May 2013
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Preorder the WCF book →
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Shameless self-promotion alert! New page up on our tumblr with links where you can preorder The Working Class Foodies Cookbook. Includes some of my favorite indie bookstores, but let me know what your favorite indie bookstore is so I can add it to the list!
Just gonna leave this here…
Hey guys! Lots of new local indie bookstores added to the list - we’re...
April 2013
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Waiters Stuck at $2.13 Minimum Wage for 22 Years.... →
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Here’s an important piece of journalism about the underpaid women and men who serve us good food at good restaurants, courtesy of Bloomberg News (my employer). Many of us know waiters are paid less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 because gratuities are supposed to make up the difference.
Problem is, what happens when your tips don’t make up the difference?
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Preorder the WCF book →
Shameless self-promotion alert! New page up on our tumblr with links where you can preorder The Working Class Foodies Cookbook. Includes some of my favorite indie bookstores, but let me know what your favorite indie bookstore is so I can add it to the list!
Edit: And if your favorite bookstore doesn’t have it in stock (like City Lights in San Francisco - why you wanna hurt me, City Lights?), let...
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Preorder the WCF book →
Shameless self-promotion alert! New page up on our tumblr with links where you can preorder The Working Class Foodies Cookbook. Includes some of my favorite indie bookstores, but let me know what your favorite indie bookstore is so I can add it to the list!
Edit: And if your favorite bookstore doesn’t have it in stock (like City Lights in San Francisco - why you wanna hurt me, City...
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a grindr but for bars that do bloodys all day.
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a grindr but to avoid people near you who are overusing hashtags.
a grindr but for how far away your favorite dealer is right now.
a grindr but to avoid restaurants with dissatisfied servers who will spit in your food.
a grindr but for soup dumplings or even just all-day dim sum, god i’m so fucking hungry.
a grindr but for straight guys who wanna get laid.
a grindr but to...
Roger Ebert Was a Lovely Food Writer, Which Is... →
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We’ll miss his witty tweets about food and film. Click through for a fine interview by Kim Severson of The New York Times, who profiled Mr. Ebert’s love for all things gustatory back in 2010.
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March 2013
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11 Horrifying facts about your groceries →
Read this before you eat lunch, not after.
And of course the best way to avoid most if not all of this is to shop at your local farmers market, where you can ask the farmers how they grow their produce, raise their chickens and livestock, and where they catch their fish.
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February 2013
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Vote for Us! →
Hey folks! We’re finalists in a food video contest over on Saveur and would love if you could please take a moment to vote for our video on sustainable oyster farming and/or reblog it for your fellow food-loving friends! We love you (and alliteration).
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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food →
This is a long read but fascinating and so well done. Give it a chance. It’s an excerpt from an upcoming book called ‘Salt Sugar Fat: How The Food Giants Hooked Us’ by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Michael Moss.
Make sure you’re drinking water and eating a salad when you read it.
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! →
Here’s a quick vegan recipe to help you celebrate the lunar new year.
Dear New York City Restaurants: If You Were Hurt... →
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Click through for the full statement from The Mayor’s office. We’ll post details on how to apply when we get’em! The $100,000 grants will go to 1,300 and mid-sized companies. We at The Bad Deal hope our city’s fine restaurants are among the applicants (and recipients!).
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January 2013
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Letters for Noah
Let’s not talk about food for a moment.
Instead, let’s talk about my little cousin Noah.
Noah’s 12. He loves Minecraft, his many pets, and the Steelers.
Right now Noah’s in the hospital being treated for severe depression. He was being so badly bullied at school that he thought suicide would be the best way out.
Middle school is brutal and getting through it can...
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