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Quick Hit: Point of Order! 3 March 2010 2:44 pm

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism, convenience, eating, economics, food snobbery, geekery, health, news, nutrition, politics , Comments

Today, several news sources I follow are all about a new study comparing the effects of “junk” food taxes and subsidies on healthier food which concluded that the former is better at encouraging people to buy more “healthy” stuff. If this story goes away in less than a week, I will be very surprised, so I’m going to be watching it if only to see how long it persists, and hey, look at me responding to news in a timely manner for a change, woo!

That said, my one-word response to this study story is: AUGH. (more…)

What I’m up to: awesome weekends. 26 February 2010 11:30 pm

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism, eating, events, fangirl, friends, fun, movies, not even vegetarian, nyc, photos, pictures, pizza, random, restaurants, reviews, school , Comments

So this weekend Peter’s out of town for macho male bonding stuff which I sincerely hope does not involve getting buried by the snowicane or whatever I’m supposed to call this mess of wet and cold slushing everything up all over the place for the snowiest NYC February on record, wow (shouts out to Ansley for that fun fact, and also a pretext for delicious, delicious lunch at Veselka this afternoon, nom nom nom). But seriously, just look at the poor planters at our building’s entrance, for monkeys’ sake:

I think the super’s whole family has been worked keeping that path clear these past 36-odd hours.

Anyway. I have two excellent reasons to brave the frozen wilds of New York City this weekend, and I am going to tell you all about them, starting… now.

The Foodprint Project

To be perfectly honest, I’m not 100% sure what The Foodprint Project is, but there are so many awesome people involved that I cannot wait to be a part of it any way I can. And oh darn, hearing awesome people talk about the art and culture and politics of urban food systems and more? Geez, it’s like exactly what I came to grad school for, only free and I get to design my own homework! So that’s tomorrow, Saturday, February 27, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Studio-X, 180 Varick St., Suite 1610, New York, NY 10014.

Just Food’s CSA in NYC conference!

Ok, I do know what this event is about, which means the conference should be pretty freaking awesome. Community Supported Agriculture is the answer, doncha know, and I am eager to learn more about how it works in NYC and how I can help, because: awesome.

So that’s my plans for this weekend, but last weekend was pretty excellent, too, so (more…)

Another belated Foto Friday: adventures in Upper Class dining 15 February 2010 1:53 pm

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism, eating, food as spectator sport, food snobbery, not even vegetarian, photos, pictures, salad, silly, travel, vegetarian, weird , Comments

All right, party people, I’m pretty sure this is the last post in my series on traveling super-fancy Virgin Atlantic Upper Class style. The first was during the trip out to my Opa’s funeral early last month, then a few weeks later I showed off my flying fancy schwag (and the Virgin Clubhouse at Heathrow, OMG, and ~~yesterday~~ Friday I posted a bit about the actual in-flight experience. But I have, in a sense, saved the best for last, which is to say today I’ll be writing about what I ate on said ridiculously luxurious flight.

Perusng the menu.

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Thank You Thursday: more flight of fancy. 11 February 2010 11:04 am

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism, family, fun, not even vegetarian, photos, pictures, silly, travel , Comments

This week’s Thank You is to Virgin Atlantic, for providing so many wonderful distractions during my sad trip early last month. When I rule the world, transportation to and from funerals will always be ridiculously luxurious, oh yes. In the meantime, I can be glad I got to enjoy the awesomeness in at least one direction. It started in the Upper Class Clubhouse at Newark Airport. You may remember my very dazed brother from the original “guess where I am?” post, and I have him to thank for finally getting a picture of me that showcased our swank surroundings:

I’m so fancy! I read The New Yorker!

Not pictured: the buffet. Or getting fast-tracked through security minutes before they started boarding, because why should the fancy, fancy likes of us have to spend more time than absolutely necessary among the little people? Tee-hee. Anyway, once aboard the plane, (more…)

Ridiculously belated Foto Friday: adventures in flying fancy 22 January 2010 11:12 pm

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism, eating, family, food snobbery, fun, not even vegetarian, photos, pictures, restaurants, silly, tea, travel , Comments

Today’s post is dedicated to Ansley, not just for reminding me to write it, but also because she is going to Cancún for a long weekend tomorrow and I’m maybe just a little jealous. Anyway, have an awesome trip, lady, and do not even try to match the ridiculously huge pile of stuff I scored in the process of flying to Amsterdam at the beginning of the month:

Schwag from Virgin Upper Class

On top of the shoe bag, which I totally did use, you can see such diverse items as socks, a toothbrush, an Upper Class luggage tag, some very cute envelopes, and a copy of The Economist (which I finally finished reading yesterday because I am a giant slacker and also because I have been reading overtime to keep the pile of New Yorkers smaller than I am. Specifically TracyFood-related items (I guess the toothbrush sort of counts, too) include (more…)