Food in the News by Shelley Lance, Blog Editor
A couple articles caught my eye in this week’s New York Times:
In today’s paper, from an occasional series called “The Starter Garden” in the Home and Garden section, there’s an article called “Is Gardening Worth the Cost?” The writer, Michael Tortorello, a self-described “bean counter,” performs the hair raising task of adding up the financial costs and the hours of labor that he’s put into his first-time vegetable garden so far. He’s still pondering the question of what the garden has been worth to him, in ways other than money.
From yesterday’s Dining and Wine section, there’s a fascinating article by Julia Moskin called “Turf War at the Hot Dog Cart,” which details what happens when upscale, gourmet food carts move onto the turf of traditional food vendors on New York City streets. Along with the culture clash, throw economic desperation, political bureaucracy, and a lack of enforcement of food permits which encourages a flourishing black market into the mix and hostilitites ensue.
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