How to Stay a Foodie Family on Food Stamps

How to Stay a Foodie Family on Food Stamps   another great article from Civil Eats.  

"It’s surprising how many people will criticize your desire to buy healthy, unprocessed foods on government assistance, while they think nothing of subsidizing the nation’s dependence on medications for type-two diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other illnesses with a lifestyle component."   Blogger Note:  Type II diabetes may not be "lifestyle induced" as new research is showing that cause and effect may not be what we thought. 

** I will admit that this article is geared more toward the newly expanding whitish middle class, professional degree carrying, home owning, middle class unemployed rather than the urban poorer not as educated, struggling for years, lower income poor.  The very educated white trash middle class is growing everyday in America- I’m one of them.

Photograph by Michael Plunkett copyrighted 2011   all rights resevered- no permission to use. NONE
Buy it or get a camera. 

California Ignores Its Own Scientists on Dangerous Pesticide

California Ignores Its Own Scientists on Dangerous Pesticide



And .....
you wonder why I avoid California produce as often as I avoid produce from CHINA???
Eat local from small family farmers, and never from corperate based conglomerates.

Small Farmer= healthy food, supports local economy 
Conglomarates= profit (lots) at any cost to YOU.
Death and illness with extreme health care cost in the end.

You do the math !  Fight for your food. 




















Photograph by Michael Plunkett copyrighted 2011   all rights resevered- no permission to use. NONE
Buy it or get a camera. 

Take Action » Food & Water Watch...The Farm Bill

Farm Bill facts:

http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/08/04/5-facts-about-the-farm-bill


and plz sign here:
Take Action » Food & Water Watch

Fancy Food Show- rough draft preview

SORRY for this delay but I experienced a flash card corruption, as much as I hate working on video tape, it never corrupted. I am working through this and shouild have these completed soon. 

More to come from the Fancy Food Show including a few videos:



Cute, yes-  serving Austraian Coffee



lower level- section B












Philadelphia's own Guy Mitchell, of the White House Chef Tour, at the Fancy Food Show.





















We ate the most incredible pork from acorn -fed pigs. It was the finest in the world. And soon to be available in the USA

  It was so good - so clean and pure- we ate it like carpaccio, raw.  I want more.

I loved this quilty frozen pleasure from India- Kulfi- like ice cream.

Kulfi- Frozen treat of India by way of Dallas

 Great French Champagne badly in need of an importer-  I'd buy it all the time.



Forget-Brimont Grand Cru- tasty





Biolive Oilve Oil from Argentina - also needs to be imported to the US.
 Best tasting Olive oil of the day.




Wonderful Oilves and garlic, but I don't think these ladies really weanted to get out of their chairs.



Chef at work - Koren Pop Up restaurant- very nice. 

and my ride home:

http://theaccidentalimbecile.blogspot.com/2011/07/light-show-on-rt-95-north-out-of.html

Monsanto under investigation by SEC | Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy

Monsanto under investigation by SEC Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy

Tale of Two Markets

A look at two uniquely different Farmer's Markets, the historic Reading terminal market in Philadelphia which is open year round, famous for its comfort food, and Amish/Mennoite sensibilities in the center of a fast paced city and the quaint Rutgers Gardens Farmer Market, New Brunswick, NJ, dedicated to selling quality seasonal produce and has the feel of a Renaissance Faire at first look but quickly reveals several "must visit" merchants that puts this little Farmer's Market at the top of anyone's list.   




(L) Rutgers, Reading Terminal Market

 

Sugar Snap Peas- another sweet spring treat

                                                          Sugar   Snap    Peas



Sugar Snap Pea    c Michael Plunkett 20111



Another spring offering  - the 'eat 'em raw', sugar snap pea. You can't stroll a farmer's market without being offered a 'snap to munch on.  Sugar snaps, an edible-podded pea, has a less fibrous pod, unlike the snow peas, so they are good to munch right out of the quart basket or from a bag in front of a summer blockbuster, much better than $$popcorn$$.

Planted early, even with a little frost, then picked young and sweet. Great on salads or stir fried. Steamed but never boiled. Grabbing one end and eating it raw might just be the best way. Or as the French call them  'mangetout' as in "eat all"   and they are not called "sugar" for nothing.  Now in season in New Jersey and surrounding states.



Sugar snap peas  c Michael Plunkett  20111



Having a high sugar count, a cup of these will contain a little more than 16g carbs and 6g of fiber, so you low low carb-ers take note.  Sugar snaps do have a very satisfying crunchy mouth feel to them which is tough to match. Being high in Vitamin K is a nice plus, so enjoy them.