Food Politics

Dietary Guidelines: 1861

April 17, 2011

At the Food Politics blog Marion Nestle recounts a Civil War monograph in “Dietary Guidelines, 1861: They Haven’t Changed Much”.

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The Vegetarian Dilemma

January 23, 2011

Are you a vegetarian? Vegan? At this point in my life I am a self-described “flexitarian”. What does that mean? It leaves the door open to just about anything but I think it puts on airs of perhaps eating meat consciously. I’ve had bouts in my life of pure vegetarianism, almost to the point of […]

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