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LOCAL BITES
Boston Public Market
If you haven’t walked by the empty building space, 136 Blackstone Street, near Boston’s Haymarket, you might not know that the city has proposed to install at that spot a year-round, indoor market of local foods – produce, meats, fish and more. Cities such as Seattle are famous for their public markets; Boston has that potential. Voice your opinions and make suggestions at the Boston Public Market Community Workshop February 23, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The Boston Globe reports that the market could open as early as 2012.
Hello Again
Learning to cook gluten-free can be tough – no wheat flours, no rye, no barley. Say ‘hello, again’ to favorites like brownies and chicken potpie with a lesson with the very famous Pastry Chef Jim Dodge. He will demonstrate a gluten-free dinner at Boston University March 3. Tickets are $50. Past events seem to have sold out quickly. FYI, Dodge baked chocolate buttermilk fudge cake with crystallized rose petals with the late Bostonian and food heroine Julia Child on “Lessons with Master Chefs.”
Souper Bowl III
Head to Roxbury Sunday to benefit the Haley House. For $25, you get soup made from local ingredients in a clay bowl you can take home at the annual Souper Bowl. There will be two seatings: 1-3 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. at the Haley House Bakery Café, 12 Dade Street.
A Spoonful of Ginger
When will you get to taste food from Ming Tsai, Joanne Chang and Jasper White all in one night? On March 28, these chefs are others are coming together at the Museum of Fine Arts for ‘A Spoonful of Ginger’ food tasting to benefit the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Asian Americans Diabetes Initiative. Tickets are a pricey $250 each, but that includes not only the tasting, but also the opportunity to check out the beautiful new Art of the Americas Wing, all for a cause.
Smoke Lust
Bacon may not be the only smoked food you’ll ever need. According to Haris Jusufbegovic of Sabur Restaurant in Somerville and Aaron Kagan of The Boston Globe, you might need to taste smoked mushrooms, salt, potatoes and mozzarella. Apparently, smoked foods are a pleasure signal to the brain. As if we needed another reason to eat bacon.
NATIONAL TREATS
Food Museums
Thinking of traveling to South Korea, Idaho or Japan? Add a kimichi museum, a potato museum and a ramen museum to your itinerary. Molly Aronica at The Daily Meal highlights “eight bizarre food museums” around the world.
Eat your Greens
Has environmentalism gone stale? Is a food revolution the new green? Bryan Walsh of Time contemplated how climate change activists could take notes from the food movement on social transformation and more.
Calorie Counting
Health conscious legislators may have to hit the drawing board again. A study from The International Journal of Obesity said calorie labeling at fast-food restaurants did not significantly change the eating habits of adolescents it studied in New York. Read the article on that study by NPR’s April Fulton here.
Talk about Food
New York City may be the place to be this weekend for those interested in everything from food policy to NYC’s food history. On Friday and Saturday the International Association of Culinary Professionals New York City Regional Conference will host over ten food lectures and discussions on food issues relevant today. Register online for $149 per person.
Choose Your Battles
What’s social etiquette when it comes to taking your kids out to eat? The BBC takes this one on, giving various points of view from parents and child-less couples.