- Crab season in the greater Chesapeake Bay watershed
- U-Pick berries, of the blue-, straw-, black-, and rasp- varieties
- farmers' markets in the cities
- cold drinks
- leisure time to explore new restaurants, cook elaborate meals, revel in Nature, etc.
- Summer news slump, while most pols & news media professionals go on full or semi-vacation, and we're left with News of the Weird and a foreboding feeling that some Serious Shit is going to hit us come late August or early September.
I hope to broach all these topics in coming posts here at Pink Dragonfruit, the Food Blog That Thinks It Can. Today, let me start with the last one.
- Chinese pork buns filled with cardboard and "caustic soda"
- U.S. trades nuclear technology & fuel for Indian mangoes (somewhat old news, but it's starting to bother me that no one seems to have investigated this)
- Sole entrant in baking contest takes second place
- Confirmed: Whole Foods CEO is a shameless dickhead. Like we didn't already know! I was onto this guy three years ago. In fact, I think I might add some kind of Whole Foods Watch component to Pink Dragonfruit. Keep your eye on the WF tag.
I don't know about you, but I'm quite concerned about this whole China food safety thing. I've lately been trying to avoid processed foods, but it's pretty difficult. I don't want to have to make my own snack food, and there are certain products, like ajvar and Tofutti, that I refuse to cross off my shopping list. So when I googled "China food safety," I was intrigued by this site, which is sponsored by the USDA and US Dept. of Commerce, in addition to the expected PRC agencies. According to domainsearch.com, the site is registered by someone at Tsinghua University in Beijing. I'm not sure what all this portends, but I know I'll be paying extra attention to the news out of China come September 12 & 13
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