Food Links, 11.06.2014
- Slavery is widespread in the Thai fishing industry.
- The implications of the drought in California for the price of fruit and vegetables in the US. And why the disappearing fog is bad for farmers.
- The number of Londoners using food banks has doubled in the last year.
- Water wars in Texas. And a nineteenth-century warning against farming in the American west.
- Another supermarket price war in the UK is bad news for agriculture.
- A call for transparency in farming.
- Mapping food production and consumption in the US.
- The FDA declares war on cheese aged on wooden boards.
- Why are South African MPs so fat?
- Eat more vegetables.
- From citrus to biofuel production.
- Expired foods that are fine to eat. And the myth of ‘use by’ dates.
- ‘it’s a lot more difficult to regulate how much marijuana is consumed through eating than through smoking or vaping.’
- The next quinoa.
- No-kill caviar.
- Art Deco toasters.
- ‘Too much fat is bad, too much protein is bad, and too much starch is bad. Everything is good, and everything is bad.’
- A brief history of attacking politicians with food.
- Gin and tonic cake.
- Apricot and miso jam.
- The joy of custard.
- A day in the life of a sushi chef.
- The stupendous heights of Victorian wedding cakes.
- Understanding pica.
- A hot sauce taste off.
- How to cook on a boat.
- A guide to citrus varieties.
- The slow demise of Wimpy in the UK.
- Making bread without yeast.
- The best Brazilian restaurants in London.
- Revisiting Claudia Roden’s Food of Italy.
- Tomato plastic.
- Competitive eating.
- ‘A pretentious yet sensitive wine with a hint of snozzberry. Easy to down the whole bottle without realising. Great with fresh caviar.’
- A list of films about food.
- Growing lettuce in space.
- ‘But then this is Gordon Ramsay and I like to imagine that at the time he was sitting for a portrait, dressed as a beefeater with gold pantaloons.‘
- Things wrapped in bacon.
- What is a gravy boat?
- Politicians pulling pints.
- A dinosaur rolling pin.
- How to tie a butcher’s knot.
- Pork in poetry.
- Depictions of cheese making in medieval manuscripts.
- Beautiful teapots.
- ‘Carrots are the new pork belly. Cauliflower is the new steak. Kale salad is the new burger.’
- Recipes for ice cream.
- The art of menu writing.
- Why a packet of peanut butter M&Ms is lighter than the normal kind.
- A brief history of doughnuts in America.
- Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney doing the washing up.
- Make your own sweet chilli jam.
- Alan Rickman makes tea.
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Tangerine and Cinnamon 
THANK YOU for this exciting collection of links, can’t wait to explore them!
You’re welcome! -Sarah