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Edible Media: Anti-local yokel
Joel Stein of Time takes a poke at the locavores |
Tom Philpott |
15 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The contrarian in me grinned when I read the concept. Time columnist Joel Stein pulls an anti-Pollan: He will cook dinner using only ingredients that traveled at least 3,000 miles from his home in L.A. And -- deliciously -- he will do his shopping at Whole Foods, which he declares 'the local-food movement's most treasured supermarket, the one that has huge locally grown signs next to the fruits and vegetables.' Ha, ha. It is a pretty funny joke -- especially on t ... |
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