Potatoes are notorious users of pesticides and fertilizers. Back in 2007, I produced an Edible Idaho radio story on how potato production had tainted wells on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Eastern Idaho. That lead the Shoshone Bannock tribes on a search for healthier ways to grow potatoes. An article in the Capital...
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Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore’s Dilemma, a critique of modern food systems that was named one of the ten best books of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post, will speak January 13th at Washington State University in Pullman as part of its annual common reading program. What’s noteworthy...
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(GH: An amazing if slightly unsettling look at the technology involved in getting Thanksgiving dinner to the majority of Americans — from Wired.com): Thanksgiving is about eating, and though local, organic food might be what the cool kids are eating, most people are still eating products of the industrial food system. Whether you’re talking...
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Finger steaks—those crispy battered strips of deep-fried meat—are an Idaho invention. Tim Woodward, columnist for the Idaho Statesman, recently went in search of the original recipe.
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Those crispy potato nuggets were invented on the Idaho Oregon border, from what had been—cattle feed. Yet the Tot has transcended its humble origins, now appearing in trendy bars and restaurants all over America.
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