Conspicuous consumption

Saru Jayaraman from #OneFairWage asks “Who wants to eat in any environment of abuse? Who wants to eat food that comes from the tears and sweat of people who are suffering?”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/16/the-travails-of-noma-god-chefs-brutal-kitchens-and-the-cult-of-fine-dining/

(Note: “Keeping out the riff Raff” - Reservations for the pop-up in #LosAngeles cost $1,500 (£1,120) per person and sold out in just minutes.
https://noma.dk/la/ )

God Chef Rene Redzepi Resigns
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07jr2pe5j9o

#Capitalism #Chefs #Cooks #foodworkers #Noma

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle: Family Launches NaomiCooks.com. “A new website, NaomiCooks.com, has launched to preserve and celebrate the work of Milwaukee-based syndicated food writer and cookbook author Naomi Arbit, 98, whose recipes and columns reached more than 200 community newspapers nationwide.”

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 118: Reading Menus as History
https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2637411/

What’s on the menu? A lot, it turns out, and we’re not just talking about hors d’oeuvres and tasting combos. From gravy stains to hand-written notes, menus are an important source of information about cultural histories, social patterns, and human migration.

This episode considers menus as historical records. Alexia Moyer shares excerpts of meal planning from Northern Cookbook, and guest Koby Song-Nichols explains his 4-part methodology for menu analysis, discussed in “Can Historians Order off the Menu?” from Canadian Food Studies. (https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i2.682).

And, serving up a scoopful of DFS afters, Anson Hunt weighs in with his perspective on Koby’s article and the ways that menus bridge conversations between front, back, and middle of house.

#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodPodcast
#Menus
#FoodHistory
#Restaurants
#Cooks
#Kitchens
#CanadianNorth
#FoodStudies
#Academia

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

IN THE #APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS,
#Chefs Are Cultivating Their Own Narrative

The region in #NorthCarolina is home to a burgeoning #food scene, where #cooks are rewriting notions of the past while relying on the land that surrounds them

https://www.eater.com/ad/929750/appalachian-chefs-north-carolina