Archive for August, 2009
Hot Dog Day Afternoon
Friday, August 21st, 2009There must be something in the air. Or maybe the water. Whatever it is, we here at The Faster Times food section seem to have gone a little hot dog crazy lately. Take, for instance, Street Foods correspondent Sarah Karnasiewicz’s recent post about the Yankee Hot Dog Trail, in which she muses, “Looking back on [...]
How Green Is Your Meat?
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Of all the boogeymen at the root of the massive global climate change problem, none is more troubling in the hearts of the meat-loving masses than agriculture. The animals we so dearly love to feast upon (and you know I do) are spewing more methane into the atmosphere than ever before, and with the global rise in [...]
How Green Is Your Meat?
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Of all the boogeymen at the root of the massive global climate change problem, none is more troubling in the hearts of the meat-loving masses than agriculture. The animals we so dearly love to feast upon (and you know I do) are spewing more methane into the atmosphere than ever before, and with the global rise in [...]
You Are Going To Die…Would You Like To Hear About Our Specials?
Friday, August 14th, 2009After binging on coverage of the current debate over our health care system and all the insanity it’s wrought, I had a seriously disturbing dream last night. It was that special brand of nightmare you tend to have after you’ve been up way too late with a bottle of Stoli and a hefty edition of [...]
More Spleen, Sir?
Friday, August 7th, 2009As part of the book I published last year, I took part in — and often conducted — a number of meat-themed outings, adventures and experiments. There was the Testicle Festival in Montana (it was hilarious), a day spent helping a young couple on a family farm butcher their cow for the year (it was a lot [...]
