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The Arugula Wars, Take 2

By Guy Hand

Thanks to Chris Oates at TreasuredValley.com, who pointed this study out to me, here are some additional and very interesting statistics to expand on the recent NPR story I did called “The Arugula Wars” on the question of whether conservatives and liberals eat differently.   According to the report, they certainly do. Here’s a summary of the... »

The Arugula Wars: Food as partisan politics

By Guy Hand

Food has the power to draw people together like no other human activity — think Thanksgiving.  But food can also divide.  In the past presidential campaign opponents frequently used food to divide voters down party lines — think “those arugula eating liberals.” In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand looks at eating as... »