cream succeeds in doing just that. The foie flavor in the ice cream is subtle, so that you’re delighted when you look for it. It tastes vaguely of toasted nuts and coconut milk. The ice cream base is made with cream and foie gras renderings (similar to the foie cream in our first course, minus the Cheez-Its of course). Caramel-y prunes in syrup and bits of buttery shortbread cookies accompany the ice cream for a perfect ending to the meal. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From now until July 1, you can savor your forbidden foie gras at \u003ca href=\"http://www.txokosf.com/\">Txoko\u003c/a> -- their signature dish on the regular menu is \u003cstrong>Foie Gras a la Plancha\u003c/strong>, served with golden raisin sauce, caramelized Brussels sprouts, pain de mie, and duck prosciutto. They also offer a \u003cstrong>Four Course Foie Gras Prix-Fixe Dinner every Wednesday Night\u003c/strong> ($55 per person). The menu rotates on a weekly basis. All their foie gras is sourced from \u003ca href=\"http://www.artisanfoiegras.com/\">Sonoma Artisan Foie Gras\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*****\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the day, it's hard to weigh in on this controversial topic. It's a debate that has gotten \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/22/BA266523.DTL&ao=all\">ugly\u003c/a> before, even here in San Francisco, a place many of us like to consider above average on the tolerant and progressive scale. Will I start getting hate mail because I find foie gras delicious? (I really hope not). Is eating and enjoying foie gras ethical? Do animals suffer for my gastronomic pleasure? Are there more important issues concerning our nation's food systems that could benefit from all this energy debating foie gras? As someone who cares about what I eat, these are the questions I ask myself. At the same time, as someone who values the freedom of choice, S.B. 1520 sure feels like a slippery slope. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why not focus on responsible and humane farming? Crafting standards, promoting reform, supporting farmers who are treating their animals with care -- that sounds like a more productive, long-term plan than outright prohibition. \u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2012/04/in-favor-of-foie-gras-ken-frank-speaks-out.html\">Ken Frank\u003c/a>, chef of Napa Valley's \u003ca href=\"http://latoque.com/\">La Toque\u003c/a> recently wrote to the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nLet’s repeal AB 1520 [\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040SB1520\">sic\u003c/a>\u003c/em>], which will create the biggest black market since Prohibition, and replace it with the world’s highest standards for humane foie gras. A black market removes any incentive to treat the animals well and focuses instead on \"not getting caught.\" To be clear, it will not help the ducks. I’m advocating a \"win-win.\" Every chef I know supports humane farming. We’ll be happy to work with Mr. Burton and others that support humane farming to craft standards that establish California as the global leader in Humane Foie Gras.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"http://vegan.com/blog/2012/04/12/the-biggest-black-market-since-prohibition/\">The biggest black market since Prohibition\u003c/a>\" may be an exaggeration, given the market size of people who consume foie gras is a fraction of those who consumed alcohol during Prohibition, but the point is made. There will be a black market, and what will be the consequences of it? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'll leave you with this \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2009/02/01/foie-gras-duck-duck-goose/\">incredible story\u003c/a>. There is a man in the western region of Spain they call the \u003cstrong>Goose Whisperer\u003c/strong>. He cares for what may be the happiest geese in the world. They gorge on acorns and olives, figs too. They feel safe. They call to their wild brethren above and tell them to come down and join them in paradise, where they are protected and there is plenty of good food to eat. They are not force fed by humans. They produce the sweetest, richest, most sublime tasting liver possible. If we could figure out how to replicate this kind of foie gras farming, now that would be something. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/tracie-mcmillan-final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/tracie-mcmillan-final.jpg\" alt=\"Tracie McMillan and her book The American Way of Eating. Photo of Tracie McMillan by Bart Nagle\" title=\"Tracie McMillan and her book The American Way of Eating. Photo of Tracie McMillan by Bart Nagle\" width=\"556\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40323\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tracie McMillan and her book, The American Way of Eating. Photo of Tracie McMillan by Bart Nagle\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.traciemcmillan.com/\">Tracie McMillan\u003c/a>, who went undercover and worked with low-paid food and farm workers to pen \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanwayofeating.com/\">The American Way of Eating\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, has had perhaps the wildest of rollercoaster rides since her book came out a few short weeks ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First came a less-than favorable review in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/17/RVUF1MQ5L0.DTL\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which didn't do much to calm those new author jitters. Then, mercifully, a glowing critique of the book, which documents her days embedded in a Detroit Walmart stocking produce, a New York Applebee's restaurant prepping food, and California farms picking grapes, sorting peaches, and cutting garlic. Think hard, poorly-paid work and--ironically--no access to good food. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/books/tracie-mcmillan-writes-the-american-way-of-eating.html?_r=1&ref=books\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Dwight Garner called her \"a voice the food world needs.\" Other critics complimented her prose. \"The best thing about this engagingly written tract is its excellent and sometimes moving first-person narrative of the author's experiences sharing, albeit briefly and under false colors, the daily grind of workers at the bottom of the Great American Food Chain,\" wrote Aram Bakshian Jr. in the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577222062407008608.html\">Wall Street Journal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Not too shabby. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was no time to sit back and watch her book, which makes the case that everyone should have access to affordable, healthy grub, climb up the bestseller list. Because \u003ca href=\"http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/06/contrivances_of_the_left_s_attack_on_liberty_the_war_on_women_and_food_justice\">Rush Limbaugh\u003c/a> decided to have a go at McMillan, who comes from a blue-collar background in \u003ca href=\"http://www.michaelmoore.com/\">Michael Moore\u003c/a> territory near Flint, Michigan. The attack came hot on the heels of Limbaugh's slagging off Georgetown University law student \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Fluke\">Sandra Fluke\u003c/a> as a slut because of her testimony, intended for Congress, about the cost of birth control. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversial, conservative radio host with a huge following ranted that McMillan, who grew up eating unfancy food like Tuna Helper, was an overeducated authorette -- young, white, and single too, as if these were shortcomings on the part of this gutsy reporter, simply because she asks in her book, which focuses on food and class: What would it take for everyone in America to eat well?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It would never have occurred to me that Rush Limbaugh would go after me,\" said McMillan, following a panel appearance last weekend at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/institute/\">Edible Institute\u003c/a> in Santa Barbara. \"Nobody would have paid any attention if he'd only talked about the book, but he just couldn't help himself from saying something else really offensive and dismissive about women.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/19/nikki-henderson-on-the-frontlines-of-edible-education/\">Nikki Henderson\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.peoplesgrocery.org/\">People's Grocery\u003c/a>, McMillan was invited to discuss food justice concerns at the conference, a meeting of the publishers of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/content/\">Edible Communities\u003c/a> magazines which celebrate regional eats (locally these quarterly magazines include \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ediblecommunities.com/sanfrancisco/\">Edible San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/eastbay/\">Edible East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/marinandwinecountry/\">Edible Marin & Wine Country\u003c/a>\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Walmart controls 25% of the nation's food supply,\" McMillan told the conference. \"In some parts it's 50% or more,\" she added, and explained that stocking food is a loss-leader for the corporation, but also a way to get folks into their stores. \"I think it’s dangerous to trust something that’s as vital as our food supply to one massive institution. And particularly, to a private corporation whose only accountability is to its shareholders.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Throughout it all, the 35-year-old investigative journalist with a penchant for covering poor people, has stayed on message, as she did in a rebuttal to Rush Limbaugh on \u003ca href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/\">The Rachel Maddow Show \u003c/a>and in a first-person piece for \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/what-its-like-to-get-attacked-by-rush-limbaugh-for-food-reporting/254245/\">\u003cem>The Atlantic\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, where she attempted to make sense of it all. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"As a reporter, I take it as a point of pride that Limbaugh apparently found little he could challenge in my reporting; he does nothing to discredit the facts I found in my work,\" she wrote. \"And that likely explains why Limbaugh turned his critique away from my book, and aimed fire instead at me.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As McMillan explained it, Limbaugh seemed to take umbrage at the central political point of her polemic: That both private enterprise and government have failed Americans when it comes to providing all of us with good, healthy food. \"Food is not like the other things we buy. It's not like sneakers,\" she said. Everyone needs to eat, but as McMillan makes clear, many of the people who are feeding us can't afford to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc5fdb54\" classid=\"D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640\">\u003cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=46662212&width=560&height=327\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed name=\"msnbc5fdb54\" src=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640\" width=\"560\" height=\"327\" flashvars=\"launch=46662212&width=560&height=327\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An award-winning poverty and welfare reporter, McMillan is a current darling of the progressive food press. In the past couple of weeks she's been featured on \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2012/03/01/going-undercover-in-the-belly-of-our-beastly-food-chain/\">Civil Eats\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/meet-tracie-mcmillan-overeducated-food-justice-writer/\">Grist\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2012/02/22/how_walmart_shapes_the_american_food_system/\">Salon\u003c/a>, and her book has also caught the eye of online food sites such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2012/02/tracie-mcmillan-on-the-america.html\">Bon Appetit\u003c/a>. (Find excerpts over at \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2012/02/tracie_mcmillan_s_the_american_way_of_eating_doing_the_hardest_job_at_applebee_s.html\">Slate\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.gilttaste.com/stories/4659-making-tortillas-with-the-garlic-cutters\">Gilt Taste\u003c/a>, and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=99655&p=16\">Edible San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Brooklyn-based McMillan, whom a conference colleague dubbed \"scary smart,\" is scheduled to speak today at \u003ca href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/\">UC Berkeley\u003c/a> and next week at \u003ca href=\"http://18reasons.org/\">18 Reasons\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://omnivorebooks.com/\">Omnivore Books\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/events/2012/undercover-walmart-conversation-tracie-mcmillan\">CUESA\u003c/a> (See details below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's also clear she's committed to covering a subject area on the edible beat that frequently gets overlooked: The plight of the people who grow, sell, and serve our food. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"We need to make it easier for people who want to get good food, who don't identify with the food movement, to have that option,\" said McMillan. \"It's hard to eat well when you're earning less than minimum wage and your life is stressful.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And she takes issue with the common assumption that people of little means are content to eat crap in this fast-food nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMillan, who lived on food stamps while writing the book, which took three years from woe to go, knows firsthand just how exhausting -- and demoralizing -- low-paid food work can be. She wanted to nap, she said, after a long shift, not go home and tend a pot of beans on the stove. Work in the fields was back-breaking stuff, her Walmart gig included handling fruits and vegetables of questionable quality, and at Applebee's little real cooking takes place in the kitchen. It's enough, she implies, to make anyone lose their appetite for a nourishing meal. And it's that hopelessness that McMillan believes needs attention. Lectures from the food elite to the food insecure to \"eat more greens\" just aren't going to make a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But McMillan doesn't just lay out the problems, she also offers a framework for how our food system challenges might be solved. Enforce labor laws to protect workers, and pay them minimum wage, for starters. Address the lack of public infrastructure for food distribution. Offer adults and children access to cooking training; since kitchen literacy is a basic life skill in McMillan's mind. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"We need to think of learning to cook as a form of self-sufficiency,\" she said. It's as important as making sure people have access to affordable, healthy food.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Such massive social change, of course, won't happen overnight. And much of what McMillan exposes in her book is far from cheery. But like \u003ca href=\"http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/\">Barbara Ehrenreich\u003c/a> (\u003cem>Nickel and Dimed\u003c/em>) and \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Mitford\">Jessica Mitford\u003c/a> (\u003cem>The American Way of Death\u003c/em>, whose title McMillan's book pays homage to) someone has to tell it like it is. Fortunately we have McMillan reporting back from the frontlines on the dark side of of the American way of eating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tracie McMillan in the Bay Area: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday, March 14, 12 pm, Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details/742/\">UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeley.edu/map/3dmap/3dmap.shtml?northgatehall\">North Gate Hall Library\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday, March 20, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/events/2012/undercover-walmart-conversation-tracie-mcmillan\">CUESA\u003c/a>, Free\u003cbr>\nPort Commission Hearing Room, second floor Ferry Building on Embarcadero (at Market Street) San Francisco\u003cbr>\nConversation, book signing, and reception. