In Search of the Real Cheeses

“Food has long served as an instrument of statecraft. Yet agricultural economics typically ... neglects security externalities.”

A six-year journey to learn about, document and share artisanal cheese-making around the world.

Old-fashioned oils rely on up-to-date equipment and the skill of the miller

Today, a bigger problem than fraud is transportation and storage.

“You are more likely to find the raw ingredients for a better future for the food system at the Waffle House than you are at your local farmers’ market.”

The freedom Italian prisoners enjoy around food came as a shock

This is a way also to say “I’m a subject” in a place that tries to transform me into an object. I’m a subject. As a subject, I want to eat what I want today.

Poor people need money and they know what to spend it on

In 2005, Luisa Weiss launched The Wednesday Chef, an early food blog. Today she has three books to her credit and continues to write about food.

Selection had nothing to do with transforming grass into wheat, or any other aspect of domestication.