Cool Food Events for DC-area folks

FOOD JUSTICE SERIES:  ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND HEALTH sponsored by the Accokeek FoundationFRESHFARM Markets Co-Executive Director Bernie Prince will be part of a lively panel discussion in the next installment of the series that spotlights the issues that affect food justice on a local and global scale. ~ Thursday, Nov. 17 ~ 6pm - 8pm ~ Busboys  & Poets, 2021 14th Street, Washington, DC 20009 ~ Suggested donation = $5 For more info, click here. ~~

AMERICA EATS SERIES:  SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE What are the ecological, economic and social issues surrounding the practicec of sustainable agriculture?  NPR's Linda Wertheimer moderates a distinguished panel that includes FRESHFARM Markets Co-Executive Director Ann Yonkers. Panelists include Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary, USDA; Jose Andres and more. ~Monday, Nov. 21 ~7pm ~William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives For more info, click here. ~~

FOOD Inc. In conjunction with "What's Cooking Uncle Sam?" the Oscar nominated documentarty Food, Inc is being presented followed by a post-screening discussion with Ann Yonkers, FRESHFARM Markets Co-Executive Director; Brooks Miller, co-owner of North Mountain Pastures and Alice Kamps, Curator of "What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?" ~Wednesday, Nov. 30 ~7pm ~William G McGowan Theater at the National Archives For more info, click here.

Disgust re: Penn State, Delight re: Cauliflower

People, who can even get over those in College Park who rioted after JoePa's firing?! I have been absolutely flabbergasted by the behavior of those who prioritize football over morality and decency, those who say, as one guy quoted in Joe Nocera's NYT column today, that after all Paterno has done for us, they do this to him. Are you kidding me? An immoral wretch of a man stalked and took advantage of boys he was supposed to be helping, and for $50 million of annual football profits, Penn State covered it all up? For that, JoePa and his minions should be excused? I think not. This is moral decrepitude of a most hideous form, and while I don't feel that the football players, who presumably knew nothing about all this, should be punished, all who covered this up and supported Sandusky in any way on behalf of PSU football should be fired at the very least. Revolting. Also revolting is a story T and I sat dumbstruck before while watching on 60 Minutes last night. Who's heard of the rules that exempt Congressional members from rules on insider trading? We had not and were shocked that this is a) not insanely illegal and b) that these folks aren't in jail. How on earth can the head and members of the House Committee on Financial Services be privy to information pretty much no one else is and then perfectly free to buy/short/sell stocks on their own behalf??? All these sanctimonious jerks -Boehner, Bachus- have benefited immensely from this loophole which I find absolutely unconscionable. ~~ On another note entirely, how cool is this cauliflower, and how yummy does this dish look?

Talk, pie

Nate Silver is so freaking smart and in such command of all material statistical and poli-sci oriented, but he's kind of an awkward dude. Matt Bai is also incredibly knowledgeable but also quite personable. Tonight's talk wasn't as engaging as was Michael Pollan's, but it was a great DC-pols event of which to take advantage. Bai made a point which I think is incredibly important but easily forgotten: while the general populace may be strongly in support of something -ex: gun control- that might be only their 6th most cared-about issue while for those opposed to gun control, it's their primary priority. Thus, no gun control. The pie is setting, but I might dig in early. How good does the cocoa crust look? AAAh.