noteatingoutinny.comFour years ago Cathy Erway, 28, was working as an editorial assistant at a publishing house and earning $27,500 a year. And like a lot of other New Yorkers she was also eating out a lot. Erway estimates she was spending around $400 a month on food.
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Photo courtesy Mark Bittman, Amazon.comLast year Mark Bittman came out with Food Matters, a book that put the spotlight on America's eating habits and what they're doing to our waistlines and the environment. He's now come out with an accompanying cookbook (entitled, appropriately, The Food ... Read More
Matthew Mead / AP PhotoJ.M. Hirsch is probably one of the most influential people in the food world. I know what you're thinking: J.M. who? Hirsch is the food editor for the Associated Press, the largest news organization in the world, which means he oversees recipe- and food-related news ... Read More
Getty ImagesEarlier this year, Vivienne Walt, a Paris-based correspondent for Time magazine, wrote an essay about the lunches her 3-year-old son is served at his kindergarten. Every week the detailed menus are posted on the wall outside the school and every school in the country.
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Getty ImagesAs the KitchenDaily editors were thinking up back-to-school story ideas, we started reminiscing about the school lunches we both endured and enjoyed. Since lunch is one of the great common denominators, we decided to ask some TV celebrities about their favorite and most feared ... Read More
Riccardo S. Savi / Getty ImagesA few years back when I interviewed Mario Batali about what he cooked for his two boys, he didn't mention penne puttanesca or chestnut ravioli with wild rabbit ragu. Instead he talked enthusiastically about preparing them pancakes.
It made sense. Chef's work ... Read More
Getty ImagesMichael Pollan is an author and food authority with intense respect and passion for food -- so did his kid eat any better than yours? The answer will make parents everywhere feel better.
How old is your son now?
MP: He's 17.
Did you become interested in food issues when he ... Read More