news, again.

• there are so many people on food stamps (1 in 8!) that the stigma is disappearing, says the nytimes. i wonder if the writer has ever actually had a broken ebt card and had to have a manager called over the loud speaker in the grocery store.
  
• also, from the nytimes, the plight of the soul food farm and the profitability of its csa.
• ruth reichl was on npr. she made cranberry relish and knew the recipe by heart, of course. she said it keeps FOREVER and then giggled about it.
• i still have almost half the cauliflower left. it did not go bad while i was in texas.