Every Wednesday, we review a selection of new and upcoming books addressing a specific aspect of environmentalism. Today we're recommending books about food and its relation to the environment . Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms  (by Nicolett...

From Lynn Bove': Hello everyone, after much consideration, I have decided to end my siren party. After almost six years, I decided to give siren a much needed retirement and give my attention to other projects that have been on the back burner. It has been an incredible ride these past years and...

Winter will end, one day, and when it does, you should go to Tabaq’s rooftop lounge to enjoy the lovely weather. The whole bar is wrapped in glass, with a retractable roof (!) they close in case of rain. Don’t let the stout buildings of its U Street locale fool you; Tabaq has one of the ...

Ok, now the iPhone Kindle application is earning its keep–even though it was already free. As mentioned before, The Cook’s Illustrated How-To-Cook Library is freely available from Amazon’s kindle and it’s big. I’m already a big fan of Cook’s Illustrated and Americ...

My recent post on moderate drinking and breast cancer risk spurred a lot of comments.  So I thought you might also be interested in a new initiative from the National Institutes of Health called Rethinking Drinking. The goal is to help people assess the risks and/or benefits of their drinking h...

I had every intention of serving these awesome braised short ribs over some penne or fusili to soak up all that gorgeous gravy. But it's either early onset senility or the cold that's coming on gangbusters. Whatever the reason, the sweet potatoes were cooking before I realized that I had wanted to d...

Meet with Peter Harden (one half of the mastermind brothers behind the handy dandy Harden’s restaurant guides) and there’s a good chance you’ll be treated to an insightful and entertaining lesson in the history of restaurants … or of Brits and our relationship with food (compa...

(HT: Christine at Memories of a Catholic Wife and Mother, whose mention of food blogs directed me to some new reading material!) Discovering Organic and Thrifty couldn't have come at a better time, as I really needed to clean out my fridge and I really need to do a better job o...

So this post follows yesterday’s and deals with the social side of Seattle. I dealt with the more common touristy thing many posts ago so this will concentrate on just three places. One of the best things about the US, and one which people who haven’t visited find hard to believe, is the food. E...

STEPH DEROSA: CELEBRATES AT MASA SUNDAY, EMBELLISH IN APRIL >>> How do you review a coffee bar? Or rather, why would you? Although the level of coffee connoisseurship in Tacoma is on the rise, even the most exacting bean fiend might find the process futile. A barista either knows what he’...