Culinate Newsletter: Baked potatoes, the cooking game, Simmered Greens with Fried Tofu

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	Dear readers, The production of food is inexorably entwined with environmental impacts and politics. Food activist and writer Anna Lappe has worked tirelessly for years to spread the word about the connections between food and challenges to our environment. One of her latest projects is the Real Food Media Project, a film contest in which all of the entries were four minutes long or less. You can see the ten finalists over on the RFMP site — and take inspiration from their stories of family pig farmers, beekeepers, berry-pickers, seed savers, and more. You vote for only one favorite, but all of the films are worth the few minutes it takes to see them. If you have a little more time and want to read fantastic in-depth journalism on the same kinds of topics, check out the work being done over at FERN, the Food and Environment Reporting Network. Although you may have seen or heard some of the work FERN has helped produce in print or on the radio, you may not know that Barry Estabrook’s story about antibiotics in the food system, published last summer in Eating Well and produced by FERN, has been nominated for an IACP journalism award. Kim Carlson Editorial Director Featured Stories Plain Russets, sans chichis Gabriella Brand sometimes wishes her husband were a more adventurous eater, but at the same time, she admires his devotion to potatoes. The gamification of cooking “Instead of just cooking, I was sorting different aspects of the activity, looking for ways I had changed,” says Joan Menefee. Featured Recipes Simmered Greens with Fried Tofu Like sag paneer but with tofu; from Monica Bhide via Andrea Nguyen. Smoked Salmon and Meyer Lemon Sandwich While the Meyer lemons in the market are looking beautiful, treat yourself to this sandwich. Forward this newsletter to your friends Do you know people who would appreciate this newsletter? You may forward them a copy with our compliments. © Culinate, Inc., 25 NW 23rd Place, Suite 6 (PMB 178), Portland, OR 97210 tel 503-916-1777 fax 503-916-1778 The Culinate Newsletter is sent weekly to subscribers. You may click unsubscribe to be removed from this mailing list.