Well, it's Monday, and it's the usual prescient doom-and-gloom over at James Howard Kunstler's infelicitously named
Clusterfuck Nation blog. Alas, Madam Mayo recommends it. Related to the food scarcity issues Kunstler discusses is the rapid, widespread and largely unnoticed deterioration in the quality of our food supply. For more on that, be sure to check out Marion Nestle's latest,
Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine. (Nestle's website is
Food Politics.) And, on a happier foodie note, check out my amiga
Paula Whyman's blog post on
Baking for Writers: Thanksgiving Edition. More anon.