Hunt.Gather.Love. - Melissa McEwen's on food anthropology, economics, and culture

The Long Goodbye: a trip to Europe

Melissa — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:37:40 +0000

Something very strange happened to me recently. It was almost as I if was reenacting 2008. It's hard to believe it's been that long, that it's 2012 now and it's been nearly 4 years ago since I hopped...

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Home is where the gut bacteria is

Melissa — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:45:27 +0000

Ugh, I got back from Europe this week and I feel like I have so much catching up to do. Books to review, emails to answer, projects to finish, mad programming skillz to acquire, apartment to...

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Liver, corpse demons, and historical vegetarianism

Melissa — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:43:56 +0000

In the US, liver has been in the news with the California foie gras ban going into effect. However, I hadn't heard until today that Japan is going through it's own liver debate. If you have...

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Walking, cities, and baseline fitness

Melissa — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:30:32 +0000

Growing up in Marietta, Georgia, I played outside quite a bit, but while our neighborhood had some nice creeks and forests, it did not have any sidewalks. When you went somewhere, you got there...

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Is it ethical to eat meat contest finalists

Melissa — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:12:26 +0000

A reader alerted me that the Nytimes has put up the finalists for the meat ethics contest I mentioned before. Foolishly, they are allowing the readers to vote on them (the tyranny of the...

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Beef and Beer: Can we de-commodify grassfed meat?

Melissa — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:54:44 +0000

You know, it's kind of amazing to realize that you can get pretty good craft beer at nearly any convenience store in a city. You can even get it at a random mediocre bar your friend dragged you to...

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The Myth of Sustainable Meat and James McWilliams

Melissa — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:06:15 +0000

People keep sending me The Myth of Sustainable Meat by James McWilliams. If you've followed this blog long enough you'll know I've blogged about James before. I'm also a regular commenter...

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Food Truck Symposium in Chicago and a Paleo Food Truck

Melissa — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:00:43 +0000

Just last week a guy named Joe contacted me on Facebook to tell me about his Kickstarter project- a paleo food cart! I didn't get around to blogging about it until today and in the meantime it was...

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My Official Guide to Eating Badly

Melissa — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:30:57 +0000

I like to blog about a lot of fancy stuff, but in reality, it's not every day I'm making braised local grass-fed oxtails and wild caught sea bass. Life gets in the way. But that doesn't mean...

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The edges of human tolerance to hot and cold

Melissa — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:45:55 +0000

A few years ago, when I was in college, I was on a volunteer trip in the North of Wisconsin and I was invited to an Ojibwe sweatlodge. I had never had an experience like that before. It was...

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