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, March 22, 12:00 pm to 1 pm, Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.18reasons.org/\">18 Reasons\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/223428\">Author Series Brown Bag Lunch: Tracie McMillan\u003c/a> (BYO lunch)\u003cbr>\n3674 18th Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday March 22, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Free\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.omnivorebooks.com/events.html\">Omnivore Books\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n 3885a Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco\u003cbr>\n Author reading and book signing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversial, conservative radio host with a huge following ranted that McMillan, who grew up eating unfancy food like Tuna Helper, was an overeducated authorette -- young, white, and single too, as if these were shortcomings on the part of this gutsy reporter, simply because she asks in her book, which focuses on food and class: What would it take for everyone in America to eat well?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It would never have occurred to me that Rush Limbaugh would go after me,\" said McMillan, following a panel appearance last weekend at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/institute/\">Edible Institute\u003c/a> in Santa Barbara. \"Nobody would have paid any attention if he'd only talked about the book, but he just couldn't help himself from saying something else really offensive and dismissive about women.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/19/nikki-henderson-on-the-frontlines-of-edible-education/\">Nikki Henderson\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.peoplesgrocery.org/\">People's Grocery\u003c/a>, McMillan was invited to discuss food justice concerns at the conference, a meeting of the publishers of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/content/\">Edible Communities\u003c/a> magazines which celebrate regional eats (locally these quarterly magazines include \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ediblecommunities.com/sanfrancisco/\">Edible San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/eastbay/\">Edible East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/marinandwinecountry/\">Edible Marin & Wine Country\u003c/a>\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Walmart controls 25% of the nation's food supply,\" McMillan told the conference. \"In some parts it's 50% or more,\" she added, and explained that stocking food is a loss-leader for the corporation, but also a way to get folks into their stores. \"I think it’s dangerous to trust something that’s as vital as our food supply to one massive institution. And particularly, to a private corporation whose only accountability is to its shareholders.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Throughout it all, the 35-year-old investigative journalist with a penchant for covering poor people, has stayed on message, as she did in a rebuttal to Rush Limbaugh on \u003ca href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/\">The Rachel Maddow Show \u003c/a>and in a first-person piece for \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/what-its-like-to-get-attacked-by-rush-limbaugh-for-food-reporting/254245/\">\u003cem>The Atlantic\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, where she attempted to make sense of it all. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"As a reporter, I take it as a point of pride that Limbaugh apparently found little he could challenge in my reporting; he does nothing to discredit the facts I found in my work,\" she wrote. \"And that likely explains why Limbaugh turned his critique away from my book, and aimed fire instead at me.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As McMillan explained it, Limbaugh seemed to take umbrage at the central political point of her polemic: That both private enterprise and government have failed Americans when it comes to providing all of us with good, healthy food. \"Food is not like the other things we buy. It's not like sneakers,\" she said. Everyone needs to eat, but as McMillan makes clear, many of the people who are feeding us can't afford to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc5fdb54\" classid=\"D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640\">\u003cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=46662212&width=560&height=327\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed name=\"msnbc5fdb54\" src=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640\" width=\"560\" height=\"327\" flashvars=\"launch=46662212&width=560&height=327\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An award-winning poverty and welfare reporter, McMillan is a current darling of the progressive food press. In the past couple of weeks she's been featured on \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2012/03/01/going-undercover-in-the-belly-of-our-beastly-food-chain/\">Civil Eats\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/meet-tracie-mcmillan-overeducated-food-justice-writer/\">Grist\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2012/02/22/how_walmart_shapes_the_american_food_system/\">Salon\u003c/a>, and her book has also caught the eye of online food sites such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2012/02/tracie-mcmillan-on-the-america.html\">Bon Appetit\u003c/a>. (Find excerpts over at \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2012/02/tracie_mcmillan_s_the_american_way_of_eating_doing_the_hardest_job_at_applebee_s.html\">Slate\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.gilttaste.com/stories/4659-making-tortillas-with-the-garlic-cutters\">Gilt Taste\u003c/a>, and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=99655&p=16\">Edible San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Brooklyn-based McMillan, whom a conference colleague dubbed \"scary smart,\" is scheduled to speak today at \u003ca href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/\">UC Berkeley\u003c/a> and next week at \u003ca href=\"http://18reasons.org/\">18 Reasons\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://omnivorebooks.com/\">Omnivore Books\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/events/2012/undercover-walmart-conversation-tracie-mcmillan\">CUESA\u003c/a> (See details below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's also clear she's committed to covering a subject area on the edible beat that frequently gets overlooked: The plight of the people who grow, sell, and serve our food. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"We need to make it easier for people who want to get good food, who don't identify with the food movement, to have that option,\" said McMillan. \"It's hard to eat well when you're earning less than minimum wage and your life is stressful.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And she takes issue with the common assumption that people of little means are content to eat crap in this fast-food nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMillan, who lived on food stamps while writing the book, which took three years from woe to go, knows firsthand just how exhausting -- and demoralizing -- low-paid food work can be. She wanted to nap, she said, after a long shift, not go home and tend a pot of beans on the stove. Work in the fields was back-breaking stuff, her Walmart gig included handling fruits and vegetables of questionable quality, and at Applebee's little real cooking takes place in the kitchen. It's enough, she implies, to make anyone lose their appetite for a nourishing meal. And it's that hopelessness that McMillan believes needs attention. Lectures from the food elite to the food insecure to \"eat more greens\" just aren't going to make a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But McMillan doesn't just lay out the problems, she also offers a framework for how our food system challenges might be solved. Enforce labor laws to protect workers, and pay them minimum wage, for starters. Address the lack of public infrastructure for food distribution. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/bayareabites-top-posts2011.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/bayareabites-top-posts2011.jpg\" alt=\"Top Ten 2011 Posts on Bay Area Bites \" title=\"Top Ten 2011 Posts on Bay Area Bites \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37147\">\u003c/a>The ten most popular posts published on Bay Area Bites in 2011 revealed a year of Occupy protests, parking lot raps, food truck gatherings, vegan and carnivorous comfort food, online cooking school, the opening of the first local deaf-owned restaurant, and food blogger success tips as well as professional hardships. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/28/vegan-almond-milk-ice-cream-3-recipes/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/vegan-almondmilk-icecream300.jpg\" alt=\"Vegan Almond Milk Ice Cream: 3 Recipes\" title=\"Vegan Almond Milk Ice Cream: 3 Recipes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37149\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/28/vegan-almond-milk-ice-cream-3-recipes/\">1. 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The first two were delightful but the chocolate was really special, and all are cholesterol and fat free.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/25/aida-mollenkamps-top-11-spots-for-bay-area-foodies/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Aida-Julie-Michelle300.jpg\" alt=\"Aida Mollenkamp’s Top 11 Spots for Bay Area Foodies. Photo: Julie Michelle\" title=\"Aida Mollenkamp’s Top 11 Spots for Bay Area Foodies. Photo: Julie Michelle\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37152\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/25/aida-mollenkamps-top-11-spots-for-bay-area-foodies/\">2. Aida Mollenkamp’s Top 11 Spots for Bay Area Foodies\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/elainewu/\">Elaine Wu\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"The host and co-creator of the television show 'FoodCrafters' and 'Ask Aida,' attended Cornell University and then the esteemed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris where she studied culinary AND pastry arts. Aida ended up in San Francisco when she became one of the editors of the online food magazine, CHOW. Currently, she’s working on her first cookbook, tentatively titled, 'Keys to the Kitchen,' due out in 2012. Here are Aida's top Bay Area spots for food fiends like herself (that aren’t restaurants).\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/04/cooking-lessons-in-real-time-google-cooking-school/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/gcooking-schools300.jpg\" alt=\"Google+ Cooking School\" title=\"Google+ Cooking School\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37157\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/04/cooking-lessons-in-real-time-google-cooking-school/\">3. Cooking Lessons in Real Time: Google+ Cooking School\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/jennyoh/\">Jenny Oh\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"People are using the 'Hangouts' feature of Google+, Google's new sharing project, in creative ways. Learn about a real-time video cooking school that uses this collaborative tool.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/01/26/bay-area-fried-chicken-guide/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/fried-chix300.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Area Fried Chicken Guide\" title=\"Bay Area Fried Chicken Guide\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37159\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/01/26/bay-area-fried-chicken-guide/\">4. Bay Area Fried Chicken Guide\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephanie-im/\">Stephanie Hua\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"A guide to the best fried chicken in the Bay Area, and a recipe for an Asian-style fried chicken that's clean and simple, with a dynamite crispy thin crust.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/15/its-gettin-real-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/dj-dave300.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Dave\" title=\"DJ Dave\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37163\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/15/its-gettin-real-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/\">5. 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Find out why he wrote about quinoa, kale, and cayenne pepper in this catchy homage to hip hop that is cracking people up across the country.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/28/deaf-owned-mozzeria-shows-signs-of-great-pizza-coming-to-the-mission/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/melody-and-russ2001.jpg\" alt=\"Melody and Russ Stein - Mozzeria\" title=\"Melody and Russ Stein - Mozzeria\" width=\"200\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37169\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/28/deaf-owned-mozzeria-shows-signs-of-great-pizza-coming-to-the-mission/\">6. 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Here’s How.\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/sarahhenry/\">Sarah Henry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"Food blogs are a dime a dozen in cyberspace. Find out how to stand out from the pack.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/03/oakland-general-strike-and-the-whole-foods-incident/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/wholefoods300.jpg\" alt=\"Occupy Oakland General Strike and the Whole Foods Incident\" title=\"Occupy Oakland General Strike and the Whole Foods Incident\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37161\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/03/oakland-general-strike-and-the-whole-foods-incident/\">8. 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I have also included a couple of graphic videos by others to reveal some of the activities that took place.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/02/26/will-write-for-food-payment-preferable/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/will.write_.4.food300.jpg\" alt=\"Will Write 4 FOOD\" title=\"Will Write 4 FOOD\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37171\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/02/26/will-write-for-food-payment-preferable/\">9. Will Write For Food, Payment Preferable\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/sarahhenry/\">Sarah Henry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"Food for thought: Many online outlets offer writers no or token compensation for their time and talents, including many websites that run food coverage. Find out why you should care.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/25/off-the-grid-and-bites-on-broadway-food-truck-to-debut-in-east-bay/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/otg300.jpg\" alt=\"Off The Grid\" title=\"Off The Grid\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37174\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/25/off-the-grid-and-bites-on-broadway-food-truck-to-debut-in-east-bay/\">10. Off the Grid and Bites on Broadway: Food Trucks To Debut in East Bay\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/sarahhenry/\">Sarah Henry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"Two food truck events, Off the Grid and Bites on Broadway, debut soon in the East Bay. Find out how these street eat meet ups intend to reflect the flavor of the communities they serve -- and who's cooking.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Vegan Almond Milk Ice Cream: 3 Recipes\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/denise-lincoln/\">Denise Santoro Lincoln\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"I made three types of ice cream and, no surprise to many vegans out there but sort of a surprise to me, they were all amazingly good, exceeding my expectations on every level. My ten-year old daughter Maddie even exclaimed about the chocolate version 'This is better than store-bought ice cream! It's my favorite!' I have to agree. My three flavors were almond, strawberry and chocolate. All are vegan. The first two were delightful but the chocolate was really special, and all are cholesterol and fat free.