Note #1.
“Only in America,” points out Slow Food USA staffer Cecily, “is the choice between rent and food turned into an advertising gimmick.”
And a question: is just one person meant to eat the two breakfast sandwiches AND the four cinnamon buns? Just checking.
Note #2.
On Sunday, as we all know, the largest beef recall in history. And papers around the country now advising consumers to “Eat local meat.” Novel! For a nicely-put Q & A with Michael Pollan via Newsweek.com, click here.
As NYC-based site Gothamist puts it, it is all a moo(t) point–much of the meat had already been eaten. The waste (of recalled meat) is staggering, the videos (and the reality they reflect inside slaughterhouses) are upsetting. Incredulity all around.
