Food + Culture

This post originally appeared on the Faster Times . Last week, I wrote up a quick summary of Michael Moss’s chilling article about this...

There are worse ways to get to know a city than through its food. This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to be in Toronto for both...

This is the third in a series of articles about polyculture and sustainable farming in Oregon. Read the previous installment , or start...

A few weeks ago, I read this article in the Times about a new labeling program ironically called "Smart Choices," that is clearly a...

This post originally appeared on the Faster Times, generating dozens of comments. Clearly the subject of what does, indeed, cause a red...

Just in time for the labor day weekend, New York City's Health Department unveiled its latest public health campaign earlier this week: a...

A few months ago, I heard an interview on the Leonard Lopate Show with Josh Viertel, the new president of Slow Food USA and Ruth...

The Obamas' kitchen garden, the first White House vegetable garden since Eleanor Roosevelt's World War II Victory Garden , has gotten a...

(This article was originally published in my Food Politics column at the TheFasterTimes.com.) Thanks to the slew of recent books and...

(This article was originally published in my Food Politics column at the TheFasterTimes.com.) The wines at Belle Pente (beautiful...

(This article was originally published in my Food Politics column at the TheFasterTimes.com.) Last week, while visiting my family in...

It's not easy staying on top of food politics and food safety news these days, but it's a task I welcome with this new gig at...

Farm tourism has always been popular amongst a certain type of traveler. But these days, with Michelle Obama planting an organic vegetable garden and the Slow Food movement gathering mainstream momentum, seeking out local, seasonal fare—even while on vacation—is becoming a priority for many food-obsessed travelers. Staying on a working farm, whether it’s an agriturismo in Italy or a Bauernhofurlaub in Germany is an authentic (not to mention affordable) way of seeing a country

When I first came to New York City almost 15 years ago, I was dismayed by how few independent coffee shops there were. I liked Oren’s...

Any self-respecting Michael Pollan-subscribing locavore knows that when it comes to supporting local farmers and artisanal food makers,...

Raw milk continues to be a hot topic in the news—especially now that Connecticut is talking about restricting the sale of raw milk to...

It's been five years since my first trip to Slovenia, a country I now know better than my own. (Not hard: Slovenia is 7,827 square...

I've been a fan of Monocle since it launched over a year ago, so I was thrilled to contribute to the magazine's feature, in the...

Now that we've elected a new president, I can take a deep breath and update this site with my latest antics. In the food politics issue...

Note to coffee entrepreneurs: you could make a killing opening a high-end coffee kiosk here. This enormous station, bustling with...