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"This salad tasted so earthy, fresh and delicious that it was like performing cunnilingus on Alice Waters’s vegetable patch."
What they say about the salad at Buddha Dog, Toronto 
Specializing in Salsa Diversity: El Pollo Vagabundo, Elmhurst, IL
"OK, so I’m feeling a bit cranky, but, hey, folks, has anyone noticed that we have a few more serious food security problems right now than wondering why Michelle Obama is so nattily dressed whilst digging dirt?"
Janet Chrzan, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology University of Pennsylvania Comfood listserv, March 25, 2009 
Michelle Obama breaks ground on the Whitehouse vegetable garden, along with 5th graders from Bancroft Elementary public school. Also, read this piece on how the publicly visible garden should translate into government action. (photo via blogs.usatoday.com) 
Cupping coffees at Victrola at their Pike street location in Seattle. 
The best food is found in strip malls. In the Eastlake district in Seattle, WA, nestled between a Subway and a teriyaki joint (Seattle’s comfort food), @bigsanford and I ate dinner last night in rockstar Nick Castleberry’s kitchen. This highlight from the night is a warm escarole salad with cauliflower, boquerones, and a healthy dash of pimienton. Between math class, student council, and swim-team practice, 12-year-old David Fishman pursues his true passion: writing reviews of some of New York’s most important restaurants. Our veteran food writer, Alan Richman, meets his underage match.
"I ate an eyeball today. A cheek, and an eyeball. We were just messing around ‘cause we wanted to make a fritto misto of the head [of a pig] for Easter, so we poached an eyeball, battered it, and deep fried it."
Nate Appleman, at The Art of the Butcher, March 5, 2009, on answering the question “Is there anything you wouldn’t eat?”
Amazing! In flight wifi means I can post 35,000 leagues above the sea. Currently sipping Teance Jasmine Green tea and e-mailing. I feel like I’m in a futuristic coffee house in the sky.
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