A handy guide (in wheel form) on the inherent perils that may ruin a good meal.

It isn’t enough to read this. You have to give it a listen.

And then go find the book. I haven’t stopped grinning every time I pick it up.

In general, I don’t think I’m all about dropping three bucks for a piece of tiny fruit, but I might be convinced to change my mind for this particular one.

They do some cool and valuable stuff up in this part of the world. One of which is a project that collects and catlogues plant seeds of heirloom fruits and vegetables for preservation and dissemination of what we might otherwise have lost.

Hell, given that we keep losing types of bananas, something like this is just a good idea if we don’t want to slip into a monoculture like the big ag companies are inadvertantly creating.

Apparently there is more news on how the olive oil we buy may be the quality it is advertised as. I swear I posted on this a couple years ago.

For something that is such a simple and prevalent food item, one hopes they’d get it right.

Get used to mangoes. Folks are trying to get you familiar with them so that you will eat more of them, particularly fresh ones.

Not that I mind. I love the damned things.

All valid observations on the actual Mexican food diet. It ain’t all Something Bel Grande folks.

Live a little. Find out where to eat good food and enjoy a taste of reality. The same can be said for just about any culture’s food in this nation. Drive by the chains, ignore the gringo part of the menu and see what happens.

Some interesting and sobering thoughts on our unvaried diet, how it got that way, and how we can improve on it.

Some tasty ways the world ushers in the new year.

Wow, this is depressing. Apparently you – and me – and every other average American, literally ate about a ton of food last year.

Each.

I mean, we’ve been a bit on the poor side, but we still managed to eat.

So, just damn.