About Baylen Linnekin
Baylen Linnekin is a lawyer, food writer, and (inadequately self-trained) cook. Baylen has interviewed chef/author/TV host Anthony Bourdain; written about the canard of Chicago's foie gras ban; hailed the wonder of D'Artagnan's Duckathlon; and detailed how he tracked down some moosemeat and made mooseburgers in a quest to figure out Sarah Palin. Baylen ultimately hopes to defend the rights of restaurateurs, bar owners, food sellers, chefs, farmers, and diners. He lives in Washington, DC and Fayetteville, AR.There are 381 posts by Baylen Linnekin
Quick Bites: Bantastic Edition
French exile TV show because it promotes wine. [Telegraph] Italy bans molecular gastronomy. [Overlawyered] England may ban disposing of food in the garbage bin. [Guardian] US Senate bill would ban all junk food from schools. [Reuters] Maryland keeps ...Mar. 18, 2010 — Quick Bites
Rick Steves to Offer Gander at French Foie Gras Farm
Euro travel host nonpareil (and NORML advisory board member) Rick Steves writes at his Facebook page about how his love of of foie gras has led him to offer a tour of a French goose ...Big Brother With a Chip on ‘is Shoulder, Innit?
Facing a severe economic crisis and renewed tensions with Argentina over the disputed Falkland Islands, the Daily Mail reports the British government is focusing attention on the dimensions of the country's French fries: They have been ...Mar. 4, 2010 — Food Politics
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Kids get 27% of their calories from junk food. And 100% of those calories are paid for by their parents. [Boston.com Moms] The EU finally approves a GMO food (a potato). Except it's inedible. [BusinessWeek] If your milkshake ...Mar. 3, 2010 — Quirkies
Fat Kids, Skinny Kids
Meet Lucy. She's five years old. And at 3' 9" and 51 lbs., she's the new face of obesity in England. Maybe poor Lucy should go on the Kelly Osborne sleepytime apple diet. (Since "an apple... has no carbs and no sugar in ...Feb. 18, 2010 — Food Politics
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Four people die during Jamie Oliver's TED Award acceptance speech (honest!). Was it the fact that he paced around the stage like a frenetic Frankenstein, or that his cadence often devolved into something you might see at an ...Feb. 17, 2010 — Quick Bites
Fussin’ Over Hugo Chavez and His Plans to Starve His People
Venezuelan tyrant Hugo Chavez, after having shuttered and expropriated a private grocer, last week launched a socialist grocery chain in its stead. From the pro-Chavez voices at Venezuela Analysis: Over the weekend Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez inaugurated some ...Feb. 16, 2010 — Food Politics
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New Mexico residents protest state senate's "tortilla tax." [KRQE] LA held its "'first annual' LA Street Food Fest" on Saturday. [LAT] Michelle Obama vows to take on obesity. Billions in unsuccessful programs and increase in obesity rate inevitably ...Feb. 15, 2010 — Uncategorized
Mr. Spriggs BBQ So Smooth It Will Impregnate You
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Fresh! Local! Sustainable! Risible!
Daily Mail columnist John Carvel goes gaga over Hampshire, an English countryside village he claims is well on the way to becoming the first in England to defy the power of the supermarkets by achieving communal self-sufficiency in ...Feb. 5, 2010 — Farming, Food Politics
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Groundhog makes a fine bologna. "There was a guy in St. Thomas who would go out and make bologna out of different animals. He made groundhog bologna, beaver bologna, crow bologna, everything." [Chambersburg Public Opinion] Russian fans throw ...Feb. 2, 2010 — Quick Bites, Quirkies
Well, What Kind of Bagel Was It?
Janie Har of The Oregonian alerted us more than 24 hours ago to a "burnt" or "smoking" bagel that forced the evacuation of Portland's City Hall. Portland City Hall evacuated: Bagel to blame By Janie Har, The Oregonian January 27, ...Jan. 28, 2010 — Quirkies
Turkey or Tofurky Question Now Answered in Couples’ Counseling
You'll have to pardon me here if there's only a brief reference to food in this post, but I thought I should let you know that the Apocalypse is coming. Make no bones about it. And it will ...Jan. 19, 2010 — Food Politics
Floor Collapses Under Weighing-In Weight Watchers
It's January, which means many people (me most definitely included) are on a quest to lose weight. I'm trying the time-tested approach of a) eating fewer calories and b) exercising more regularly. There are those who prefer approaches ...Jan. 15, 2010 — Quirkies
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The Atlantic's Caitlin Flanagan (yes, that Caitlin Flanagan) has oodles more faith than I do in the ability of schools to actually teach kids a darn thing. That said, her well-written piece on the growing infestation in ...Jan. 12, 2010 — Quick Bites
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After an unannounced, unintended, and unacceptable two-week absence, Crispy is back. British taxpayers buy jihadi cleric's kebab and Coke. In return, he rants against the West in short news documentary titled Jihadi Milkshake. [The Sun] Think one-million people dead ...Jan. 7, 2010 — Quick Bites
Review of ‘Gallo Be Thy Name’
My review (download PDF) of Jerome Tuccille's recent release Gallo Be Thy Name: The Inside Story of How One Family Rose to Dominate the U.S. Wine Market, appears in the newest issue of the Journal of ...Dec. 11, 2009 — Drink, Food Writing
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AmEx is offering Dunkin' Donuts chaahge caahd holdahs "a rewaaahd when they rechaahge the caahd." [NRN] Following the sale earlier this year of his L.A.-area eatery and now that of his NYC flagship, Gordon Ramsay owns as ...Dec. 4, 2009 — Quick Bites
