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Marching for One More Penny: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Pickets Publix Supermarkets in Tampa Bay (via ACCESS DENIED)

This is an excellent write-up regarding food production and labour rights in Florida. Publix is a local supermarket giant, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) have been fighting for better wages, working conditions and respect for farmworkers for nearly two decades now. For those of us who feel that farmers and farmworkers should receive … Continue reading »

My Response to “What Does a Vegan World Actually Look Like?”

In an article on Treehugger.com, Sami Grover asks “What Does a Vegan World Actually Look Like?” I found the article interesting, however not without some flaws of thought. A particular passage in the article particularly rankled me. Would a Vegan World Be Less Cruel? Clearly eating meat, or supporting the death that is inherent in … Continue reading »

Eating Animals

Recently I finished reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, a book that’s part food memoir, part investigative journalism and part interview, all focusing on the problematic consumption of animals, particularly in the United States. As someone who has read other accounts of factory farming and the inhumane treatment of animals in these type of “farms,” … Continue reading »

New Role as Stardust Admin

Hey there. So I’ve recently become the co-administrator for Stardust Video & Coffee’s site, www.stardustie.com, so in addition to my other blog and projects above, I’ll also be putting up posts such as this one on Courtney’s Le Petit Prince cocktail, photographs of the everyday, profiling Stardust dance parties like The Video Dept. and other … Continue reading »

Sandwich Bar, Robinson Street

I love sandwiches. If there was a type of food that I was restricted to eating, I would pick sandwiches over pizzas, curries, sushi, burritos, wraps or any other sorts. I could potentially live and live all right as a sandwichterian. Thankfully, I won’t have to (as I do love some pizza & etc), but … Continue reading »

Beer #3: Cigar City Maduro

It’s been over a month since I last blogged about a beer in my 50 American Beers Project, much to my embarrassment. Here to rectify that is the newest beer to be featured in the project, and our first Florida beer. Cigar City Brewing of Tampa is the source of the Maduro, a deep rich … Continue reading »

Photo-post of baked goods

This is just some pictures of stuff I’ve made at Stardust in the past couple months. I hope you have a cupcake or something nearby, or you’re likely to be pretty annoyed with me. BEWARE! NOMS AHEAD! That’s that for now.

Beer #2: Red Brick Brown

My second beer for the 50 American Beers Project comes from the neighbouring state of Georgia. Ah, Georgia. It brought us the B-52s and was the setting for Designing Women, and the subject of a Ray Charles song. It also brings us the Red Brick Brewing Company, a brewery located in Atlanta (aka Hotlanta) that, … Continue reading »

50 American Beers Project – Beer #1: Peak Organic Pomegranate Wheat Ale

I begin the 50 American Beers Project with a beer that came all the way from the other end of the East Coast. Peak Organic is a brewery that gives us beer from Portland, Maine. And not just any beer, but organic beer. So you can drink beer and feel somewhat green about doing so. … Continue reading »

Introducing the 50 American Beers Project

Ta-da! ….dah. Since my 100 Pubs Project is on hold indefinitely until I return back to London, I am launching another project to keep me occupied while I am in the New World: The 50 American Beers Project. It’s simple enough: I’m going to try 50 different American beers, with preference towards offerings from regional … Continue reading »

The Arsenal of a Broke Baker

I’ve been meaning to write an article like this one for a while, since I started the Tasty Fever blog years ago. When I was first getting into baking, I noticed that a lot of cookbooks that focused on baking often assumed that the reader had a number of kitchen gadgets that I, as an … Continue reading »

Starting up the Stardust oven again

So, after lolling about unemployed at my parents’ house, I’ve begun baking again at Stardust Coffee & Video (or Video & Coffee… one of them). Last night I took a break because the water was turned off at my parents’ house due to a suspected leak, but the past handful of days have seen an … Continue reading »

Revisiting Audubon Park Community Market

So, now that I’m back in Orlando, I had been meaning to catch up with the local market scene. It didn’t take me long to go to the revived College Park Market located in the parking lot of Infusion on Thursday evenings. Small but sweet, it focused more on edible items for purchase. It was … Continue reading »

Bitchin’ Kitchen, aka Again I’m Watching Too Much TV

So yes, another post about a television show. Deal. I’ve been watching episodes of Bitchin’ Kitchen on Cooking Channel, a cooking show that looks as if it’s gotten heavy doses of punk rock, rockabilly and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse mixed in. In BK’s world, there isn’t any talking furniture, but rather three food correspondents who fill you … Continue reading »

Brew Masters, aka I’m Watching Too Much TV

So, my arrival into the bosom of America was not only greeted by American portions and sizes, but by American television. Shortly after taking over my parents’ guest room, a new show premiered on the Discovery Channel: Brew Masters. “I’ve got the greatest job in the world: I make beer.” Awesome. If you’ve been keeping … Continue reading »