Andrew Simmons

The headline of Josh Ozersky's April 4 Time broadside "Are Foodie Kids the Sign of End Times?" is so weird it almost made us choke on these morels and white asparagus tips in abalone dashi we're scarfing down for breakfast. To keep it brief, Ozersky thinks that there is a......

When you think of food shows, you're stuck between formulaic cooking contests, bacon-huffing Canadian bozos on YouTube, and the flecks of tartar sauce trapped in Guy Fieri's beard. There's not all that much else. But tonight a new food show debuts on PBS, and it promises (though this is not......

Have a guitar? Like to warble Velvet Underground tunes in a voice huskier than an ear of corn? Play blues solos through an amp the size of a cereal box? If your idea of a good gig is creating a soundtrack for the ogling of vegetables and grass-fed beef, you......

It is classic Daily Show. An intrepid Christiane Amanpour type diving into a roiling human rights stew. A few foils setting themselves up for easy ridicule with every utterance. A righteous skewering of extremely small-scale activism-gone-absurd in the land of $1,000 strollers. Samantha Bee brings viewers to the heart of......

Lender's Bagels are simultaneously mushy and dense, insipid pucks of dough with holes in the middle. There's no point in comparing a once-frozen Lender's bagel and the puffed-up, chewy specimens a real bagelry turns out. Still, Murray Lender, son of the label's founder, deserves accolades for expanding the family business......

At South by Southwest last week, Fiona Apple took the stage outside of L.A. for the first time in five years. Bruce Springsteen referenced "blue balls" in his keynote speech. In other news, the Tweet-a-Beer Twitter app also made its official debut, which is fitting considering many SXSW attendees spend......

Outstanding in the Field is the Rolling Thunder Revue of underground suppers. Those who like table-to-farm eating as much as the farm-to-table sort will be stoked to learn that the organization has revealed its 2012 calendar and will begin selling tickets on Tuesday, March 20. Beginning May 12 and continuing......

Pot aficionados looking to de-harsh their lungs as well as their vibes don't have to actually smoke. Instead of reaching for the pipe, they use a vaporizer, bake brownies or even steep a strong tea with hot water and a pat of butter. It's funny, then, that Raganella, a Brooklyn-based......

We like a juicy portion of propaganda about as much as we like a good dry-aged, grass-fed, sustainably raised steak. All the same, some of the most dedicated opponents of factory farming might blanch at the gruesome spectacle that is Sunny Acres Farms, the hell-hole that produces "happy meat" in......