Friday Buffet

The NYT had this great piece on root-to-stem eating on Wednesday (sort of the veggie/summer garden version of snout-to-tail).

Now I’ll eat most things, but carrot tops? There are uses, but no runaway successes.

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Not to be outdone, the WSJ’s Juggle blog ran this helpful post on making the most of your CSA subscription.

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Restaurant customers have spoken–we want smaller portions. An NPD Group survey found that 57 percent of diners want to eat smaller portions in the coming year.

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Uh oh–looks like we may have a new global food waste “champion.” China tosses more trash per person than the U.S., and a larger portion of it (25% to 14%) is food.

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And just a head’s up: Monday on this very blog (and Sunday on the Wasted Food Facebook page) I’ll unveil the new paperback cover! It comes out in exactly one month!