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Checkout Line: Cocoa loco Will chocolate replace coffee as the foodie's bean of obsession?	Lou Bendrick	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. ----- Dear Grist:So what's the deal with this "bean to bar" thing I hear about with chocolate? People are calling chocolate the Next Bean (coffee apparently being the equivalent of last season's fashion), but is it really worth my time -- and money -- to pay atten ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, food, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Checkout Line: Meat of the matter What's so eco about all those eco-meat labels?	Lou Bendrick	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices, and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. Free range: more sizzle than steak? Hi,Something I've been pondering a lot lately is the whole 'free-range' meat market. After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, I have a lot of doubts as to whether meat labeled 'all natural' and 'free range' is actually those thing ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, food, livestock (all these topics)

Checkout Line: Like when hell freezes over, only the opposite Why freezer burn matters, and how to avoid it	Lou Bendrick	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. Dear Lou, What's the deal with freezer burn, that white discoloration that occurs when something is left in the freezer too long? What is it exactly and is there any problem with eating food that has freezer burn? Ross Conrad Dear Ross, Because I know you are a ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, food, green living (all these topics)

Checkout Line: School of fish Amid collapsing fisheries and factory-farmed salmon, how to choose sustainable seafood	Lou Bendrick	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. Hello Grist, The food worry that keeps me up at night is how best to buy fish. Should I buy 'wild caught,' with the world's fishing fleets using giant nets that scoop up all sorts of sea wildlife in one fell swoop, drowning the fish they wanted to collect along with many va ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Checkout Line, fishing, food (all these topics)

Checkout Line: Farmers market etiquette How to ask hard questions of the people who grow your food	Lou Bendrick	23 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. What to do when it's not so spelled out for you? Photo: Jennifer Dickert Dear Checkout Line, Any suggestions on how to ask local farmers (or the person selling the goods at the farmers' market who might not be the actual grower) if the produce was treated with Sev ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, farmers markets, food, local food, organic food (all these topics)

Checkout Line: Nuts to you The unshelled story on the nutty side of our food supply	Lou Bendrick	09 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This post marks the launch of our new food-advice column Checkout Line, by talented, funny, and food-obsessed Lou Bendrick. Ever get confused in the supermarket, wondering which 'all-natural' label is legit? Ever wonder what you'd actually say to a farmer at a farmers market, or whether organic is better than local, or how you can stretch your dollar when you're buying for the whole family? Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night by writing us at groceries ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, food, organic food (all these topics)

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