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    sybann: DAMN GOOD THREAD Y'ALL! more »
    stoprobbers: My main issue with Alice Waters is with her seeming inability to recognize how much food, food education and food production can only be effective whe... more »
    sallyfloyd: So where is the outrage over Bourdain also referring to Sandra Lee's cooking as a "war crime"? While I personally think her recipes suck ass, betray a... more »
    Piranha426: I find all this hand-wringing kind of funny. I live two blocks from Chez Pannisse, and while I can't really afford to go there all that often, I remai... more »
    clevernamehere: I think Alice Water's mistake was making it sound as if the issue was what the Obamas were eating. I don't think that was her actual point- her actual... more »
    Penny_Esq: Dude, even Walmart sells organic foods and produce now. Or is that just in Portland? more »
    Vermontboy: To put Bourdain (who I love, and all of whose books and cookbooks I own), in context, he objects to Waters's call for legislation banning certain addi... more »
    morninggloria: There's something very Stalinesque about Anthony Boudoin comparing an organic food lover (maybe a slightly misguided organic food lover, who lacks per... more »
    NefariousNewt: To criticize Alice Waters, after all, is tantamount to criticizing puppies... "You know, Rover, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your consta... more »
    nessalicious: I love organic food and if I had my way I'd eat it but when 'value' cans of tomatoes are 17p and organic ones are almost 80p, I have to go for value. ... more »
    TiniDarling: Is it kind of horrible that I still have a crush on Anthony Bourdain? more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: I would love to wake up one day and find that I live in a country where the health of citizens is not a matter of privilege, be it in the form of the ... more »
    purpleshoes reminds everyone to take typing breaks and stretch, ow: So so far, Anthony Bourdain has compared vegans to Hezbollah and localvores to the Khmer Rouge. How far will that man go to skirt Godwin's? Will it be... more »
    ShinyMcShine: The elitism charge is strange to me because she's saying good food shouldn't be only for the elite. Her message is anti-elitist. And to the extent tha... more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: Because I'm a philistine Frankenfood-eater, when someone says the word "organic", I hear "smaller, dirtier, and more expensive". more »
    hfree: I will admit I had a perverse thrill eating my dinner of canned soup during Waters' 60 Minutes interview. I think Waters' overlying message is a good ... more »
    Santos L Halper: Her cause would be benefited by creating ideas to bring this movement to the impoverished, to make nutritious, organic food available and affordable t... more »
    TwoScoops: I grew up in NorCal and became a chef, and I think it's a question of perspective. There are parts of the country (and big parts of low-income urban n... more »
    cellophane: I find it disturbing that thanks to Anthony Bourdain there is only 1 degree of separation between Alice Waters and Sandra Lee. [www.slashfood.com] more »
    Samanthrax: There's nothing to NOT like about small farms and organic food, as long as we're not suggesting that we get rid of large farms and genetically enginee... more »
  • #foodfight

    Go Ask Alice To Taker Her Arugula And Shove It (Say Critics)

    Today on the HuffPo, Victoria Namkung tells everybody to leave poor Alice Waters alone! More »
  • #thejezebeldiet

    What's The Etiquette For Spitting Into Your Napkin?

    Today someone writes into the Philadelphia Inquirer's advice column, "Ask Amy," to ask how to deal with her hostess's tasteless fat-free cooking. Amy says suck it up. We respectfully disagree.