When I Ask If There’s Any Slice Of Modern Life…
By Mitch Berg
…that Big Left isn’t going to profane and politicize…
…the answer is “Mitch, please”. Andrew Zimmern has a show on the slate discussing food and…
…wait for it…
politics.
I’ll echo this tweet in response:
January 27th, 2020 at 7:06 am
From the article: “Shows will cover immigration, climate change, addiction, voting rights and healthcare, and the impact those issues have on what America eats.”
I had Chinese last night and we’re going for Mexican tonight, so I’ve got Social Issue Number 1 covered.
I purged my cupboards of high-carb stew, soup and hot-dish because I’ve been reliably assured that snowfalls are just a thing of the past. On the way home, I’ll swing by the liq for tonic water and gin, my go-to hot weather drink. There we go, Social Issue Number 2 handled.
Planning ahead – to cover voting rights, he says he’s going to the Deep South – to me, that means barbecued ribs and greens. Hey SITDers, where’s the best place in the Twin Cities for genuine Voting Rights food?
Thanks for the heads-up, Mitch. This is definitely must-see TV.
January 27th, 2020 at 9:21 am
I give it a month or two before its cancelled. The last time I watched MSNBC and it wasnt Lockup was probably 2003 or earlier.
January 27th, 2020 at 9:29 am
Joe – Brasa is my favourite place to get some of those Southern foods you speak of.
January 27th, 2020 at 10:31 am
Capitalism has fed more people than socialism. Industrialized farming techniques produce more calories per dollar invested than the family farm. Trains, trucks, and shipping fleets distribute the bounty world-wide. Go back in time a century and a half, and the world was full of half-starved “locavores.” North America’s hunger for ethanol to mix with gasoline has replaced the small, peasant-operated family farms of Central America with mega-plantations that grow sugar palms, that is one reason that we have so many Central American immigrants.
A real television show that examined the intersection of politics and food would not be a good fit with MSNBC’s audience.