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Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

Posted in Books & Media on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 4:20am by lee -

5/23 UPDATE: I had the wrong video showing here, an excellent Bill Moyers piece (which I'll post next week in some form). Here's the correct, Colbert video. In honor of Michael Pollan's Twin Cities appearance yesterday... In case you missed it when it aired on May 13, here's Michael Pollan's 5 minute interview with Stephen Colbert.

As always, Colbert is baiting and silly (I mean that in a good way), and Pollan spars with spirit and practical smarts. Revelations include whether or not Pollan was breast-fed (his mom - shockingly - answers "no" on camera), the fact that Pollan ate Yodels after school as a kid, and a discussion of what science has done for Cheetos ("they're big!"). Enjoy:

Pictures from Last Night's Local Birchwood Dinner

Posted in Out & About on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 10:20am by lee -

I just posted pictures from last night's fantastic local food dinner on Facebook. You can find them here. The pictures were taken by my friend and local Minneapolis photographer extraordinaire Chris Bohnhoff.

Michael Pollan at the Edina Galleria Tonight 5/19

Posted in Books & Media on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 9:42am by lee -

Local, sustainable food man Michael Pollan will be at the Edina, MN Barnes and Noble (at the Galleria) tonight, Tuesday May 19 at 7:00. Here are the details, from the Barnes and Noble website (spare as they are):

Birchwood Dinner as Good as it Sounds

Posted in Out & About on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 4:57am by lee -

Thank you so much to those who came to last night's Simple, Good, and Tasty dinner at Minneapolis' Birchwood Cafe. For the second month in a row, more than 30 friends and foodies filled one of the Twin Cities finest local, sustainable, organic restaurants.

Sustainable Birchwood Dinner Tonight

Posted in Out & About on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 10:41am by lee -

If you were one of the first 36 people to sign up for the local, sustainable meal in Minneapolis, I'm very excited to see you tonight at 7:00 at the Birchwood Cafe. If you weren't, hope to see you at next month's event! I did finally get a copy of the menu, which looks fantastic. I'm not going to spill the beans, but I will give you one word: nettles. See you later.

Just BARE Chicken, Part 3: The Wrap-up

Posted in Out & About on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 5:04am by lee -

This is my third post about Gold'n Plump's Just BARE Chicken, and boy am I hungry! Just in time to try some, I might add.

Organic Foods MN Directory

Posted in Out & About on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 7:10pm by lee -

Just wanted to make you aware that I've recently started to build an Organic foods MN directory, seeing as no satisfactory directory of organic foods, growers, companies, markets, and artisan producers seems to exist. I'll be building out the directory over time, very much looking forward to your suggestions. In the meantime, you can find the directory under the "Food Related Links" tab above.

Just BARE Chicken, Part 2: The Commentary

Posted in Out & About on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 4:59am by lee -

In a recent post about Just BARE Chicken, I published an email interview I conducted with Julie Berling, Director of Brand Strategy for Gold'n Plump Poultry. I found Ms. Berling's answers to be both measured and thoughtful. It seems to me that Gold'n Plump is doing the a good thing by introducing Just BARE Chicken line of products, from raising the chickens at local farms to allowing customers to track where they come from.