The New Yorker magazine recently released its 2009 Food Issue.
As our country engages in a collective discussion on food politics, local foods, and healthy eating, I was curious to see what one of the best sources on food writing would have to say about eating sustainably in NYC.
Would they discuss President and Michelle Obama’s date night at Blue Hill (a West Village restaurant that serves creative local foods)?
How more and more New York City restaurants are cooking locally and sustaibably — reaching out to local farmers and serving seasonal ingredients?
How the best and most innovative cooking these days is coming from sustainable and local foods restaurants?
Or how farmers markets are changing the way New Yorkers eat?
I opened up the issue and . . .
Nothing. Not a word on local foods, sustainability, or our changing culture of cooking and eating.
What’s up New Yorker? Haven’t heard the news? Are you trying not to be relevant?
The folks over at The New York Times are more savvy and tuned in. On their blog, Green Inc.. they write about food politics and other environmental issues. Check out this post about young chefs doing sustainable cooking.