Dear First Lady Obama, I’m sorry. I’m sorry that at the end of the year – when we should all be counting our blessings, putting ourselves in other’s shoes and reflecting on how we can realistically effect positive change in the new year – many privileged food-politics writers have, instead, wagged their fingers at you [...]

Hey guys! Posting these “Food Politics Friday” posts on an actual Friday has been a humorous challenge. I’ll consider changing the series name to “Food Politics (on anything but) Friday.” Gotta keep that consonance in the series I think GMOs are a really important discussion topic in food politics; but, sadly, I’m pretty clueless when [...]

So you wanna start learning more about food politics? Here is the motherload of web resources! I obviously don’t have time to follow all of these sites all the time, but I subscribe to the blogs in my Googlereader &/or have them bookmarked in a folder called “food politics.” Sometimes I find it easier to [...]

Hey guys! It’s week 11 into my weight-loss/fitness challenge. Eleven weeks. That’s 77 days. of torture! Hehe, I’m kidding! Though it sure hasn’t been easy. Scale says: Original Starting Weight: 142.6lbs Last Week’s Starting weight: 133.0lbs Today’s Weight: 132.40lbs Week Difference: -0.6 Total Difference: -10.2lbs Thoughts? Satisfied. I’ve reached my 10-lb goal, which is great, [...]

Hey guys! No, I don’t need a calendar — I am aware that today is not Friday; sorry I’m a little behind! So, in thinking about food-politics basics, here’s an interesting question… How did the Twinkie get so cheap? I mean it has 39 ingredients, for Christ’s sake! This is a question addressed in a [...]

Hey guys! I’m currently reading Marion Nestle’s Food Politics. I’ve read excerpts of the book before; I also follow Nestle’s blog, have seen her interviewed in documentaries, I follow her on Twitter, etc., etc., but I actually have never read the entire book *hangs head.* As someone who has grown increasingly interested in food politics, I [...]

Hey guys! The Cranky One, that’s me (yes, I like to talk in 3rd person), has been quite the idiot. (evidence) You see, even though the past two years have marked my being the most athletic & fit that I’ve ever been in my adult life, they’ve also marked an unhealthy shift. Somewhere along the [...]

Hey guys! When this past Saturday night rolled around, my girlfriends and I had plans to go out to dinner and dancing to celebrate a friend’s birthday. When the hosts of the restaurant asked us assertively if we had reservations, and then reprimanded us for not having them, we weighed the options — walk back [...]

[source] If you’re interested in food politics, you’ve got to check out Michael Pollan’s book review in The New York Review of Books titled, “The Food Movement, Rising” and linked here. The books under review: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front All You Can Eat: How Hungry [...]

I’m torn. [photo cred] The Bondage of Candydom. I’ve read a few blogs recently that seemed to center on a question I often ask myself and feel flustered trying to answer: Where is the middle-ground between apathy and self-righteousness? Especially with regards to a stranger who seems to be involved in unhealthy behaviors? On Fit [...]