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/25/aida-mollenkamps-top-11-spots-for-bay-area-foodies/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Aida-Julie-Michelle300.jpg\" alt=\"Aida Mollenkamp’s Top 11 Spots for Bay Area Foodies. Photo: Julie Michelle\" title=\"Aida Mollenkamp’s Top 11 Spots for Bay Area Foodies. Photo: Julie Michelle\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37152\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/25/aida-mollenkamps-top-11-spots-for-bay-area-foodies/\">2. Aida Mollenkamp’s Top 11 Spots for Bay Area Foodies\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/elainewu/\">Elaine Wu\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"The host and co-creator of the television show 'FoodCrafters' and 'Ask Aida,' attended Cornell University and then the esteemed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris where she studied culinary AND pastry arts. Aida ended up in San Francisco when she became one of the editors of the online food magazine, CHOW. Currently, she’s working on her first cookbook, tentatively titled, 'Keys to the Kitchen,' due out in 2012. Here are Aida's top Bay Area spots for food fiends like herself (that aren’t restaurants).\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/04/cooking-lessons-in-real-time-google-cooking-school/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/gcooking-schools300.jpg\" alt=\"Google+ Cooking School\" title=\"Google+ Cooking School\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37157\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/04/cooking-lessons-in-real-time-google-cooking-school/\">3. Cooking Lessons in Real Time: Google+ Cooking School\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/jennyoh/\">Jenny Oh\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"People are using the 'Hangouts' feature of Google+, Google's new sharing project, in creative ways. Learn about a real-time video cooking school that uses this collaborative tool.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/01/26/bay-area-fried-chicken-guide/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/fried-chix300.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Area Fried Chicken Guide\" title=\"Bay Area Fried Chicken Guide\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37159\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/01/26/bay-area-fried-chicken-guide/\">4. Bay Area Fried Chicken Guide\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephanie-im/\">Stephanie Hua\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"A guide to the best fried chicken in the Bay Area, and a recipe for an Asian-style fried chicken that's clean and simple, with a dynamite crispy thin crust.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Find out why he wrote about quinoa, kale, and cayenne pepper in this catchy homage to hip hop that is cracking people up across the country.\" \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/28/deaf-owned-mozzeria-shows-signs-of-great-pizza-coming-to-the-mission/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/melody-and-russ2001.jpg\" alt=\"Melody and Russ Stein - Mozzeria\" title=\"Melody and Russ Stein - Mozzeria\" width=\"200\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37169\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/28/deaf-owned-mozzeria-shows-signs-of-great-pizza-coming-to-the-mission/\">6. Deaf-Owned Mozzeria Shows Signs of Great Pizza Coming to the Mission\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/annamindess/\">Anna Mindess\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"Mozzeria, a new deaf-owned Italian restaurant, will bring wood fired pizza to the Mission. Owners Melody and Russell Stein have imported a 5000-pound Stefano Ferrara oven from Napoli and will serve pizza, pasta and small plates in their cozy new eatery -- where both deaf and hearing patrons can dine comfortably in a mix of vintage and modern styles.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-successful-food-blogger-heres-how/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/5secondrule-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"5 second rule food blog\" title=\"5 second rule food blog\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37176\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-successful-food-blogger-heres-how/\">7. So You Want to be a Successful Food Blogger? Here’s How.\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/sarahhenry/\">Sarah Henry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"Food blogs are a dime a dozen in cyberspace. Find out how to stand out from the pack.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/03/oakland-general-strike-and-the-whole-foods-incident/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/wholefoods300.jpg\" alt=\"Occupy Oakland General Strike and the Whole Foods Incident\" title=\"Occupy Oakland General Strike and the Whole Foods Incident\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37161\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/03/oakland-general-strike-and-the-whole-foods-incident/\">8. Occupy Oakland General Strike and the Whole Foods Incident\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/wendy-goodfriend/\">Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"I was taking photos to cover the Occupy movement's General Strike in Oakland for KQED News on 11/2/11. I followed a few smaller contingents to document their marches including the education protest at the University of California and the Anti-Capitalist March. Here is my perspective on the situation that occurred at the Oakland Whole Foods during the Anti-Capitalist March. I have also included a couple of graphic videos by others to reveal some of the activities that took place.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/02/26/will-write-for-food-payment-preferable/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/will.write_.4.food300.jpg\" alt=\"Will Write 4 FOOD\" title=\"Will Write 4 FOOD\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37171\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/02/26/will-write-for-food-payment-preferable/\">9. Will Write For Food, Payment Preferable\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/sarahhenry/\">Sarah Henry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\"Food for thought: Many online outlets offer writers no or token compensation for their time and talents, including many websites that run food coverage. 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Find out how these street eat meet ups intend to reflect the flavor of the communities they serve -- and who's cooking.\"\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In today's post we continue our Top Ten Food Stories of 2011. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/12/28/ten-top-food-news-stories-of-2011-part-one/\">Yesterday's piece\u003c/a> focused on the food swap phenomenon, the new My Plate icon, record hunger in America, a year's worth of lies and deceit on the food front, and the latest food fad: eating insects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's five items:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37125\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cantaloupes300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cantaloupes300.jpg\" alt=\"Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across American this year.\" title=\"Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across American this year.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37125\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across America this year.\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Record Food Recalls:\u003c/strong> This year was marked by \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/food-safety-tops-most-significant-food-stories-of-2011/\">big drama in food safety circles\u003c/a> around the country and contaminated meat wasn't consumers' greatest concern. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/07/141148032/cantaloupe-recall-due-to-listeria-expands-to-pre-cut-fruit-salads\">cantaloupe catastrophe\u003c/a> saw a \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/listeria-outbreak-ends-as-most-deadly-in-100-years/\">record-breaking listeria outbreak\u003c/a>, the deadliest for that disease in recent U.S. history with 29 deaths reported. Other notable U.S. food-borne illness scares included the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/04/138978064/salmonella-leads-cargill-to-recalls-36-million-pounds-of-ground-turkey\">Cargill callback of more than 36 million pounds of ground turkey\u003c/a> due to salmonella in August, which was followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/nebraska-meatpacker-recalls-ground-beef-in-16-states-over-concerns-of-e-coli-contamination/2011/12/16/gIQAMPTJzO_story.html\">a ground beef recall by Tyson\u003c/a> in December. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle: \u003c/em> California salad company Ready Pac Foods recalled more than 5,000 cases of bagged romaine lettuce because of \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-19/bay-area/30421222_1_coli-bacteria-ready-pac-foods-lettuce\">E. coli contamination\u003c/a>. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37130\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/fooddesert.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/food-desert-locator300.jpg\" alt=\"Food Desert Locator\" title=\"Food Desert Locator\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37130\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Food Desert Locator\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. New Food Alliances: \u003c/strong>First Lady \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012005578.html\">Michelle Obama joined forces with Wal-Mart\u003c/a> and other major retailers in an effort to get more fresh and healthy grub into food deserts around the country. \u003ca href=\"http://foodcorps.org/\">FoodCorps\u003c/a> launched its national service program, in partnership with AmeriCorps, in school garden sites in several states with the goal of fighting obesity and diet-related disease in the younger set by \u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2089995,00.html\">promoting school gardens and farm-to-school programs\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> The $200 million \u003ca href=\"http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/introducing-the-california-freshworks-210802.aspx\">California FreshWorks Fund\u003c/a>, launched this year, is designed to encourage major grocers to expand into underserved communities to improve access to affordable, nutritious food. As \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/07/20/peoples-community-market-closer-to-finding-funding-with-white-house-announcement/\">reported on BAB\u003c/a>, the Oakland-based People's Community Market may well benefit from this new initiative.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37128\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/alice-wheelbarrow300.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Waters at School Lunch & Levi's T-shirt launch event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Alice Waters at Edible Schoolyard event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37128\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Alice Waters at Levi's T-shirt launch event. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Food Celebrity Fest:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Bon Appetit\u003c/em> put \u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2011/06/gwyneth-paltrow\">Gwyneth Paltrow\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/readers-react-to-gwyneth-paltrows-bon-apptit-cover-2286207.html\">the cover\u003c/a>, which caused many in the food world to gasp in dismay at the elevation to culinary icon of the actress-singer behind \u003ca href=\"http://goop.com/\">Goop\u003c/a>. Spain's Ferran Adria of \u003ca href=\"http://www.elbulli.com/home.php?lang=en\">el Bulli\u003c/a> fame shut up shop, wowed a sold out crowd \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/10/11/eight-smart-things-ferran-adria-said-at-the-castro-theatre/\">in San Francisco\u003c/a>, and published \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSpBzXQorWg\">The Family Meal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, an homage to the meals he fed his staff at his iconic eatery, shuttered after 25 years. (Look for it to reopen in 2014 as a culinary school/foundation.) Dressed-to-impress actress \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/eva-longoria-on-producing-new-documentary-the-harvest-la-cosecha_n_1016377.html\">Eva Longoria\u003c/a> was in the news for her work on behalf of farmworkers while buffed, bird-loving actor \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/ryan-gosling-cares-about-the-chickens-who-lay-eggs-for-mcdonalds/2011/12/20/gIQAIyQB7O_blog.html\">Ryan Gosling\u003c/a> stood up for chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\">Alice Waters\u003c/a> was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2011/08/22/139707078/alice-waters-40-years-of-sustainable-food\">here\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/18/forum-chez-panisse-turns-40/\">there\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/26/the-frenzy-around-chez-panisses-40th-anniversary/\">everywhere\u003c/a> in August, which marked the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/27/chez-panisses-birthday-kicks-off-with-party-to-remember/\">40th anniversary\u003c/a> of her iconic restaurant \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> in Berkeley. She also made \u003ca href=\"http://lettuceeatkale.com/2011/michelle-obama-and-alice-waters-lets-do-breakfast/\">breakfast for Michelle Obama\u003c/a>, lunch for the downtown crowd at her \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">Levi's T-shirt launch\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/11/how-alice-waters-united-west-and-east-with-a-dinner-in-beijing/248911/\">dinner for Chinese cultural leaders\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/07/alice-waters-robert-reich-talk-up-a-delicious-revolution/\">Waters also sought to educate adults\u003c/a> with a lecture series sponsored by her foundation at UC Berkeley as part of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/inberkeley/2011/08/19/with-alice-waters-and-michael-pollan-nikki-henderson-offers-edible-education-101/\">Edible Education 101\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the lighter side, ex-Berkeleysider DJ Dave scored a viral hit (3.3 million views to date) with his \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/15/its-gettin-real-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/\">Whole Foods Parking Lot\u003c/a>, which proved one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/support/membership/onq/popular.jsp\">top five BAB posts\u003c/a> of the year.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37129\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" title=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37129\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Childhood Obesity Epidemic\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. New Face of Obesity Epidemic:\u003c/strong> An \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-28/news/30457613_1_obesity-surgery-healthy-weight-workers\">eight-year-old child weighing over 200 pounds\u003c/a> was taken from his family and placed into foster care because Ohio officials maintained the boy's parents were not doing enough to reduce his weight, which poses a serious health risk. The move sparked a renewed debate on whether parents should lose custody of their obese offspring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> In a sobering sign of the times, Slow Food San Francisco hosts its first annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00168\">Childhood Obesity Bay Area Conference\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37127\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/traitorjoes-downtown300.