The End of Food

A couple of weeks ago I picked up veteran journalist Thomas Pawlick's "The End of Food" at an empire outlet across from my office. I read several chapters in the cafe before heading off to a friend's birthday celebration. We ate at a fairly generic restaurant. The food was nothing special. It was decent, but the flavours didn't burst out. The ingredients hadn't been terribly fresh, and certainly hadn't been brought in from the local market. Even in the midst of harvest time. I hate that the supermarkets feed us bland food all year long, and we convince ourselves we need to pay for it. I think it's about time we started paying attention not only to the quantity of food we eat, but also the taste and quality. Because really, there's quite the difference between a unfiorm rows of Loblaws tomatos, and the plump, juicy, flavourful variety available in a real garden. Related Links: The Nation :: Wendell Berry on the Food Crisis Foodshare :: The Good Food Box