Sustainability

WATCH: Every Whack-Job Montage From Last Night's MasterChef Auditions

by Mariella Mosthof

MasterChef Season 4 kicked off last night with a two-hour premiere, and, as we look forward to every summer, the kooks came out of the woodwork for the open audition rounds. Of course, those are way more entertaining than the tear-filled, moving stories of overcoming adversity or whatever, so we conveniently compiled all the Crazies Montages in one convenient space for your perusal. You're welcome.

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Lady Chef Stampede: Here's Why Amy Scherber Is The One Baker Ever To Be Profiled In This Column

by Tina Nguyen

This week, on the Lady Chef Stampede, we get baked with Amy Scherber, the woman behind Amy’s Bread. Normally I am deeply suspicious of bakers, regarding them as a mutant offshoot of pastry cooks (if you want to know about pastry cooks, I suggest trying reading some H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote about them in great detail).

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Amy Bouzgalo Served Time In Federal Prison For Social Security Fraud

by Tina Nguyen

In an Arizona Republic article, Jennifer McClellan reports that Bouzgalo formerly went by the name "Amanda Bossingham," and spent 14 months in federal prison in 2008.

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The Braiser Is Hiring Summer Interns!

by Laura Norkin

If you know your Blais from your Bourdain and are passionate about the culture surrounding food; if you can write in a compelling -- if sometimes sarcastic -- tone and wait with bated breath for the James Beards Award announcements and other foodie news, please apply.

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Smackdowns

Chris Hastings Fires Back At Farm-To-Table Critics: Purveyors Are ‘Most Important Heroes In The Food Community’

by Mariella Mosthof 4:48 pm, February 4th

It took nine months for his argument to gestate, but Hot and Hot Fish Club’s James Beard Award-winning head chef Chris Hastings is finally firing back at that Thomas Keller/Andoni Luis Aduriz profile the New York Times ran, in which they declared that sustainability was the government’s responsibility and not any individual chef’s.
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Last Call

Last Call: Two-Buck Chuck Is Now $2.49 Chuck

by Tina Nguyen 6:11 pm, January 24th

PLUS: Stomach bugs and mezcal, and salad fingers.
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Video

WATCH: Traci Des Jardins Denounces Leftovers, Overfishing

by Tina Nguyen 10:59 am, December 26th

In a wide-ranging interview that still manages to be packed into four minutes, Mother Jones caught Traci des Jardins at a TED talk and peppered her with questions about everything and anything — including the holiday-relevant question of what to do with holiday leftovers.
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Bragging Rights

Rich Foodie Kids Are Now Eating ‘Thomas Keller’s Panko-Crusted Chicken’ At Summer Camp

by Mariella Mosthof 2:20 pm, July 11th

You know who’s got it better than broke foodies? Rich foodie spawn. Yes, the children of affluent, shelling-out-$11K-for-summer-camp parents certainly aren’t binging on s’mores washed down with bug juice like some of us did back in the day.
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Video

Inspirational Food Porn Of The Day: A Captivating Farm-To-Table Journey

by Mariella Mosthof 3:30 pm, July 6th

If you found yourself horrified by that Domino’s supply chain map we discovered a couple of weeks ago, fear not. We have finally found an adequate palate cleanser.
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Smackdowns

Dan Barber Blasts ‘Self-Righteous Vegetarians’ For Not Thinking Sustainably Enough

by Tina Nguyen 2:00 pm, June 29th

Yes, Dan Barber is aware that everyone thinks he’s a locavore, veggie-eating evangelist. But in a column in today’s Wall Street Journal, Barber firmly planted his flag in the nutrient-dense soil of Conscientious Omnivore territory.
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Events

Bill Yosses To Talk About The Future Of Food At Major Science Conference

by Tina Nguyen 10:23 am, June 21st

By day, Bill Yosses is the Executive Pastry Chef at the White House, where he makes famous pies, giant gingerbread replicas of the Executive Residence, and cookies in the shape of Portuguese water dogs. But by night, he’s an international expert in molecular pastry, lecturing at Harvard and UCLA on the topic of science in food.
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Interviews

Andrew Zimmern Ate A Donkey, Had An Epiphany About Sustainable Protein

by Tina Nguyen 5:55 pm, June 19th

“People would be blown away. It tastes like veal – healthy, delicious and good for you. It’s a miracle meat.”
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Food In Politics

New Study Says Fat People Are Destroying The Planet

by Tina Nguyen 3:01 pm, June 18th

A recent British study has some startling conclusions, especially for those laissez-faire eaters: overweight people are placing an “unsustainable” amount of pressure on our planet’s resources.
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Food In Politics

Thomas Keller Clarifies His Sustainability Stance

by Mariella Mosthof 5:50 pm, May 30th

In typically placating fashion, the chef-owner of The French Laundry, Per Se, and Bouchon felt the need to quiet the fight with another article, this time penned himself, expounding on his feelings towards the locavore movement.
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