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Ezra Klein Archive: Food

The argument for farm subsidies -- though not the ones we have now

Mark Bittman makes the case for mending, rather than ending, farm subsidies: Eliminating the $5 billion in direct agricultural payments would level the playing field for farmers who grow non-subsidized crops, but just a bit -- perhaps not even noticeably....

By Ezra Klein  | March 2, 2011; 11:28 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (49)
Categories:  Food  
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Cooking pessimism

I'm going to make a confession: I never bring my own lunch. For every five days I spend at work, I purchase five prepared meals from a nearby restaurant. It's not that I don't know how to cook, or that...

By Ezra Klein  | February 24, 2011; 4:32 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (17)
Categories:  Food  
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Michael Pollan on the food safety bill

The Senate might get to the Food Safety Modernization Act as soon as tonight. Though I'm interested in the subject, I haven't been able to spend much time looking into the bill. But Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore's Dilemma,...

By Ezra Klein  | November 18, 2010; 4:36 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (15)
Categories:  Food, Interviews  
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El Bulli

On Nov. 4, I had the good fortune to go to El Bulli with my fiancee. El Bulli is the Spanish temple of modernist cuisine that, for the past few decades, has usually been ranked as the greatest restaurant...

By Ezra Klein  | November 16, 2010; 10:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
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Amber waves of exports

There are (at least) two major forces affecting agriculture right now. First, China, India and other populous, developing nations need more food. Second, drought has destroyed crops in competitor countries such as Russia and Ukraine. Both of these forces,...

By Ezra Klein  | October 25, 2010; 11:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
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Chef salaries in one graph

Chowhound took data from StarChefs.com's 2009 salary survey and pulled together this graph comparing the effective hourly wage of chefs de cuisine -- that is, the No. 2 chef at nice restaurants -- with the pay of a bus driver...

By Ezra Klein  | October 13, 2010; 11:02 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (10)
Categories:  Charts and Graphs, Food  
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Older Entries in This Category »

The turducken of cakes, Ezra Klein , October 7, 2010
Eric Asimov on El Bulli, Ezra Klein , September 27, 2010
Skip the tuna melt, Ezra Klein , September 21, 2010
Food as art, Ezra Klein , September 15, 2010
Industrial farms, cont'd, Ezra Klein , September 15, 2010
Industrial farms are the future, Ezra Klein , September 13, 2010
Brazil's breadbasket, Ezra Klein , September 1, 2010
Money and school lunch, Ezra Klein , August 16, 2010
Knives come out, Ezra Klein , June 17, 2010
In defense of (some) processed foods, Ezra Klein , June 14, 2010
Dispatch from a Frankfurt minibar, Ezra Klein , June 8, 2010
What do you call Chinese food in China?, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2010
'Veggie', Ezra Klein , May 25, 2010
Knives out, Ezra Klein , May 13, 2010
Are vegetables the next pork belly?, Ezra Klein , May 7, 2010
Re: The KFC Double Down, Ezra Klein , April 27, 2010
KFC needs to lay off the weak sauce, Ezra Klein , April 27, 2010
Why we need calorie information on menus, Ezra Klein , April 21, 2010
Elmo vs. obesity, Ezra Klein , April 20, 2010
In defense of ramp-lovers, Ezra Klein , April 20, 2010
Down with the GVP!, Ezra Klein , April 7, 2010
The problem of food fraud, Ezra Klein , March 31, 2010
Why it's hard to eat local, Ezra Klein , March 31, 2010
Menu labeling coming next year, Ezra Klein , March 23, 2010
How the Big Mac became the Big Mac, Ezra Klein , February 18, 2010
Your waist in maps, Ezra Klein , February 16, 2010
The case for, and against, culinary school, Ezra Klein , January 14, 2010
Domino's self-flagellating ad strategy, Ezra Klein , January 13, 2010
What's sad about not eating, Ezra Klein , January 12, 2010
Things I would like to eat right now, Ezra Klein , December 28, 2009
The behavioral economics of taste, Ezra Klein , December 11, 2009
Making turkey the star, Ezra Klein , November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving menu, Ezra Klein , November 25, 2009
The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving, Ezra Klein , November 25, 2009
Lunch break, Ezra Klein , November 24, 2009
Lunch break, Ezra Klein , November 23, 2009
Do better school lunches help kids learn?, Ezra Klein , November 11, 2009
Why eating isn't like smoking, Ezra Klein , November 5, 2009
Refrigerator philosophy, Ezra Klein , November 2, 2009
Eating dogs, Ezra Klein , November 2, 2009
Hybrid cows, Ezra Klein , November 2, 2009
D.C. dining, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
Thinking of opening a restaurant?, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
Sneaky Calories, Ezra Klein , October 14, 2009
Global Warming vs. Farms, Ezra Klein , October 14, 2009
Who Killed Gourmet Magazine?, Ezra Klein , October 13, 2009
Tab Dump, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2009
Better Shopping Through Technology, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2009
What 'The Naked Chef' Jamie Oliver Gets Wrong, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2009
Meat Facts, Ezra Klein , October 8, 2009
Menu Labeling a Bust?, Ezra Klein , October 8, 2009
Food and Finance, Ezra Klein , October 6, 2009
Where's the Beef (Coming From)?, Ezra Klein , October 6, 2009
A Very Sad Lunch Break, Ezra Klein , October 5, 2009
Is Michelle Obama a Secret Californian?, Ezra Klein , October 1, 2009
Guns vs. Butter, Ezra Klein , October 1, 2009
Is Our Food System Too Big to Fail?, Ezra Klein , September 30, 2009
The Case of the Walking Bratwurst Restaurant, Ezra Klein , September 24, 2009
Meat Your Emissions, Ezra Klein , September 24, 2009
The Problem With the Ag Committees, Ezra Klein , September 15, 2009
Is Technology a Friend or Foe to Food?, Ezra Klein , September 2, 2009
The Problem With Food Diaries, Ezra Klein , August 25, 2009
A Bit More on Organics, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
Against Heirloom Tomatoes, Ezra Klein , August 12, 2009
Organic Foods vs. Conventional Produce, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2009
Do We Need to Cook?, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2009
More on Meat and Carbon, Ezra Klein , August 7, 2009
Lunch Break: Against Restaurant Week, Ezra Klein , July 28, 2009
The Promise of Menu Labeling, Ezra Klein , July 27, 2009
The Low Cost of Chickens, Ezra Klein , July 20, 2009
Food: More Like a Drug Than Like Pencils, Ezra Klein , July 15, 2009
The Problems With Abundance, Ezra Klein , July 15, 2009
Is The Cheesecake Factory Gross?, Ezra Klein , July 13, 2009
Calorie Labeling In Action, Ezra Klein , July 10, 2009
Who You Calling Subsidized?, Ezra Klein , July 6, 2009
Do We Need the Agricultural Committees?, Ezra Klein , July 1, 2009
The Magic Pizza Vending Machine, Ezra Klein , July 1, 2009
Gut Check, Ezra Klein , July 1, 2009
Food Matters, Ezra Klein , June 23, 2009
New Allies For Food Reform, Ezra Klein , June 19, 2009
Does Cooking Make Us Human?, Ezra Klein , June 4, 2009
Lunch Break: The Recession Kitchen, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009
'A Weird Sort of Victory' at the USDA, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009
Lunch Break, Ezra Klein , June 2, 2009
How Dare He Eat Food With Adjectives!, Ezra Klein , May 29, 2009
The Plate is Political, Ezra Klein , May 21, 2009
Your Waistline in Charts, Ezra Klein , May 20, 2009
 
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