Despite reservations I have about the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sunday Food section (see here, for one example), and the limitations to Michael Pollan’s book, Omnivore’s Dilemma, I found today’s column by Nestle to be right on.
Today, Nestle addressed the recent controversy over Omnivore’s Dilemma: many universities and colleges are distributing it as required reading for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bay Area’
Right on, Marin Nestle
Posted in Food, News clippings, tagged Bay Area, Books, NPR, Organic on 1 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco this week
Posted in TV and film, Weblinks, tagged Bay Area, Two worlds on 1 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
3rd I’s seventh annual South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco begins this Thursday.
About 3rd I:
3rd I is a non-profit, national organization committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film. We represent filmmakers and audiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and the South Asian Diaspora.
No Malayalam [...]
Pesticide drift in CA
Posted in News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Bay Area, Organic, Wayanad on 30 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A harrowing news story of (commonplace) pesticide poisoning from the California Report.
Note: even workers on organic fields are susceptible to drift from other farms. Makes me wonder how chemical-free our organic fruits and vegetables really are….
Listening to this story, I was reminded of a conversation I had with a certified organic farmer in Wayanad, [...]
What’s “good” food?
Posted in Food, tagged Bay Area on 19 October 2009 | 4 Comments »
The San Francisco Chronicle recently did a tasting and review of Korma curry sauces. The verdict: all of them were overly salty and sub-par.
My favorite line from the piece is the following: They may be popular, but, at least by the panel, they were not beloved.
If they –and other foods– are so popular, yet [...]
More Malayalam resources in the Bay Area
Posted in Malayalees in America, Resources, TV and film, Weblinks, tagged Bay Area on 19 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
A movie theater! Next week: Daddy Cool, starring Mammooty (the second biggest film star in Kerala after Mohanlal), which was released in Kerala this past summer.
Malayalam radio in the Bay Area
Posted in Malayalees in America, tagged Bay Area, Malayalam on 16 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just received this in my inbox from the Malayalee Association of Northern California (MANCA), and I thought I should share it:
The first malayalam radio show in the bay area will be starting on 09/19/09(Saturday). The show will be from 10am to 11am on Saturdays on 1170AM(KLOK). The show has been named “Namaste Kerala” and the [...]