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Oakland March to Trader Joe’s in Support of Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. \u003ca href=\"http://occupybigfood.wordpress.com/\">Occupy Big Food\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> It didn't take long for the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street\">Occupy movement\u003c/a> to branch out into a \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-11-22-mic-checking-big-food\">food\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-12-06-farmers-come-to-wall-street\">farming\u003c/a> focus, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/18/142504166/from-wall-street-to-big-food-occupiers-are-hungry-for-change#more\">food advocates and farmers\u003c/a> joining in protests at Wall Street's Zuccotti Park in New York City this fall. \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Food/320207001339148?sk=wall\">Occupy Food\u003c/a> saw some \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-10-21-occupy-the-pasture\">farmers\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150325434518519.335520.586028518&type=1&l=4b9966ea79\">occupy the pasture\u003c/a>, while others opted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Kitchen/171183526305177?sk=wall\">occupy the kitchen\u003c/a>. Late in the year long-time Farm Aid advocate \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/willie-nelson/occupy-food-system_b_1154212.html\">Willie Nelson\u003c/a> added his name to the Occupy Food cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.poortastemag.com/occupy-the-kitchen-feeding-the-bay-areas-99/\">Feeding the 99 percent\u003c/a> in the food-focused Bay Area proves a bonding experience in the Occupy camps. Oakland Occupiers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">called on Trader Joe's\u003c/a> to support farmworkers' rights, while Occupiers in San Francisco went after \u003ca href=\"http://tacolicioussf.com/\">Tacolicious\u003c/a>, in \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/12/05/tacolicious-subjected-to-misguided-mission-protests/\">a misguided protest\u003c/a> of the local chain's latest restaurant in the Mission.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What other 2011 food news is worthy of inclusion in this list? Share your thoughts below.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In today's post we continue our Top Ten Food Stories of 2011. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/12/28/ten-top-food-news-stories-of-2011-part-one/\">Yesterday's piece\u003c/a> focused on the food swap phenomenon, the new My Plate icon, record hunger in America, a year's worth of lies and deceit on the food front, and the latest food fad: eating insects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's five items:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37125\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cantaloupes300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cantaloupes300.jpg\" alt=\"Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across American this year.\" title=\"Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across American this year.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37125\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across America this year.\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Record Food Recalls:\u003c/strong> This year was marked by \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/food-safety-tops-most-significant-food-stories-of-2011/\">big drama in food safety circles\u003c/a> around the country and contaminated meat wasn't consumers' greatest concern. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/07/141148032/cantaloupe-recall-due-to-listeria-expands-to-pre-cut-fruit-salads\">cantaloupe catastrophe\u003c/a> saw a \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/listeria-outbreak-ends-as-most-deadly-in-100-years/\">record-breaking listeria outbreak\u003c/a>, the deadliest for that disease in recent U.S. history with 29 deaths reported. Other notable U.S. food-borne illness scares included the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/04/138978064/salmonella-leads-cargill-to-recalls-36-million-pounds-of-ground-turkey\">Cargill callback of more than 36 million pounds of ground turkey\u003c/a> due to salmonella in August, which was followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/nebraska-meatpacker-recalls-ground-beef-in-16-states-over-concerns-of-e-coli-contamination/2011/12/16/gIQAMPTJzO_story.html\">a ground beef recall by Tyson\u003c/a> in December. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle: \u003c/em> California salad company Ready Pac Foods recalled more than 5,000 cases of bagged romaine lettuce because of \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-19/bay-area/30421222_1_coli-bacteria-ready-pac-foods-lettuce\">E. coli contamination\u003c/a>. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37130\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/fooddesert.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/food-desert-locator300.jpg\" alt=\"Food Desert Locator\" title=\"Food Desert Locator\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37130\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Food Desert Locator\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. New Food Alliances: \u003c/strong>First Lady \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012005578.html\">Michelle Obama joined forces with Wal-Mart\u003c/a> and other major retailers in an effort to get more fresh and healthy grub into food deserts around the country. \u003ca href=\"http://foodcorps.org/\">FoodCorps\u003c/a> launched its national service program, in partnership with AmeriCorps, in school garden sites in several states with the goal of fighting obesity and diet-related disease in the younger set by \u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2089995,00.html\">promoting school gardens and farm-to-school programs\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> The $200 million \u003ca href=\"http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/introducing-the-california-freshworks-210802.aspx\">California FreshWorks Fund\u003c/a>, launched this year, is designed to encourage major grocers to expand into underserved communities to improve access to affordable, nutritious food. As \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/07/20/peoples-community-market-closer-to-finding-funding-with-white-house-announcement/\">reported on BAB\u003c/a>, the Oakland-based People's Community Market may well benefit from this new initiative.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37128\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/alice-wheelbarrow300.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Waters at School Lunch & Levi's T-shirt launch event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Alice Waters at Edible Schoolyard event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37128\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Alice Waters at Levi's T-shirt launch event. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Food Celebrity Fest:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Bon Appetit\u003c/em> put \u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2011/06/gwyneth-paltrow\">Gwyneth Paltrow\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/readers-react-to-gwyneth-paltrows-bon-apptit-cover-2286207.html\">the cover\u003c/a>, which caused many in the food world to gasp in dismay at the elevation to culinary icon of the actress-singer behind \u003ca href=\"http://goop.com/\">Goop\u003c/a>. Spain's Ferran Adria of \u003ca href=\"http://www.elbulli.com/home.php?lang=en\">el Bulli\u003c/a> fame shut up shop, wowed a sold out crowd \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/10/11/eight-smart-things-ferran-adria-said-at-the-castro-theatre/\">in San Francisco\u003c/a>, and published \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSpBzXQorWg\">The Family Meal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, an homage to the meals he fed his staff at his iconic eatery, shuttered after 25 years. (Look for it to reopen in 2014 as a culinary school/foundation.) Dressed-to-impress actress \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/eva-longoria-on-producing-new-documentary-the-harvest-la-cosecha_n_1016377.html\">Eva Longoria\u003c/a> was in the news for her work on behalf of farmworkers while buffed, bird-loving actor \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/ryan-gosling-cares-about-the-chickens-who-lay-eggs-for-mcdonalds/2011/12/20/gIQAIyQB7O_blog.html\">Ryan Gosling\u003c/a> stood up for chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\">Alice Waters\u003c/a> was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2011/08/22/139707078/alice-waters-40-years-of-sustainable-food\">here\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/18/forum-chez-panisse-turns-40/\">there\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/26/the-frenzy-around-chez-panisses-40th-anniversary/\">everywhere\u003c/a> in August, which marked the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/27/chez-panisses-birthday-kicks-off-with-party-to-remember/\">40th anniversary\u003c/a> of her iconic restaurant \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> in Berkeley. She also made \u003ca href=\"http://lettuceeatkale.com/2011/michelle-obama-and-alice-waters-lets-do-breakfast/\">breakfast for Michelle Obama\u003c/a>, lunch for the downtown crowd at her \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">Levi's T-shirt launch\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/11/how-alice-waters-united-west-and-east-with-a-dinner-in-beijing/248911/\">dinner for Chinese cultural leaders\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/07/alice-waters-robert-reich-talk-up-a-delicious-revolution/\">Waters also sought to educate adults\u003c/a> with a lecture series sponsored by her foundation at UC Berkeley as part of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/inberkeley/2011/08/19/with-alice-waters-and-michael-pollan-nikki-henderson-offers-edible-education-101/\">Edible Education 101\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the lighter side, ex-Berkeleysider DJ Dave scored a viral hit (3.3 million views to date) with his \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/15/its-gettin-real-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/\">Whole Foods Parking Lot\u003c/a>, which proved one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/support/membership/onq/popular.jsp\">top five BAB posts\u003c/a> of the year.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37129\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" title=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37129\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Childhood Obesity Epidemic\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. New Face of Obesity Epidemic:\u003c/strong> An \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-28/news/30457613_1_obesity-surgery-healthy-weight-workers\">eight-year-old child weighing over 200 pounds\u003c/a> was taken from his family and placed into foster care because Ohio officials maintained the boy's parents were not doing enough to reduce his weight, which poses a serious health risk. The move sparked a renewed debate on whether parents should lose custody of their obese offspring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> In a sobering sign of the times, Slow Food San Francisco hosts its first annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00168\">Childhood Obesity Bay Area Conference\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37127\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/traitorjoes-downtown300.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Oakland March to Trader Joe’s in Support of Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. \u003ca href=\"http://occupybigfood.wordpress.com/\">Occupy Big Food\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> It didn't take long for the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street\">Occupy movement\u003c/a> to branch out into a \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-11-22-mic-checking-big-food\">food\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-12-06-farmers-come-to-wall-street\">farming\u003c/a> focus, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/18/142504166/from-wall-street-to-big-food-occupiers-are-hungry-for-change#more\">food advocates and farmers\u003c/a> joining in protests at Wall Street's Zuccotti Park in New York City this fall. \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Food/320207001339148?sk=wall\">Occupy Food\u003c/a> saw some \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-10-21-occupy-the-pasture\">farmers\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150325434518519.335520.586028518&type=1&l=4b9966ea79\">occupy the pasture\u003c/a>, while others opted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Kitchen/171183526305177?sk=wall\">occupy the kitchen\u003c/a>. Late in the year long-time Farm Aid advocate \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/willie-nelson/occupy-food-system_b_1154212.html\">Willie Nelson\u003c/a> added his name to the Occupy Food cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.poortastemag.com/occupy-the-kitchen-feeding-the-bay-areas-99/\">Feeding the 99 percent\u003c/a> in the food-focused Bay Area proves a bonding experience in the Occupy camps. Oakland Occupiers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">called on Trader Joe's\u003c/a> to support farmworkers' rights, while Occupiers in San Francisco went after \u003ca href=\"http://tacolicioussf.com/\">Tacolicious\u003c/a>, in \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/12/05/tacolicious-subjected-to-misguided-mission-protests/\">a misguided protest\u003c/a> of the local chain's latest restaurant in the Mission.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What other 2011 food news is worthy of inclusion in this list? Share your thoughts below.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It's that \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/06/143194951/here-come-the-food-trend-lists\">ubiquitous list time\u003c/a>. For every person who thinks foraging, food trucks, urban farming, and those French pastries known as macarons were the \"it\" thing of 2011, there's someone -- like, ahem, this writer -- who counters that was so \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/01/01/ten-top-food-stories-of-2010part-one/\">2010\u003c/a> (or, some may quibble, even older).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter. At the end of the year we all feel compelled to take stock and make sense of it all, though, granted, it's a pretty subjective exercise scouring the edible landscape of the past 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this two-part post, we look at some of the national trends and topics in food that caught our collective attention in 2011 and serve up some local flavor on the side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feel free to weigh in with your own highlights in food from the past year. In no particular order:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37098\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/myplate300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/myplate300.jpg\" alt=\"Choose MyPlate.gov\" title=\"Choose MyPlate.gov\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37098\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Choose MyPlate.gov\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. So Long Food Pyramid, Hello My Plate:\u003c/strong> The USDA's famous (some may wager infamous) \u003ca href=\"http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pmap.htm\">Food Pyramid\u003c/a>, morphed into a dinner plate. Intended to help Americans visualize the correct balance of fruits, grains, vegetables, meat and dairy, \u003ca href=\"http://www.choosemyplate.gov/\">My Plate\u003c/a> did away with counting servings, which was central to the old image--bye bye to the \"five a day\" reference for veggies. