The Sound of Fast Food

January 11, 2024

Sometime in the aughts I discovered that you could listen to the wireless order transmissions from a nearby In and Out Burger near where I worked. I recently discovered some recordings I made and I’ve posted them to Archive.org for all of you to enjoy. For those of you outside of the Western U.S., In and Out is a culty burger chain with an elaborate secret language customers in the know use to unlock variations on the simple menu. You’ll hear som...

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Jennie Cook’s Bedda Chedda: a Vegan Cheese that Tastes Great

Mr. Homegrown

December 12, 2016

Food

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...a holiday party it will disappear much faster than the eggnog. And let me also note that for someone in the midst of a family crisis, one of the best ways to help is to drop off food. Thank you to Jennie and to beekeeper Amy and to the many people who offered us food during a very difficult two weeks. Save...

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Saturday Tweets: Food, Simple Living and Bikes

Mr. Homegrown

November 8, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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https://twitter.com/civileater/status/530835488534306817 The Best Thing About a Bike-Friendly City Isn’t the Bikes — It’s the City http://t.co/WGVeHxDQmR via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 7, 2014 The Health Benefits of Simple Living (Erik chimes in at the end) http://t.co/m7juWtdPJJ via @usnews — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 5, 2014 Let him that would move the world first move himself. -Socrates — Ancient Wisdoms (@An...

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Saturday Tweets: Food Waste, Log Floors and Trash Can Potatoes

Mr. Homegrown

October 18, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...https://twitter.com/HeiferCEO/status/523215149310545920 https://twitter.com/HumanRaceEvents/status/523350556791037952 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/523170258677284864 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/523170171825815552 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/522502797544001537 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/521797952285601792...

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Natural Products Expo West: The Good and the Ugly

Mr. Homegrown

March 10, 2014

Food

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...rise to most readers of this blog that the “natural” (whatever that means) food industry suffers from the same problems that plague our food system as a whole. Most of the products at the expo are highly processed and high in sugar. Just because something is labeled “gluten free” or “GMO free” does not make it healthy. Getting beyond the nutrition issues most of these “natural” processed foods also taste, frankly, terrible. Out of the hundreds of...

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