Food Stuff

And Also: An alleged girlfriend batterer and another asshole (now de facto second in command behind Gov. Patterson, there being no lieutenant governor given the Spitzer mess) has decided to throw the NY Senate to the Republicans, making the Lieberman sideshow of a few years back look like high school civics in comparison. And, some think Blue Dogs are a problem ...

In this quirky, fascinating and delightful book, author Sarah Murray has toured the globe in search of the stories behind food miles. Along the way, she has collected a series of astonishing facts and vivid accounts of Shanghai cafs serving English tea from Harrogate, American grain falling from a United Nations plane in Sudan and barbequed Memphis ribs flying FedEx to Wall Street traders. And such journeys date back millennia, from Roman olive oil to the Eastern spice trade.

-- Moveable Feasts: The Incredible Journeys of the Things We Eat

Food Party, a delightfully off the wall affair led by Thu Tran is now on IFC. Shades of TV Funhouse.