Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
A couple in Evansville, Indiana, seems to have caught a DoorDash driver who looks like she just left an Antifa anti-ICE protest, dousing their food in pepper spray before leaving the porch. Local news covered the incident. The husband, Mark Cardin, relayed the incident to reporters: I noticed my wife had started eating and she … Read more
The portion that Americans spend on food has fallen steeply over the last century. Let’s set aside the controversy over what Walmart’s shrinkflation of its annual Thanksgiving feast bundle might suggest for the recent trajectory of grocery prices. The good news for which we can be thankful is that the share of their incomes that … Read more
There I was last week, standing on the rooftop of the AISH Institute for Women’s Education, flour dusting my blue apron, watching dozens of young women with their hands kneading dough. The Jerusalem skyline stretched out behind us like God’s own backdrop for our first-ever challah bake at the new seminary in the heart of … Read more
Genesee River Watershed: Har-Go Farms Wonderful people Also see “Har-Go Farms in Pavilion with a new twist on organic“ Related PostsThe End of New York (NYC) Dairies in Trouble: Borden Makes Surprise Bankruptcy Filing “Organic” – Missouri charmer led double life, masterminded one of the biggest frauds in farm history Small Town Female … Read more
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Before anyone in his house woke up on Tuesday June 24, a 5-year-old Jacksonville boy named William decided he’d get up and take a walk to Chick-fil-A … By himself. Nobody knew he’d left since everyone was asleep, and before mom and dad knew it the cops were knocking on their door at 7:20 in … Read more
SNAP exists to guarantee basic nutrition, not to replicate the snacks aisle of a minor-league baseball stadium. Back in 2012, Donald Trump — real estate developer, future president, and amateur dietician — observed on Twitter that he had “never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.” A few days later, a perplexed Trump added, in … Read more
Serious question. After seeing what Israel did to Iran last night, why are we not taking back the CCP farmland TODAY? China owns over 380,000 acres of land in the United States, much of it adjacent to or near US military bases. The national security concern was highlighted after Israel was able to carry out … Read more
“If a Greek family starts a pizzeria, if a Chinese family straight from Beijing opens a hot dog shop, are they appropriating or are they just smart?” says the Food for Thought author and former Good Eats host. Alton Brown has spent years demystifying cooking on his Food Network show Good Eats. Now he’s brought … Read more
Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease. A recent study identified gut microbes likely to be involved and linked them with decreased riboflavin (vitamin B2) and biotin (vitamin B7), pointing the way to an unexpectedly simple treatment that may … Read more
State laws banning caged eggs are cutting off millions from cheaper options. America’s current spike in egg prices has quickly become one of the central public policy issues of early 2025. But while the emphasis in much of the media and amongst policymakers has focused on the epidemiology patterns of the avian flu, the government … Read more
The chickpea connects modern-day Jews to our ancestors from thousands of years ago. Chickpeas were one of the first legumes to be cultivated by humans. Evidence of wild chickpeas dating back to 8000 BCE was discovered in Tell el-Kerkh, in present-day Syria. Called chometz in Hebrew, chickpeas are only mentioned once in the Bible, in … Read more
A well-known and very much-admired Catholic farmer in Northern Virginia is Jesse Straight. Owner of Whiffletree Farm in Warrenton, Virginia, Straight has embraced both his farming and his Catholic life, and with his wife and children, has created something of a rural paradise on their 80 acres. There he raises herds of pigs and cattle … Read more
There’s a shortage of eggs in America right now, and the ones you can get are very expensive. Even Waffle House is adding a surcharge if you order eggs. That’s mostly not about markets, or about government; there’s a shortage of eggs mainly because of a disease killing birds. That being said, we have ample … Read more
Ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing for the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services, set to begin on Wednesday, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement gained momentum with a new bill called the “Zero for Zero Nutrition Options” (FIZZ-NO) Act, that was introduced by Rep. Keith Self (R-TX). On Tuesday, Congressman … Read more
When President Donald Trump won a second term in November, the economy topped most voters’ concerns. Many felt the pain of higher prices, and they voted with their wallets. Trump talked repeatedly about runaway grocery prices during the campaign, pledging that if elected, paying over $4 for a carton of eggs would be a thing … Read more
Shakshuka is a simple dish made of gently poached eggs in a delicious chunky tomato and bell pepper sauce. Said to have originated in Tunisia, this breakfast recipe is popular in many parts of North Africa and the Middle East. It is so satisfying, you can serve it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Read through … Read more
The Wendy’s Baconator is a beast of a burger. Introduced in 2007 as part of a back-to-basics rebranding of the perpetual fast-food underdog, the Baconator consists of a half-pound of beef, multiple slices of gooey American cheese, and six pieces of bacon, plus condiments. It contains 57 grams of protein and just shy of a … Read more
Apparently consumers are too stupid to know that butter contains milk. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled almost 80,000 pounds of Costco’s popular store-brand butter due to a crucial labeling error. While the butter listed “cream” as an ingredient, the packaging lacked a critical allergen warning alerting consumers that butter contains … Read more
So as long as you are eating your vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and some nuts and seeds, you will be more than covered on your protein intake and you will also get lots of the fiber. There is probably no field of science, where non-truths are turned into absolute facts and where false paradigms … Read more
Background and Aims Emerging evidence has raised an obesity paradox in observational studies of body mass index (BMI) and health among the oldest-old (aged ≥80 years), as an inverse relationship of BMI with mortality was reported. This study was to investigate the causal associations of BMI, waist circumference (WC), or both with mortality in the … Read more
As they have done each spring for 33 centuries, Jews the world over will sit down together at the Passover Seder this Monday [April 24, 2024] and Tuesday night to commemorate the liberation of their ancestors from slavery in ancient Egypt. The Seder is the world’s oldest continuously observed religious ritual, and it is drenched … Read more
Norman Borlaug, who was born on a farm in Iowa 110 years ago this week, is reckoned to have saved more lives than any man in human history — certainly hundreds of millions, perhaps even a billion. Over the course of his long life (he died at 95 in 2009) he was awarded the Nobel … Read more
The pandemic inspired a lot of institutions to adopt cost-saving processes that make life worse for their customers while reducing their payroll. Hotels cut back on housekeeping as a supposed “safety measure” in 2020 and 2021, and many of them fell so in love with the cost savings that they have tried to come up … Read more
Mushroom coffee is expensive and has fewer health benefits than eating whole mushrooms Is your social media timeline filled with people sipping on a warm, coffee-like drink … that’s made with mushrooms? You’re not the only one. The idea of adding mushrooms to your diet as a wellness incentive isn’t exactly new. Adaptogens of all … Read more