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/06/san-francisco-chronicle-column-food-plate-of-course/\">new icon\u003c/a> was largely seen as an improvement over the old, though it's not, natch, without its \u003ca href=\"http://smallbites.andybellatti.com/?p=7007\">detractors\u003c/a>. The politics behind the plate (think government policies that support Big Ag's corn and soybean business) are at odds with the icon's message to eaters to consume more greens, argue \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-44043203/usdas-dinner-plate-vs-farm-subsidies-its-still-no-contest/?tag=bnetdomain\">critics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> Oakland-based Michelle Simon, author of \u003cem>Appetite for Profit\u003c/em>, had plenty of problems with the plate, as outlined on \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-06-08-whats-wrong-with-the-usdas-new-myplate-graphic-plenty\">Grist\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37096\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/foodswap-300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/foodswap-300.jpg\" alt=\"Swapping crops in Berkeley. Photo: Christina Diaz\" title=\"Swapping crops in Berkeley. Photo: Christina Diaz\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37096\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Swapping crops in Berkeley. Photo: Christina Diaz\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Swapping:\u003c/strong> No, not that kind, folks, we're talking fruits and vegetables, baked goods and preserved products, and even meals. T\u003cem>he New York Times\u003c/em> saw fit to print \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/nyregion/13barter.html\">two stories\u003c/a> in short order on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/us/25bcfoodswap.html\">food swap phenomenon\u003c/a>, and while the East Coast seems to lead the way with \u003ca href=\"http://www.eatingwell.com/food_news_origins/green_sustainable/host_a_diy_food_swap\">this trend\u003c/a> -- with active chapters in \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/BKSwappers\">New York \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonfoodswap.com/\">Boston\u003c/a> -- the West Coast is certainly catching up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"http://shareable.net/blog/growing-demand-crop-swaps-gaining-ground\">crop swap\u003c/a> front, California's bounty makes it a perfect place for this cash-free concept to take root. And, risk-free prediction: In a continuing economic downturn, look for more \u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/eastbay/harvest-2011/give-and-take-the-east-bays-growing-food-sharing-culture.htm\">resource sharing\u003c/a> in food and farming in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/ebcafoodswap\">Oakland\u003c/a> jumped on board the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/11/food-swaps-sharing-goodies-stocking-pantries-one-trade-at-a-time/\">food swap\u003c/a> train pretty swiftly; while \u003ca href=\"http://www.transitionberkeley.com/\">Berkeley\u003c/a> led the way on \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/07/19/lemons-loquats-and-greens-berkeley-crop-swap-kicks-off/\">crop swaps\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37094\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/strawberries200l.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/strawberries200l.jpg\" alt=\"Strawberries - Organic or not?\" title=\"Strawberries - Organic or not?\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37094\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Organic or not?\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Food Fraud, Mislabeling, and Other Acts of Deception:\u003c/strong> It seemed like everywhere you looked there was some kind of duping going on in the world of food this year. The (failed) \u003ca href=\"http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/the-secret-farm-bill/\">Secret Farm Bill\u003c/a> ring any bells for starters? Not to mention all that nonsense with Congress pushing to count \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-11-17-congress-and-big-pizza\">tomato sauce on pizza as a vegetable\u003c/a> in the school lunch program, while politicians also catered to the potato lobby by \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/politics/congress-blocks-new-rules-on-school-lunches.html\">blocking attempts to limit French fries\u003c/a> in school cafeterias. And then there was that fishy matter about \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/25/141682168/a-dna-check-reveals-widespread-fish-mislabeling-in-massachusetts\">widespread fish mislabeling\u003c/a>. Speaking of labeling: The battle over \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/17/141414866/politics-heating-up-over-labeling-gmo-foods\">labeling genetically modified foods\u003c/a> heated up this year too. Corporations intent on pushing genetically engineered edible products don’t want food labels, at a time when many consumers seek more information about what’s in what they eat. The \u003ca href=\"http://justlabelit.org/\">Just Label It\u003c/a> campaign launched this year to urge the Food and Drug Administration to make GMO labeling mandatory. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> Are organic strawberries as advertised? \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/food/story/organic-strawberries-not-so-much/\">This signature California fruit\u003c/a> may actually be treated with pesticides (including \u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/state-approves-controversial-pesticide.html\">methyl iodide\u003c/a> a dangerous pesticide that garnered attention in 2011 too), despite the organic sticker. Before they begin bearing fruit, virtually all strawberry plants — whether they go on to produce conventional berries or organic ones — are treated with fumigants and other synthetic pesticides, \u003cem>The Bay Citizen\u003c/em> reported.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37097\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/monica-martinez-donbugito200.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/monica-martinez-donbugito200.jpg\" alt=\"Monica Martinez of Don Bugito, which served up insects at a recent dinner in the Headlands. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bugito\" title=\"Monica Martinez of Don Bugito, which served up insects at a recent dinner in the Headlands. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bugito\" width=\"200\" height=\"312\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37097\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Monica Martinez of Don Bugito. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bugito\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Eating Insects:\u003c/strong> After offal, beyond bacon, tiny creatures starred as the new food fad this year. Yes, people, as meat becomes a precious commodity, here and abroad, bugs are getting their culinary moment in the sun in high-end restaurants and among adventurous eaters. Eating bugs as an environmental choice formed the focus of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_goodyear\">\u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em> profile on gourmet grubs\u003c/a>. The six-legged creatures are packed with protein and easier on the planet than livestock, true, but will average American diners welcome creepy crawlies on their plate? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> The Headlands Center for the Arts held a \u003ca href=\"http://headlands.org/event_detail.asp?key=20&eventkey=1130\">bug-based dinner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://lushgelato.blogspot.com/\">Lush Gelato\u003c/a> in the East Bay featured chocolate-covered grasshoppers on its menu. Monica Martinez of Don Bugito also served up crispy wax moth larvae tacos and toffee-crisped mealworm ice cream at the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/08/snack_on_bugs_at_the_street_fo.php\">San Francisco Street Food Festival\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37095\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/berkeleyfoodpantry300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/berkeleyfoodpantry300.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley Food Pantry offers emergency food supplies to local residents. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Food Pantry\" title=\"Berkeley Food Pantry offers emergency food supplies to local residents. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Food Pantry\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37095\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Berkeley Food Pantry offers emergency food supplies to local residents. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Surge in Hunger:\u003c/strong> A stream of stories about the uptick in hungry people heading to soup kitchens and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/12/15/at-the-alameda-county-food-bank-volunteers-get-nourished-too/\">food pantries\u003c/a> around the country, served as a barometer of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201109140900\">ongoing lean financial times\u003c/a> for a growing group of Americans. The year saw \u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/04/pf/food_stamps_record_high/index.htm\">record high demand for food stamps\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/07/food-prices-head-back-to-record-levels\">sharply rising global food prices\u003c/a>, making it tougher for many to get dinner on the table. In these enduring cash-strapped times \u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/news/articles/reasonstoloveny/2011/pay-what-you-want/\">pay-what-you-can restaurants\u003c/a> have popped up around the country, including \u003ca href=\"http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-07/news/30369879_1_bon-jovi-vouchers-restaurant\">rocker Bon Jovi\u003c/a>'s \u003ca href=\"http://www.jbjsoulkitchen.org/\">JBJ Soul Kitchen\u003c/a> in New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> Food banks, including the \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyfoodpantry.vpweb.com/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>, faced unprecedented need for their services and struggled to meet them because of \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/10/04/berkeley-food-banks-short-on-funds-even-as-demand-rises/\">federal government funding snafus\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More 2011 food stories coming soon in part two.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It's that \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/06/143194951/here-come-the-food-trend-lists\">ubiquitous list time\u003c/a>. For every person who thinks foraging, food trucks, urban farming, and those French pastries known as macarons were the \"it\" thing of 2011, there's someone -- like, ahem, this writer -- who counters that was so \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/01/01/ten-top-food-stories-of-2010part-one/\">2010\u003c/a> (or, some may quibble, even older).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter. At the end of the year we all feel compelled to take stock and make sense of it all, though, granted, it's a pretty subjective exercise scouring the edible landscape of the past 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this two-part post, we look at some of the national trends and topics in food that caught our collective attention in 2011 and serve up some local flavor on the side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feel free to weigh in with your own highlights in food from the past year. In no particular order:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37098\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/myplate300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/myplate300.jpg\" alt=\"Choose MyPlate.gov\" title=\"Choose MyPlate.gov\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37098\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Choose MyPlate.gov\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. So Long Food Pyramid, Hello My Plate:\u003c/strong> The USDA's famous (some may wager infamous) \u003ca href=\"http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pmap.htm\">Food Pyramid\u003c/a>, morphed into a dinner plate. Intended to help Americans visualize the correct balance of fruits, grains, vegetables, meat and dairy, \u003ca href=\"http://www.choosemyplate.gov/\">My Plate\u003c/a> did away with counting servings, which was central to the old image--bye bye to the \"five a day\" reference for veggies. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/06/san-francisco-chronicle-column-food-plate-of-course/\">new icon\u003c/a> was largely seen as an improvement over the old, though it's not, natch, without its \u003ca href=\"http://smallbites.andybellatti.com/?p=7007\">detractors\u003c/a>. The politics behind the plate (think government policies that support Big Ag's corn and soybean business) are at odds with the icon's message to eaters to consume more greens, argue \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-44043203/usdas-dinner-plate-vs-farm-subsidies-its-still-no-contest/?tag=bnetdomain\">critics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> Oakland-based Michelle Simon, author of \u003cem>Appetite for Profit\u003c/em>, had plenty of problems with the plate, as outlined on \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-06-08-whats-wrong-with-the-usdas-new-myplate-graphic-plenty\">Grist\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37096\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/foodswap-300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/foodswap-300.jpg\" alt=\"Swapping crops in Berkeley. Photo: Christina Diaz\" title=\"Swapping crops in Berkeley. Photo: Christina Diaz\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37096\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Swapping crops in Berkeley. Photo: Christina Diaz\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Swapping:\u003c/strong> No, not that kind, folks, we're talking fruits and vegetables, baked goods and preserved products, and even meals. T\u003cem>he New York Times\u003c/em> saw fit to print \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/nyregion/13barter.html\">two stories\u003c/a> in short order on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/us/25bcfoodswap.html\">food swap phenomenon\u003c/a>, and while the East Coast seems to lead the way with \u003ca href=\"http://www.eatingwell.com/food_news_origins/green_sustainable/host_a_diy_food_swap\">this trend\u003c/a> -- with active chapters in \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/BKSwappers\">New York \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonfoodswap.com/\">Boston\u003c/a> -- the West Coast is certainly catching up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"http://shareable.net/blog/growing-demand-crop-swaps-gaining-ground\">crop swap\u003c/a> front, California's bounty makes it a perfect place for this cash-free concept to take root. And, risk-free prediction: In a continuing economic downturn, look for more \u003ca href=\"http://www.ediblecommunities.com/eastbay/harvest-2011/give-and-take-the-east-bays-growing-food-sharing-culture.htm\">resource sharing\u003c/a> in food and farming in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/ebcafoodswap\">Oakland\u003c/a> jumped on board the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/11/food-swaps-sharing-goodies-stocking-pantries-one-trade-at-a-time/\">food swap\u003c/a> train pretty swiftly; while \u003ca href=\"http://www.transitionberkeley.com/\">Berkeley\u003c/a> led the way on \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/07/19/lemons-loquats-and-greens-berkeley-crop-swap-kicks-off/\">crop swaps\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37094\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/strawberries200l.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/strawberries200l.jpg\" alt=\"Strawberries - Organic or not?\" title=\"Strawberries - Organic or not?\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37094\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Organic or not?