Foodie Goodness: NPR Food
I know I’ve been absent from blogging. I haven’t received new interview questions back yet from a few local artists, and I haven’t been to a new food joint in some time. I’m changing that very soon however, and checking out a small cuban joint off Baymeadows that I’ve been told is amazingly delicious. I did however, come across some awesome little podcasts NPR has on itunes about all things Food. They’ve taken food segments from their programs and put them into one great podcast series you can subscribe to here. (the link will take you to iTunes) They also have a link on their website for all things Food including many of the audio clips you’ll find in the series, here.
In one of these podcasts, author and former FDA Commissioner David Kessler has some interesting things to say about why we as a society overeat, how chemicals play a huge part in many of the foods we eat (processed foods of course), and opens the can of worms on all these things we call “food” but really are just highly processed edible things, or fat.
“Pick an appetizer. What’s in Buffalo wings? You start with the fatty part of the chicken. Many times it’s fried in the manufacturing plant first. It’s fried again in the restaurant. That red sauce? Sugar and fat. That creamy sauce? Fat and salt. So what are we eating? Fat on fat on fat on sugar on fat and salt.” – David Kessler
