Posts Tagged ‘Atlantic’

America’s New Source for Organic Produce: Walmart Supercenters

In this companion video to a story that Corby Kummer wrote in the latest issue of the Atlantic, the food writer gives us a tour of Walmart's produce section. Here's the money quote after Kummer reviews the produce from both a Walmart Supercenter and a Whole Foods in Austin (the "ur-Whole Foods," as Kummer calls it):

Germans Getting Into American Craft Beer?

The Marshall Plan. NATO. David Hasselhoff. Collaboration between Germany and the United States is not new. But rarely has it spilled over into the world of beer–the glue that, almost as much as the Bundesrat, holds Germany together. After all, what could German brewers possibly have to learn from their German brethren? Over the summer, [...]

The Postmodern Condition/This Blog Revealed as a Sham

The Atlantic reports that 70% of complaints about restaurants relate not to food, but service. 70%! This number astounds because: 1. more Americans can agree that waiters suck than can agree who should be President, whether abortion should be legal, and whether Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian is a good movie. [...]