\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Food Fraud, Mislabeling, and Other Acts of Deception:\u003c/strong> It seemed like everywhere you looked there was some kind of duping going on in the world of food this year. The (failed) \u003ca href=\"http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/the-secret-farm-bill/\">Secret Farm Bill\u003c/a> ring any bells for starters? Not to mention all that nonsense with Congress pushing to count \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-11-17-congress-and-big-pizza\">tomato sauce on pizza as a vegetable\u003c/a> in the school lunch program, while politicians also catered to the potato lobby by \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/politics/congress-blocks-new-rules-on-school-lunches.html\">blocking attempts to limit French fries\u003c/a> in school cafeterias. And then there was that fishy matter about \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/25/141682168/a-dna-check-reveals-widespread-fish-mislabeling-in-massachusetts\">widespread fish mislabeling\u003c/a>. Speaking of labeling: The battle over \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/17/141414866/politics-heating-up-over-labeling-gmo-foods\">labeling genetically modified foods\u003c/a> heated up this year too. Corporations intent on pushing genetically engineered edible products don’t want food labels, at a time when many consumers seek more information about what’s in what they eat. The \u003ca href=\"http://justlabelit.org/\">Just Label It\u003c/a> campaign launched this year to urge the Food and Drug Administration to make GMO labeling mandatory. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> Are organic strawberries as advertised? \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/food/story/organic-strawberries-not-so-much/\">This signature California fruit\u003c/a> may actually be treated with pesticides (including \u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/state-approves-controversial-pesticide.html\">methyl iodide\u003c/a> a dangerous pesticide that garnered attention in 2011 too), despite the organic sticker. Before they begin bearing fruit, virtually all strawberry plants — whether they go on to produce conventional berries or organic ones — are treated with fumigants and other synthetic pesticides, \u003cem>The Bay Citizen\u003c/em> reported.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37097\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/monica-martinez-donbugito200.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/monica-martinez-donbugito200.jpg\" alt=\"Monica Martinez of Don Bugito, which served up insects at a recent dinner in the Headlands. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bugito\" title=\"Monica Martinez of Don Bugito, which served up insects at a recent dinner in the Headlands. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bugito\" width=\"200\" height=\"312\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37097\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Monica Martinez of Don Bugito. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bugito\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Eating Insects:\u003c/strong> After offal, beyond bacon, tiny creatures starred as the new food fad this year. Yes, people, as meat becomes a precious commodity, here and abroad, bugs are getting their culinary moment in the sun in high-end restaurants and among adventurous eaters. Eating bugs as an environmental choice formed the focus of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_goodyear\">\u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em> profile on gourmet grubs\u003c/a>. The six-legged creatures are packed with protein and easier on the planet than livestock, true, but will average American diners welcome creepy crawlies on their plate? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> The Headlands Center for the Arts held a \u003ca href=\"http://headlands.org/event_detail.asp?key=20&eventkey=1130\">bug-based dinner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://lushgelato.blogspot.com/\">Lush Gelato\u003c/a> in the East Bay featured chocolate-covered grasshoppers on its menu. Monica Martinez of Don Bugito also served up crispy wax moth larvae tacos and toffee-crisped mealworm ice cream at the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/08/snack_on_bugs_at_the_street_fo.php\">San Francisco Street Food Festival\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37095\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/berkeleyfoodpantry300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/berkeleyfoodpantry300.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley Food Pantry offers emergency food supplies to local residents. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Food Pantry\" title=\"Berkeley Food Pantry offers emergency food supplies to local residents. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Food Pantry\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37095\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Berkeley Food Pantry offers emergency food supplies to local residents. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Surge in Hunger:\u003c/strong> A stream of stories about the uptick in hungry people heading to soup kitchens and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/12/15/at-the-alameda-county-food-bank-volunteers-get-nourished-too/\">food pantries\u003c/a> around the country, served as a barometer of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201109140900\">ongoing lean financial times\u003c/a> for a growing group of Americans. The year saw \u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/04/pf/food_stamps_record_high/index.htm\">record high demand for food stamps\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/07/food-prices-head-back-to-record-levels\">sharply rising global food prices\u003c/a>, making it tougher for many to get dinner on the table. In these enduring cash-strapped times \u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/news/articles/reasonstoloveny/2011/pay-what-you-want/\">pay-what-you-can restaurants\u003c/a> have popped up around the country, including \u003ca href=\"http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-07/news/30369879_1_bon-jovi-vouchers-restaurant\">rocker Bon Jovi\u003c/a>'s \u003ca href=\"http://www.jbjsoulkitchen.org/\">JBJ Soul Kitchen\u003c/a> in New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> Food banks, including the \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyfoodpantry.vpweb.com/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>, faced unprecedented need for their services and struggled to meet them because of \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/10/04/berkeley-food-banks-short-on-funds-even-as-demand-rises/\">federal government funding snafus\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More 2011 food stories coming soon in part two.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/accfb-report_back.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/accfb-report_back.jpg\" alt=\"accfb volunteers\" title=\"accfb volunteers\" width=\"560\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36443\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy of Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunger isn’t jolly, decked with holly or tied up with pretty ribbons. But it’s as surely a part of this holiday season as tinsel trimmed trees and spinning dreidels. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, instead of ignoring the hunger epidemic, I joined many pairs of willing hands to do something about it at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>. I attended a \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/volunteer.html\">volunteer\u003c/a> orientation, sorted cans, bagged pears and was stunned by the enormity of the operation—and the exploding need. A 44,000 square foot sorting room and 77,000 square feet of storage combine to accommodate almost 3 acres of food items—of which more than half is farm-fresh produce. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/wall-of-corn.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/wall-of-corn.jpg\" alt=\"wall of corn\" title=\"wall of corn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36454\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demand for food assistance is now so great that the turnover time for all the edibles in this gigantic facility is less than 1 month. Distributing through its 275 partner agencies, 49,000 hungry people—43% are children and 19% seniors—get nutritious food from the food bank’s efforts every week. That’s a staggering 1 of every 6 Alameda County residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/sheila.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/sheila.jpg\" alt=\"sheila burks\" title=\"sheila burks\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36444\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteer coordinator, Sheila Burks, an inspiring dynamo in a constant blur of motion, delivers an impassioned orientation and leads a tour of the facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything you touch here will positively benefit someone you’ve never met,” says Burks, rallying the assembled volunteers who range from retired people with time on their hands and a desire to do good to those who need to work off their speeding tickets through community service hours. Every year, 6,000 groups and 9,000 individuals generously give their time to sort cans and boxes, bag fruit and vegetables, pack cartons of food, as well as answer the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/helpline.html\">emergency food helpline\u003c/a> (which gets more than 3,500 calls a month) and assist with office work. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/annual_report_2010_cover.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/annual_report_2010_cover.jpg\" alt=\"accfb child\" title=\"accfb child\" width=\"560\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36445\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy of Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hunger doesn’t take a holiday,” says Burks. “And now there is a new face to hunger, people who never thought they would need to call us. A teacher who got laid off and can’t feed his kids, a massage therapist who broke her arm and can’t work, families who find they need a little help at the end of the month to make it to their next check.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/kids-help.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/kids-help.jpg\" alt=\"kids help\" title=\"kids help\" width=\"560\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36446\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she shows us around the huge warehouse, I meet some of the volunteers pitching in on this Wednesday afternoon. A group of 5th graders from St. Martin de Porres Catholic School in Oakland are eagerly bagging pears. They tell me “it’s fun” and “it’s good to help people” while school principal Maurice Harper, Jr. confides that, “Many of our school’s families benefit directly from food assistance. So involving students in a hands-on way empowers them.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority of the food bank’s volunteers come as part of a group: company sponsored employee associations, Girl and Boy Scouts troops, religious organizations—one cohort in their 70’s and 80’s arrives faithfully every 2 weeks to fill backpacks for the Children’s BackPack Program, which provides low-income school children a bag of food to help their families through the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/the-colliers.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/the-colliers.jpg\" alt=\"the colliers\" title=\"the colliers\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36447\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking distinguished even in their hairnets, Oakland residents, George and Jane Collier, both retired anthropology professors from Stanford University, have been volunteering at the food bank for the past three years. They enjoy the work “because it’s socially important, flexible, good exercise and you get to meet interesting people.” Today the couple is divvying up 50-pound sacks of pinto beans, scooping out 5 pounds of speckled legumes into separate plastic bags. Jane admits that she likes bean duty, compared to certain summertime assignments, such as sorting plums and kiwis, “which can get a little squishy.” As specialists in indigenous cultures of southern Mexico, the couple is worldly, well–traveled and appalled at the state of American society today. “Even the poorest indigenous people in southern Mexico have subsistence farming to grow themselves something to eat,“ says George. “The extreme income inequality in America is not found in other countries and it’s only recently—since Reagan—that we have so many homeless and hungry people.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/pears.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/pears.jpg\" alt=\"pears\" title=\"pears\" width=\"560\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36450\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I find the repetitive motion of bagging scores of firm, green pears or scooping mounds of speckled beans somehow makes palpable the overwhelming hunger needs in our food-rich state. Six years ago, the Alameda County food bank went through 1,000,000 pounds of fresh produce a year. Now that million pounds, often trucked in directly from farms in 800-pound boxes, is distributed in only one month—a 12-fold increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cans.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cans.jpg\" alt=\"cans\" title=\"cans\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36451\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWhile dropping a few cans of baked beans, creamed corn or cranberry sauce in one of the red and black barrels scattered around the Bay Area may feel like a quick fix, what food banks really need is cash and people-power. Because they are buying foodstuffs in such enormous bulk, they can take the couple of dollars you’d spend on one jar of peanut butter and buy half a dozen jars. The time required to process food donations also eats up a lot of resources. As this \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2011/12/food_drives_charities_need_your_money_not_your_random_old_food_.html\">article from Slate.com\u003c/a> makes clear, “Food dropped off by well-meaning citizens needs to be carefully inspected and sorted. A personal check, by contrast, can be used to order what’s needed without placing extra burdens on the staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides distributing food to Alameda County’s neediest citizens since 1985, the Community Food Bank conducts several pro-active initiatives: nutrition education classes, anti-hunger advocacy and an outreach program in five languages to help people through the complicated process of applying for our under-utilized food stamp program—now called CalFresh. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After I layered a carton with cans of tuna, chili and soup, topped by boxes of cereal and rice, its 10 pounds felt formidable, like a force that might be able to keep the hunger at bay, for one family, even for a few days. I found it heartening to engage in some physical action against the exponentially increasing hunger in our community. Not surprisingly, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/2010/04/16/service-rx-the-health-benefits-of-volunteering/\">a recent study\u003c/a> showed that volunteering enriches your feeling of purpose, lowers your stress and actually improves your health:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheila Burks says, “My faith is renewed every day. I’m inspired by the volunteers. It’s phenomenally powerful to see people share their time and energy to restore the peace of mind and dignity of strangers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>A reminder from the food bank: hunger doesn’t end when the holidays are over, the need will still be there in early 2012, even though the focus may not be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\">food bank’s website\u003c/a> gives details on \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/volunteer.html\">volunteering\u003c/a> opportunities, how to \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/donate.html\">donate\u003c/a> money, \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/food_drive.html\">organize a food drive\u003c/a> or join the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/advocacy.html\">advocacy team\u003c/a> to promote policy change. