The Daily Yonder presents a good overview (and more interesting statistics) of the FDA’s new Food Environment Atlas. You can make your own maps based on nearly 100 measures of food and health (it’s a little slow, but the data is fascinating!). I chose this parameter because I’m currently working on a project concerning food [...]
Tina Casagrand's Salus Populi
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Like Gramma’s? (Chocolate Chip Cookies Critiqued)
What makes a good cookie? Or, perhaps I should start more objectively–what makes a cookie good?
Cookies look attractive and taste sweet. They are portable–small and not too crumbly, easy to slip into a pocket and smuggle out of a dining hall. A baker needs not bother with a rolling pan or cutting knife; merely a [...]
Coming of Age in the Playplace
My first creative nonfiction writing assignment: to write a cover letter as if you were applying to be a McDonald’s manager. I was the only person who totally didn’t take the assignment seriously. Two other girls included several sarcastic elements. Everyone else wrote conventional letters. I was worried about mine sucking (I wrote it between [...]