Taste We Can Believe In
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pmYou know he’s a baller. You know he’s a nerd. But did you know Barack Obama is a picky eater, too (via)?
Obama was abstemious.…
Posts Tagged ‘food’
Is Culinary School Worth It?
By Kay Steiger - Nov 19th, 2008 at 6:29 pmIt’s Top Chef season again. I’ll be making my friends some yummy food tonight while we watch the second episode. This season my favorite chef…
Strangled By Corn
By Jesse Singal - Nov 13th, 2008 at 6:02 pmEffect Measure has an interesting post highlighting a study that used stable isotope analysis (I totally know what this means but, um, don’t want to…
Obsessed: ACIDIC, Cabinet Newsladder, and The Cutest First Daughter Ever
By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 7th, 2008 at 3:17 pmSasha Obama. I am convinced that she is the real Sasha Fierce Beyonce keeps marketing to the masses.
- Loryn Wilson
Cabinet Newsladder. Everyone’s talking…
Obsessed: Lookbooks, MacBooks, and American Books
By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 10th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
We can’t bear to watch the stock market fall, so we’ve been occupying ourselves with:
The brooches Michelle Obama seems to be wearing on her…
Gender Roles at Fancy Schmancy Restaurants
By Kay Steiger - Oct 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pmThe New York Times had an article yesterday about gender roles in upscale dining. This article is interesting to me, as someone who’s relatively new…
What, Was Sbarro Closed?
By Jesse Singal - Sep 11th, 2008 at 5:20 pmBarack Obama, in New York City today for his 9/11 hugfest with John McCain, also hung out with Bill Clinton for a bit. The New…
Michael Phelps’ Daily Diet
By Rob Anderson - Aug 13th, 2008 at 10:29 amThe guy should win a gold medal for this alone:
Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase “Breakfast of Champions” by starting off his…
Agricultural Subsides Are Not Responsible for Obesity
By Matt Zeitlin - Jul 30th, 2008 at 5:14 pmIt’s common wisdom (formulated by Michael Pollan) among liberal wonky types that a key to the widening of the American waistline is our agricultural policy,…
Fashion Bits: Beauty-Firm Collusion, Fashion and the Food Crisis, and Robot Shoppers
By Lisha Arino - Jul 15th, 2008 at 5:15 pmSo that last post about not talking more about fashion than I need to? I lied. (I guess I was having a bad day or…
Washington’s Unraveling Consensus?
By Austin Thompson - Jul 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pmAmerica and its prized post-World War II economic institutions (World Bank, International Monetary Fund) are losing their grip over the developing world. At least that’s…
You Say You Want A Picnic?
By Bradley Portnoy - Jul 11th, 2008 at 8:59 amMy penchant for picnics is something that hasn’t gone unnoted here at Pushback. I’ve attempted to turn picnicing from a simple activity into a full-on…
Spam Thrives Despite Our Slowing Economy… Again
By Saxon Baird - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 6:17 pmA recent article on adage.com (registration required) has pointed out the recent double-digit growth in Spam sales over the past few quarters. In a time…
“Rapidly Developing” India Can’t Feed Its Children
By Rashi Kesarwani - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 pmThe global food crisis is exacting a heavy burden on India’s poor.
Sarah Crowe, UNICEF’s communications chief for South Asia, recently told a UN radio…
