Fish CSAs, More USDA Hijinks, and Other Food News
By Jonathan Kauffman in The Food Section
Wednesday, Jan. 14 2009 @ 7:27AM
A few news stories for this week:
Here's the Catch by Nancy Harmon Jenkins (Washington Post): A small fishing community in Maine tries the CSA approach, which sounds ideal for replicating in the Puget Sound.
New USDA Country of Origin Labeling Loopholes by Andrew Schneider (Seattle P-I): Consumers want it. U.S. producers want it. So why does the government continue to delay — and now gut — country-of-origin labeling?
Top 11 Compounds in Drinking Water by Rowan Hooper (New Scientist via Serious Eats): A review of the water from 19 water utilities found that we like our water spiked with mood stabilizers, anticonvulsants, and beta-blockers.
Wine Enhancement Devices Are Put to the Test (Harold McGee, NYT): Which improves wines more effectively — $400 Wine Wands or putting a copper penny in a glass of wine? The nation's pre-eminent food scientist finds out. I'm interested to try his cure for corked wines, which involves plastic wrap.
Restaurants Sued for Better Access by Paul Shukovsky (P-I): There's got to be a story behind the story here — woman sues two local restaurant chains regarding ADA compliance, but hasn't talked to the restaurants she's suing about her access problems and refuses to talk to the press.
And the cooking video of the week teaches you what to do with all that Maine fish. No need to watch the whole 10-minute video — I just got stuck on the introduction:
1 comment(s)
BoB says:
The local seafood expert, fisherman, and fishmonger John Foss started up the original CSS(Community Supported Seafood)ten years ago as part of his SeaMonster Seafoods. We would get 5 lbs. a week of local or Alaskan seafood.
He is building new little village seafood plants in Alaska and told me he thinks he has a deal for a new location for his shop in Ballard.
We are gladly waiting. My wife and I followed him from Fresh Fish, to his first eco-sustainable seafood counter at Madison Market Co-op, and back to Ballard. Fresh Fish and Madison Market have fallen in quality, and John lost his original building in Ballard-the old Lutefisk plant.
He said he was going to be part of new construction in Ballard, but the developers were slowing down due to the economy.
The new place is going to have live butchers and all local meat also.
Can't wait, the guy is a fanatic about quality, and always had a lot of chefs hanging around.
BoB Rebob
Posted On: Wednesday, Jan. 14 2009 @ 12:59PM