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helpline to get same-day emergency food –- (800) 870-FOOD (3663) or 510-635-3663. Hours of operation: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/accfb-report_back.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/accfb-report_back.jpg\" alt=\"accfb volunteers\" title=\"accfb volunteers\" width=\"560\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36443\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy of Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunger isn’t jolly, decked with holly or tied up with pretty ribbons. But it’s as surely a part of this holiday season as tinsel trimmed trees and spinning dreidels. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, instead of ignoring the hunger epidemic, I joined many pairs of willing hands to do something about it at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>. I attended a \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/volunteer.html\">volunteer\u003c/a> orientation, sorted cans, bagged pears and was stunned by the enormity of the operation—and the exploding need. A 44,000 square foot sorting room and 77,000 square feet of storage combine to accommodate almost 3 acres of food items—of which more than half is farm-fresh produce. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/wall-of-corn.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/wall-of-corn.jpg\" alt=\"wall of corn\" title=\"wall of corn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36454\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demand for food assistance is now so great that the turnover time for all the edibles in this gigantic facility is less than 1 month. Distributing through its 275 partner agencies, 49,000 hungry people—43% are children and 19% seniors—get nutritious food from the food bank’s efforts every week. That’s a staggering 1 of every 6 Alameda County residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Every year, 6,000 groups and 9,000 individuals generously give their time to sort cans and boxes, bag fruit and vegetables, pack cartons of food, as well as answer the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/helpline.html\">emergency food helpline\u003c/a> (which gets more than 3,500 calls a month) and assist with office work. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/annual_report_2010_cover.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/annual_report_2010_cover.jpg\" alt=\"accfb child\" title=\"accfb child\" width=\"560\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36445\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy of Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hunger doesn’t take a holiday,” says Burks. “And now there is a new face to hunger, people who never thought they would need to call us. A teacher who got laid off and can’t feed his kids, a massage therapist who broke her arm and can’t work, families who find they need a little help at the end of the month to make it to their next check.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/kids-help.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/kids-help.jpg\" alt=\"kids help\" title=\"kids help\" width=\"560\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36446\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she shows us around the huge warehouse, I meet some of the volunteers pitching in on this Wednesday afternoon. A group of 5th graders from St. Martin de Porres Catholic School in Oakland are eagerly bagging pears. They tell me “it’s fun” and “it’s good to help people” while school principal Maurice Harper, Jr. confides that, “Many of our school’s families benefit directly from food assistance. So involving students in a hands-on way empowers them.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority of the food bank’s volunteers come as part of a group: company sponsored employee associations, Girl and Boy Scouts troops, religious organizations—one cohort in their 70’s and 80’s arrives faithfully every 2 weeks to fill backpacks for the Children’s BackPack Program, which provides low-income school children a bag of food to help their families through the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/the-colliers.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/the-colliers.jpg\" alt=\"the colliers\" title=\"the colliers\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36447\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking distinguished even in their hairnets, Oakland residents, George and Jane Collier, both retired anthropology professors from Stanford University, have been volunteering at the food bank for the past three years. They enjoy the work “because it’s socially important, flexible, good exercise and you get to meet interesting people.” Today the couple is divvying up 50-pound sacks of pinto beans, scooping out 5 pounds of speckled legumes into separate plastic bags. Jane admits that she likes bean duty, compared to certain summertime assignments, such as sorting plums and kiwis, “which can get a little squishy.” As specialists in indigenous cultures of southern Mexico, the couple is worldly, well–traveled and appalled at the state of American society today. “Even the poorest indigenous people in southern Mexico have subsistence farming to grow themselves something to eat,“ says George. “The extreme income inequality in America is not found in other countries and it’s only recently—since Reagan—that we have so many homeless and hungry people.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/pears.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/pears.jpg\" alt=\"pears\" title=\"pears\" width=\"560\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36450\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I find the repetitive motion of bagging scores of firm, green pears or scooping mounds of speckled beans somehow makes palpable the overwhelming hunger needs in our food-rich state. Six years ago, the Alameda County food bank went through 1,000,000 pounds of fresh produce a year. Now that million pounds, often trucked in directly from farms in 800-pound boxes, is distributed in only one month—a 12-fold increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cans.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cans.jpg\" alt=\"cans\" title=\"cans\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36451\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWhile dropping a few cans of baked beans, creamed corn or cranberry sauce in one of the red and black barrels scattered around the Bay Area may feel like a quick fix, what food banks really need is cash and people-power. Because they are buying foodstuffs in such enormous bulk, they can take the couple of dollars you’d spend on one jar of peanut butter and buy half a dozen jars. The time required to process food donations also eats up a lot of resources. As this \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2011/12/food_drives_charities_need_your_money_not_your_random_old_food_.html\">article from Slate.com\u003c/a> makes clear, “Food dropped off by well-meaning citizens needs to be carefully inspected and sorted. A personal check, by contrast, can be used to order what’s needed without placing extra burdens on the staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides distributing food to Alameda County’s neediest citizens since 1985, the Community Food Bank conducts several pro-active initiatives: nutrition education classes, anti-hunger advocacy and an outreach program in five languages to help people through the complicated process of applying for our under-utilized food stamp program—now called CalFresh. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After I layered a carton with cans of tuna, chili and soup, topped by boxes of cereal and rice, its 10 pounds felt formidable, like a force that might be able to keep the hunger at bay, for one family, even for a few days. I found it heartening to engage in some physical action against the exponentially increasing hunger in our community. Not surprisingly, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/2010/04/16/service-rx-the-health-benefits-of-volunteering/\">a recent study\u003c/a> showed that volunteering enriches your feeling of purpose, lowers your stress and actually improves your health:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheila Burks says, “My faith is renewed every day. I’m inspired by the volunteers. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/scottrobertson-farmworkers.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/scottrobertson-farmworkers.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida. Photo by Scott Robertson \" title=\"Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida. Photo by Scott Robertson \" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35893\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida. Photo: Scott Robertson\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the nation's annual food fest approaches, let's take a moment to \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-muller/honoring-the-hands-that-p_b_947001.html\">express gratitude for farmworkers\u003c/a>, the hard-working field hands who grow and harvest the abundance we're about to eat on Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's so easy in the food-obsessed Bay Area to focus on whether our D.I.Y., made-from-scratch meals are perfect or if the raw ingredients of our culinary creations have a pristine pedigree. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But enough food narcissism already: let's talk about the plight of the people who make this holiday possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Some food for thought:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>Check out the videos from the recent conference \u003ca href=\"http://www.tedxfruitvale.org/\">TedxFruitvale: Harvesting Change\u003c/a> hosted by the foundation wing of the sustainable-food focused \u003ca href=\"http://www.bamco.com/\">Bon Appétit Management Company\u003c/a> (BAMCO). The event, held at Mills College in Oakland, revealed in sharp relief and from first-hand accounts the back-breaking labor of those in the fields, many of whom are still exposed to life-threatening pesticides and labor in shocking conditions. But this day-long event was anything but a downer: The program also highlighted farmworker success stories and alternative ownership models to BigAg.\n\u003cp>The well-curated program (hat tip to BAMCO's Maisie Greenawalt, Bonnie Powell, Haven Bourque and crew) featured \u003ca href=\"http://www.tedxfruitvale.org/speakers/\">a diverse group of speakers\u003c/a> that went well beyond the usual suspects who typically wax on at such meet ups -- along with great food, good music, and an inclusive vibe. There were breast-feeding activists and Spanish-speaking farmhands and everyone found a place on the stage and at the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recurring themes from the day: Hard work, determination in the face of adversity, and the importance of family ties, which seems fitting to mention in a Thanksgiving post. Local organic farmers' market regular \u003ca href=\"http://www.oliveto.com/ourcommunity/farmers/catalan-farms-profile\">Maria Catalán\u003c/a>, one of the first Latina farm owners in the country, talked about giving back to her community and the pleasures of working with her children, as did \u003ca href=\"http://www.cejavineyards.com/\">Napa grape grower and wine maker\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.cejavineyards.com/The-Family/Amelia-Morn-Ceja---President-\">Amelia Ceja\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/V21JiiP-CvI\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adelfo Antonio of \u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com/\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> recounted the benefits of working on a unionized organic farm (one with panoramic ocean views, no less). Former farmworker, José Gutierrez, who once toiled alongside his father in the fields now studies agromedicine, so that workers like his dad can have a healthier life. Reporter Roberto Romano simply let his film \u003ca href=\"http://urobertoromano.com/\">\u003cem>La Cosecha\u003c/em>/The Harvest\u003c/a>, which chronicles the plight of three teenage migrant workers, speak for itself.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/3QB-mHPOhOM\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Stay tuned for the pending posting of the \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/esyproject/videos\">Edible Education 101\u003c/a> lecture that included \u003cem>Fast Food Nation\u003c/em> author \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schlosser\">Eric Schlosser\u003c/a>. Not one to mince words, Schlosser says simply that racism is at the heart of the long history of exploitation and abuse that characterizes farmworkers' struggles. He urges us all to stop being consumers, start being citizens, and take some personal responsibility for what we eat.\n\u003cp>Also speaking that evening, the man Schlosser refers to as the next \u003ca href=\"http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?inc=history/07.html&menu=research\">Cesar Chavez\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://motherjones.com/politics/2004/07/power-pickers\">Lucas Benitez\u003c/a>, co-founder of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciw-online.org/\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers\u003c/a> (CIW), an organized group of tomato pickers from Florida who have made great strides in improving simply horrendous living and working conditions for produce pickers. (A detailed account of the squalor, abuse, and danger these workers encounter can be found in \u003cem>Tomatoland\u003c/em> by \u003ca href=\"http://politicsoftheplate.com/?page_id=2\">Barry Estabrook\u003c/a>, who first brought national attention to this issue in a James Beard \u003ca href=\"http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes\">award-winning story\u003c/a> for the late \u003cem>Gourmet\u003c/em> magazine.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past decade, the CIW's widely cited \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciw-online.org/101.html\">Campaign For Fair Food\u003c/a> has forced major fast food restaurants, food service companies, and tomato growers to agree to a pay increase for workers and a code of conduct that recognizes workers' rights. (Still to come to the table: grocery store chains such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.kroger.com/Pages/default.aspx\">Kroger\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.publix.com/\">Publix\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.walmart.com/\">Walmart\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.traderjoes.com/\">Trader Joe's\u003c/a>, see below.) The Oakland-based \u003ca href=\"http://justharvestusa.org/index.html\">Just Harvest USA\u003c/a> is a CIW partner and works on fair food campaigns close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>Take action: Get to know your local farmers. Visit your favorite farms (a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/09/23/farm-to-fork-tours-spotlight-local-green-businesses/\">green tour guide\u003c/a> has been amazed to discover how many people -- Bay Area residents no less -- have never set foot on a farm.)\n\u003cp>Even heavy hitters like farmer friend \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\">Alice Waters\u003c/a>, who herself had \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/07/alice-waters-robert-reich-talk-up-a-delicious-revolution/\">a recent epiphany about the plight of farmworkers\u003c/a>, are showing support for farmworkers' struggles. Waters sent \u003ca href=\"http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/05/18697714.php\">snacks from Chez Panisse to feed protesters\u003c/a> at the recent \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">Trader Joe's rally (covered on Bay Area Bites)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/traderjoes-downtown560.jpg\" alt=\"Protest march for farmworker justice in Oakland. