Breakfast and a Movie with James Baldwin
Greetings, foodies. We’re back: did we miss anything? Aside from the weirdest election campaign and presidential transition in our nation’s history, that is. We’ve been...
Category: Social Justice for Farmworkers
Los Braceros: The Root of the Gourmet Kitchen
The octopus arrived at our table on a plate illustrated with the two hands of the many workers who helped produce this gorgeous dish. At...
A Foodie Fundraiser for African Cocoa Farmers
While discussing Fair Trade labeling in 2012 with the late director and activist U. Roberto Romano following a screening of his documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate,...
Food Justice to the Plate
Over a recent meal featuring fruits and vegetables, one of my relatives on the reddish side of the political spectrum made a comment about how...
Giving Grapes: Mano Tinta
Grapes are a generous bunch. Each cluster offers dozens of individual packages of sugars and tannins, seeds and skins. “Have more,” this fruit seems to...
