Good magazine had a contest, asking people to create a solution to the outdated “food pyramid.”  Judge Marion Nestle selected this as the winner:

See other designs here.

Head to Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery in Yountville, CA and even your pooch can eat like a king.  Amidst red velvet snowman cakes wrapped in fondant scarves, crispy golden croissants, and seasonal macarons (eggnog this week) stands a jar of foie gras dog biscuits.  At $1 a pop it’s the best deal in town.
For more pictures from Bouchon Bakery in Yountville take a look after the jump…

As heard on today’s Market Report, here is the recipe from Chef Tony DiSalvo of Whist (after the jump)

Sandor Katz is a “fermentation fetishist,” who was profiled by Burkhard Bilger in recent issue of The New Yorker.
Here’s a video of Sandor making saurkraut:

Evan was on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? yesterday with City Council President Eric Garcetti.  They had just come out of a meeting with city officials, representatives from the LA Film School and folks from SEE-LA to discuss the ongoing dispute over a parking lot.  We’re expecting some kind of announcement today about the resolution.

A longer segment aired earlier in the week and it’s definitely worth a listen too. (after the jump)

Beefalo is a cow/buffalo hybrid that makes a tender, low cholesterol beef.  Evan chats with beefalo rancher Mark Merrill this week on Good Food.  A recipe is after the jump…

Enjolik Oree-Bailey is a chef in Dallas, specializing in the Low-Country cuisine of Charleston, South Carolina and the surrounding areas.  Jolie, as she is called, shares her family’s recipe for Shrimp and Grits this Saturday on Good Food.  The recipe is after the jump…

Earlier this week, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which expands the USDA’s authority in regulating nutritional guidelines for all food sold in US schools (soda machines, vending machines, etc.).  It’s the first increase in funding for school lunch in 30 years.  The increase in funding is 6 cents per student, per day.  Tom Philpott, who is a guest on Good Food this Saturday, says this bill won’t fundamentally “change the equation,” but it is a step in the right direction.
The bill has received criticism because the …

Living Christmas Tree, all native species (baby Sequoia and Blue Cedar pictured here) are rented for the holidays and returned to the farm for next year.  Trees that get too big are donated to reforestation projects, and the trees are delivered to your home in a bio diesel truck.  Ornaments are fair trade.  The sustainable solution to imported Christmas trees!  Sunday main Street market until December 19th.

Perusing Twitter, I came across a link to an article on a Scottish website about food blogging.  (Jo Stougaard of the LA-based blog My Last Bite is predominantly featured.)  Here’s a paragraph that caught my eye:
Most food bloggers are female, and it’s a positive side-effect of the phenomenon that it represents a mass rejection of the prevalent notion that women should feel guilty about what they eat, or at least regard it as a functional chore. Food blogging is all about taking pleasure in a promiscuous range of international …