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“The other Door County” in the news

Yesterday’s Trib offers this travel feature on Washington Island, which is . . . a decent overview of island basics (ferry, lawyers, Iceland). But, based on the graf on the hotel, I wonder about the writer’s sources, as she repeats the weirdly ubiquitous misconception that the hotel staff are all “chefs in training” at the … Continued

3, 2, 1 . . .

. . . let the locavore backlash begin. Or, really, continue. David Tamarkin’s piece in this week’s Time Out Chicago is has raised hackles across the internet–much as I’m sure was intended. It’s a pretty solid piece of contrarian provocation: create a straw man representing an extremist fringe, dress it up with some facts, some … Continued

I lied

I’d be remiss to not point out this piece from yesterday’s NYT, on the boom in . . . wait for it . . . organic/artisanal/small-batch wheat farming. Hello, New York publishers! This is so money! Where is my book deal?? Oh right. I haven’t finished the proposal. Right. Anyway. The piece (which is focused … Continued

Oh, right

I’m taking a break for a bit while I manage urban reentry and generally screw my head back on. The apt is a mess, and I have to practice my zombie dance moves for the block party. Back in a week or so.

Whose island is it anyway?

“I think of Washington Island as the Midwest’s Martha’s Vineyard, only undiscovered by most.”–respondent 5048 “Don’t let it turn into another Martha’s Vineyard.”–respondent 5124 Those’re just two of the many, many conflicting, contradictory, and sometimes downright cantankerous replies to one of the open-ended essay questions on the 2007 Washington Island Comprehensive Planning Survey. The comments … Continued

The locavore lacuna?

Victual Reality columnist/farmer Tom Philpott snaps the locavore’s Achilles tendon in a recent review of Paul Roberts’s The End of Food, on the eco-news site Grist. [snip] “Reading through the recent food-politics bookshelf, it’s too easy to take away an “industrial food bad, local food good” attitude. But how many modern-day locavores would readily embrace … Continued