Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Future of Food
A short Film on the subject of Genetically modifying food. It keeps with our method of looking at the different ways of filming a documentary, it is very interesting too!
Here is the link:
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Diet and Drink in Nineteenth Century Maryland
This article would be helpful to anyone doing research on historical Baltimore/Maryland food traditions. Talks about the different influences on Maryland cuisine, and the types of resources available to the area that influenced the diet- local wildlife, local crops, different imported products.
http://www.mdoe.org/dietdr_19.html
http://www.mdoe.org/dietdr_19.html
Sunday, October 4, 2009
A Nutritional Guide to Traditional Baltimore Foods
Here is an article by the City Paper, investigating and evaluating the nutritional value of various traditional Baltimore dishes. Their list includes popular Baltimore delicacies such as scrapple, muskrat, lake trout, pit beef, Lady Baltimore cake, and even Natty Boh beer.
http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3621
http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3621
What is the Baltimore Lake Trout?
The Baltimore Lake Trout, sold at every single corner store across Baltimore, is neither a trout nor does it come from a lake. The following article goes into detail exploring the reasons for this popular misnomer.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2007/08/post_9.html
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2007/08/post_9.html
Labels:
baltimore,
corner stores,
fish,
lake trout,
local food
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Real Food Farm
The farm is having a Ribbon Cutting ceremony this Friday the 9th. This might be a shot that we will want. Who can go out there on Friday? I'm inquiring into the time.
heres a link
The Future of Food, One Seed at a Time (TED Talk by Cary Fowler)
Very pertinent ted talk about the need for preserving agricultural crop biodiversity in the face of climate change...
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