Freegans and Vegans: Where’s the Love?

Freeganism is in the news again, this time in the UK, and so I have had a flurry of links to the essay I wrote on the subject a couple of weeks ago. This renewed interest in the subject has spurred me to revisit it with a few more of my thoughts. When I wrote […]

Freeganism: What’s Up With That?

You know, I am not good with extremists of any sort. And that apparently includes freegans. Even when I agree with some portion of whatever philosophy they espouse, there is something unsettling about extremist behavior that sets my teeth on edge. I think it has to do with my inability to respect hypocrisy in any […]

Culinary Cultural Appropriation

This post could have a subtitle: “Getting Over Myself.” Indeed, it is likely that I could have simply called it “Getting Over Myself” in the first place. In the past, in fact, just as recently as a few months ago, I felt odd about posting about my explorations on Chinese food, including recipes that I […]

Short and Serious: Avian Flu

Okay, first of all, this is a short post, because I don’t really have a functioning computer desk, because my keyboard shelf has given up the ghost for the last time. Particle board desks do not appreciate being taking apart and put back together more than say, once, maybe twice. This poor thing has had […]

Those Darned Chemicals V: The Final Confrontation

Finally–I have come to the end of the list of those dreadful, evil, awful synthetic chemicals that are allowed to dirty up all of our processed USDA Certified Organic foods. Throughout the duration of this series, I have received emails from various left-leaning organizations, urging me to call my congressfolk over this issue and raise […]

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