A Culture of Meat in Print

Chuck Zimmerman

This sounds like a magazine I would enjoy. Just the name conjures up savory images – Meatpaper. Meatpaper is a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. We like metaphors more than marinating tips. We are your journal of meat culture. At once divisive and universal, delicious and disturbing, funny and dead-serious, meat polarizes us unlike any other food; …

Food, Media

Recipe App For iPhone

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a great story from our World Dairy Diary site I thought you might be interested in. Do you know of any iPhone apps being developed for agriculture right now? Kraft Foods is making it easier for busy consumers to plan meals, search recipes and even locate the nearest store through a new downloadable application for iPhone and iPod touch …

Food

International Year of the Potato

Chuck Zimmerman

I had no idea we’re living in the International Year of the Potato, one of my favorite foods. I largely ignore the FAO these days but just the idea of a year dedicated to the potato kind of caught my attention. So I guess I’ll have to bake a humble tuber tonight to celebrate. FAO releases on 15 December 2008 …

Food

Pilgrim’s Pride Filing Chapter 11

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s going to be interesting to see how the word “ethanol” is used at the upcoming International Poultry Expo which we’ll be covering right here on AgWired. Apparently it’s not a pleasant word at Pilgrim’s Pride. The company just announced a Chapter 11 filing and according to a story on AgWeb it sounds like they’re blaming their troubles on, you …

Ethanol, Food

Texting Turkey

Chuck Zimmerman

What turkey week would be complete without a turkey post? Cindy and I watched the History Channel’s Modern Marvels – Turkey and since Butterball was mentioned so prominently I visited them this morning. You can find some recipes for turkey for dinner here. If you’ve got questions you can call their Turkey Talk-Line – 1-800-Butterball. Another option is to have …

Food

Dueling Press Conferences on the Road

Cindy Zimmerman

Chuck is out hunting with no internet access, I am on location covering the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit and two groups decide to have dueling telephone press conferences. What’s a blogger to do? What I did was put my cell phone on speaker and record it on to my mini Marantz. Worked out pretty well too – not all broadcast quality, …

Equipment, Ethanol, Food

Frying Turkey is High Cotton

Chuck Zimmerman

In case you’re already planning your turkey dinner the National Cottonseed Products Association wants you to consider cooking in cottonseed oil. I have not fried a whole turkey yet but maybe this is the year to do it. Apparently cottonseed oil is now available to consumers. For years, peanut oil has been the default oil for deep-frying turkey, a long-time …

Ag Groups, Food

Uncle Charley’s Hot Italian

Chuck Zimmerman

I don’t know. Maybe it was the title or maybe I was hungry but this caught my eye. When I looked at Uncle Charley’s Gourmet Sausage website I found Hot Italian Sausage and am wondering if I should place an order. Uncle Charley’s Sausage, judged a “must try” by Better Homes & Gardens food section, is allowing consumers the chance …

Food

Grain Power For Your Life

Chuck Zimmerman

I don’t know about you but I like corn in all its various forms, fuel for my body or fuel for my car. Here’s some new research that shows just how healthy the milled food products can be. Someone please get me a bowl of grits! Corn – a Grain For Life. New research just published in the October issue …

Ag Groups, Corn, Food

Grilling With Propane at Sunbelt Ag Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

There’s no question that if you grill food you’re going to attract a crowd. That’s what Joel Garrett, Garrett Grills, is doing for his second year at the Georgia Propane Gas Association building at the Sunbelt Ag Expo. I don’t think he, or the other members of the cooking crew, could cook fast enough to feed everyone but they were …

Audio, Food, Propane, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Video