http://foodieduo.com viva hydroponic basil Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past Saturday I had the supreme pleasure of venturing down to Columbia Heights to eat at Taqueria Distrito Federal on 14th Street with my buddies Jackie and Steve for some of- if not the- best tacos I've ever had. When I lived in the area it was definitely one ... http://foodieduo.com/2008/08/11/besttacosever/ A couple weeks ago, tomatoes went off the shelves in groceries and off the plates in restaurants after being connected to a salmonella outbreak. It's not the tomatoes themselves that are infected, it's the processing plants where they're packed, or turned into other products that are causing the ... http://foodieduo.com/2008/07/02/salmonella-scare-continues-are-the-duo-the-only-ones-not-scratching-their-heads/ Yesterday I asked of the Post's Young Lives at Risk series: When did people stop caring about what their food tastes like, and how it makes them feel? They didn't answer the question in so many words (instead we got a feature on fat camps that kind of appalled me), ... http://foodieduo.com/2008/05/20/a-body-detached-from-its-stomach-is-like-a-body-without-a-soul/ Having tackled the quality of care for illegal aliens in ICE detention centers last week, now the Washington Post is onto Young Lives At Risk: Our Overweight Children*. Gruesome graphics, scary statistics, chats, and stories guaranteed to warrant popular outcry on all sides of the issue will be included. While ... http://foodieduo.com/2008/05/19/young-lives-at-risk-in-the-washington-post/ It took us long enough but Meg and I have finally discovered our broiler. Or rather, we finally figured out what to with it and the results have been pretty awesome. I've taken my pan-fired winter steak (which I make all year long since I don't know how to use ... http://foodieduo.com/2008/02/27/broiler-magic/ I love Lynne Rossetto Kasper like nobody's business. I love her voice, her attitude on life, on eating, on pleasure. She's fantastic. I subscribe to her Weeknight Kitchen emails and try to listen to the Splendid Table podcast every week. This morning I was pleasantly greeted with a really easy ... http://foodieduo.com/2008/01/16/love-the-splendid-table-love-broccoli/ Also from the Beeb, landscapes constructed entirely out of food: foodscapes. http://foodieduo.com/2008/01/15/foodscapes/ When I was in middle school, I was really into drawing comics. One of them was called Super Carrot, and featured an orange caped carrot saving the world from...actually, I don't remember. But still, saw this article about new GM supercarrots in BBC and thought of *swoon* my hero. http://foodieduo.com/2008/01/15/the-adventures-of-super-carrot/ Looking for a place to eat in NYC? Looking for other stuff by that restaurant, places to walk, food shops and regular shops? Want to find it by borough, landmark or street address? Then Mappetite is for you! I think I'm in love. Must steal my foodie counterpart and take the ... http://foodieduo.com/2007/12/11/mappetite-awesome/ In yesterday's Washington Post, Jimmy Carter wrote on the misery of farm subsidies. He says, It is embarrassing to note that, from 1995 to 2005, the richest 10 percent of cotton growers received more than 80 percent of total subsidies. The wealthiest 1 percent of American cotton farmers continues to receive ... http://foodieduo.com/2007/12/11/meg-jimmy-carter-and-the-economist-on-the-us-farm-bill-unified-front/