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Julia Child, food, cooking, and the environment

Not having grown up in North America, I hadn’t heard of Julia Child until a few years ago and hadn’t actually watched any clips of her show until last night (!). But I’m catching up. I’m now in the middle of reading her memoir of her years in France during the 1950s, when she finally [...]

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Food Inc. opening in Canada

I was at our favourite fruit & veggie stand at Kensington Market last weekend, when I heard a woman asking one of the regulars at the store what he was doing the following monday evening. She happened to have a pass for two for a preview screening of Food Inc. at the Varsity Cinema (close [...]

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Food Inc.

Today is the release date of Food Inc, a new documentary looking at the food industry that has industry officials up in arms. It looks like it touches upon many of the topics explored in detail in Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma but will probably have even more of an impact because of the power [...]

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