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Protest march for farmworker justice in Oakland. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35896\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Protest \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">march to Trader Joe's\u003c/a> for farmworker justice in Oakland. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/wendy-goodfriend/\">Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli> Try farming: Got what it takes to harvest in the heat under difficult conditions for low pay and no benefits? The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ufw.org/\">United Farm Workers\u003c/a> invites American citizens who think immigrant and undocumented farm workers are stealing all the good jobs to sign up for field work as part of their \u003ca href=\"http://www.takeourjobs.org/\">Take Our Jobs\u003c/a> campaign, which caught the attention of \u003ca href=\"http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/340925/july-08-2010/arturo-rodriguez\">The Colbert Report\u003c/a>, among others, last year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Have ideas about how to stay connected to farmworkers and their concerns? Bring 'em on below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/scottrobertson-farmworkers.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/scottrobertson-farmworkers.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida. Photo by Scott Robertson \" title=\"Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida. Photo by Scott Robertson \" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35893\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida. Photo: Scott Robertson\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the nation's annual food fest approaches, let's take a moment to \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-muller/honoring-the-hands-that-p_b_947001.html\">express gratitude for farmworkers\u003c/a>, the hard-working field hands who grow and harvest the abundance we're about to eat on Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's so easy in the food-obsessed Bay Area to focus on whether our D.I.Y., made-from-scratch meals are perfect or if the raw ingredients of our culinary creations have a pristine pedigree. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But enough food narcissism already: let's talk about the plight of the people who make this holiday possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Some food for thought:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>Check out the videos from the recent conference \u003ca href=\"http://www.tedxfruitvale.org/\">TedxFruitvale: Harvesting Change\u003c/a> hosted by the foundation wing of the sustainable-food focused \u003ca href=\"http://www.bamco.com/\">Bon Appétit Management Company\u003c/a> (BAMCO). The event, held at Mills College in Oakland, revealed in sharp relief and from first-hand accounts the back-breaking labor of those in the fields, many of whom are still exposed to life-threatening pesticides and labor in shocking conditions. But this day-long event was anything but a downer: The program also highlighted farmworker success stories and alternative ownership models to BigAg.\n\u003cp>The well-curated program (hat tip to BAMCO's Maisie Greenawalt, Bonnie Powell, Haven Bourque and crew) featured \u003ca href=\"http://www.tedxfruitvale.org/speakers/\">a diverse group of speakers\u003c/a> that went well beyond the usual suspects who typically wax on at such meet ups -- along with great food, good music, and an inclusive vibe. There were breast-feeding activists and Spanish-speaking farmhands and everyone found a place on the stage and at the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recurring themes from the day: Hard work, determination in the face of adversity, and the importance of family ties, which seems fitting to mention in a Thanksgiving post. Local organic farmers' market regular \u003ca href=\"http://www.oliveto.com/ourcommunity/farmers/catalan-farms-profile\">Maria Catalán\u003c/a>, one of the first Latina farm owners in the country, talked about giving back to her community and the pleasures of working with her children, as did \u003ca href=\"http://www.cejavineyards.com/\">Napa grape grower and wine maker\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.cejavineyards.com/The-Family/Amelia-Morn-Ceja---President-\">Amelia Ceja\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/V21JiiP-CvI\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adelfo Antonio of \u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com/\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> recounted the benefits of working on a unionized organic farm (one with panoramic ocean views, no less). Former farmworker, José Gutierrez, who once toiled alongside his father in the fields now studies agromedicine, so that workers like his dad can have a healthier life. Reporter Roberto Romano simply let his film \u003ca href=\"http://urobertoromano.com/\">\u003cem>La Cosecha\u003c/em>/The Harvest\u003c/a>, which chronicles the plight of three teenage migrant workers, speak for itself.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/3QB-mHPOhOM\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Stay tuned for the pending posting of the \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/esyproject/videos\">Edible Education 101\u003c/a> lecture that included \u003cem>Fast Food Nation\u003c/em> author \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schlosser\">Eric Schlosser\u003c/a>. Not one to mince words, Schlosser says simply that racism is at the heart of the long history of exploitation and abuse that characterizes farmworkers' struggles. He urges us all to stop being consumers, start being citizens, and take some personal responsibility for what we eat.\n\u003cp>Also speaking that evening, the man Schlosser refers to as the next \u003ca href=\"http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?inc=history/07.html&menu=research\">Cesar Chavez\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://motherjones.com/politics/2004/07/power-pickers\">Lucas Benitez\u003c/a>, co-founder of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciw-online.org/\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers\u003c/a> (CIW), an organized group of tomato pickers from Florida who have made great strides in improving simply horrendous living and working conditions for produce pickers. (A detailed account of the squalor, abuse, and danger these workers encounter can be found in \u003cem>Tomatoland\u003c/em> by \u003ca href=\"http://politicsoftheplate.com/?page_id=2\">Barry Estabrook\u003c/a>, who first brought national attention to this issue in a James Beard \u003ca href=\"http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes\">award-winning story\u003c/a> for the late \u003cem>Gourmet\u003c/em> magazine.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past decade, the CIW's widely cited \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciw-online.org/101.html\">Campaign For Fair Food\u003c/a> has forced major fast food restaurants, food service companies, and tomato growers to agree to a pay increase for workers and a code of conduct that recognizes workers' rights. (Still to come to the table: grocery store chains such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.kroger.com/Pages/default.aspx\">Kroger\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.publix.com/\">Publix\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.walmart.com/\">Walmart\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.traderjoes.com/\">Trader Joe's\u003c/a>, see below.) The Oakland-based \u003ca href=\"http://justharvestusa.org/index.html\">Just Harvest USA\u003c/a> is a CIW partner and works on fair food campaigns close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>Take action: Get to know your local farmers. Visit your favorite farms (a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/09/23/farm-to-fork-tours-spotlight-local-green-businesses/\">green tour guide\u003c/a> has been amazed to discover how many people -- Bay Area residents no less -- have never set foot on a farm.)\n\u003cp>Even heavy hitters like farmer friend \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\">Alice Waters\u003c/a>, who herself had \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/07/alice-waters-robert-reich-talk-up-a-delicious-revolution/\">a recent epiphany about the plight of farmworkers\u003c/a>, are showing support for farmworkers' struggles. Waters sent \u003ca href=\"http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/05/18697714.php\">snacks from Chez Panisse to feed protesters\u003c/a> at the recent \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">Trader Joe's rally (covered on Bay Area Bites)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/traderjoes-downtown560.jpg\" alt=\"Protest march for farmworker justice in Oakland. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Protest march for farmworker justice in Oakland. 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The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ufw.org/\">United Farm Workers\u003c/a> invites American citizens who think immigrant and undocumented farm workers are stealing all the good jobs to sign up for field work as part of their \u003ca href=\"http://www.takeourjobs.org/\">Take Our Jobs\u003c/a> campaign, which caught the attention of \u003ca href=\"http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/340925/july-08-2010/arturo-rodriguez\">The Colbert Report\u003c/a>, among others, last year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Have ideas about how to stay connected to farmworkers and their concerns? Bring 'em on below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/downtown560a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/downtown560a.jpg\" alt=\"March for Farmworker Justice in Oakland on 11-6-11\" title=\"March for Farmworker Justice in Oakland on 11-6-11\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35154\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciw-online.org/\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers\u003c/a> (CIW); participants of the Community Food Security Coalition's \u003ca href=\"http://communityfoodconference.org/15/\">Food Justice conference\u003c/a> and Bay Area community allies marched in Oakland for farmworker justice. The destination was \u003ca href=\"http://www.traderjoes.com/index.asp\">Trader Joe's\u003c/a> where the group planned to deliver a letter, calling on the company to support human rights for farmworkers, specifically the workers who harvest tomatoes sold in their stores. The CIW's \u003ca href=\"http://ciw-online.org/101.html#cff\">Campaign for Fair Food\u003c/a> has gotten commitments from other food industry corporations (including Taco Bell, McDonald's, Subway, Bon Appétit Management Co. and Whole Foods) to provide a \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VURs-rsi_KQ\">penny-per-pound increase\u003c/a> to raise wages for tomato harvesters and to use suppliers that abide by a strict code of conduct for farmworkers. Trader Joe's has been repeatedly called on to support these efforts but has not been willing to sign an agreement with CIW. TJ's made a \u003ca href=\"http://www.traderjoes.com/about/customer-updates-responses.asp?i=60\">statement regarding the issue\u003c/a> on 10/21/11 (posted on website 10/23/11) and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciw-online.org/ciw_response_to_TJ_1021.html\">CIW responded\u003c/a>. CIW basically claims that TJ's solutions are not verifiable and lack accountability. Since the public image of Trader Joe's relies on being politically correct and it ranks as a \u003ca href=\"http://ethisphere.com/wme2010/\">top ethical company\u003c/a> the marchers' messaging calls into question the company's lack of transparency and potential hypocrisy: \"Traitor Joe's - a wolf in sheep's clothing?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/wolf-sheeps-clothing560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/wolf-sheeps-clothing560.jpg\" alt=\"Traitor Joes - A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing\" title=\"Traitor Joes - A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35155\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/H2UERrmLU7I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lucas Benitez from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers addresses the participants at the beginning of the march\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> The marchers did not obtain a permit so they peacefully marched along the sidewalk for two miles from the Marriott in downtown Oakland where the Food Justice conference was being held, past the Occupy Oakland encampment, along Lake Merritt and concluding the march at the Lakeshore Avenue Trader Joe's. One of the consistent chants reflected the influence of the Occupy movement: \"\u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader_joes_full_version.fortune/index.htm\">Trader Joe's owners are the one percent\u003c/a>, one penny more won't even make a dent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/gcSMDXpGGdk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the marchers arrived at Trader Joe's, Lucas Benitez went inside the store with others to present the management with the letter and explain their intent. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/traderjoes-letter560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/traderjoes-letter560.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Benitez presents letter to Trader Joes Captain Greg\" title=\"Lucas Benitez presents letter to Trader Joes Captain Greg\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35161\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lucas Benitez presents letter to Greg, a Trader Joe Captain at Trader Joe's on Lakeshore Ave. in Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the marchers chanted in front of the store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/JeYc59rdZFI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will be interesting to see how Trader Joe's responds to the continued efforts of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/bayareabites/albums/72157628073546266\" title=\"March for Farmworker Justice in Oakland - Destination Trader Joe's\">\u003cimg src=\"https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6056/6322107592_fe4f8aa59b_b.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" alt=\"March for Farmworker Justice in Oakland - Destination Trader Joe's\">\u003c/a>\u003cscript async src=\"//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Related Posts and Videos:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader_joes_full_version.fortune/index.htm\">Inside the secret world of Trader Joe's - Full Version\u003c/a> (8/23/10, by Beth Kowitt, CNN Money - FORTUNE)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/industrial-agriculture/2011-02-10-is-quirky-grocery-chain-short-changing-farmworker-justice\">Why is Trader Joe’s short-changing farmworker justice?\u003c/a> (2/15/11, by Sean Sellers, Grist)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VURs-rsi_KQ\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers YouTube Channel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/08/11/news/doc4c630ed5ab347625543692.txt\">Protest Questions Human Cost of Trader Joe’s Cheap Tomatoes\u003c/a> (8/11/10, by Bonnie Rosenstock & Scott Stiffler, Chelsea Now)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/us/19farm.html?_r=3&ref=us\">After Long Fight, Farmworkers in Florida Win an Increase in Pay\u003c/a> (1/18/11, by Kristofer Rios, NYTimes)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes\">Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes\u003c/a> (3/09, Barry Estabrook, Gourmet)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://politicsoftheplate.com/?page_id=831\">Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit\u003c/a> (Published 6/7/11, Barry Estabrook)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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