Green Options » World Food Program http://greenoptions.com/tag/world-food-program Posts tagged 'World Food Program' Wed, 14 May 2008 04:27:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Food Snob Challenge: How To Feed 100 Starving Children http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/05/14/food-snob-challenge-how-to-feed-100-starving-children/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/05/14/food-snob-challenge-how-to-feed-100-starving-children/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 04:27:22 +0000 Beth Bader http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/05/14/food-snob-challenge-how-to-feed-100-starving-children/ Feed 100 BagA good friend sent me Daniel Gross’ post on Slate.com, “The Agony of the Food Snob.” The article is a bit self-deprecating, a bit of humor, and a bit of a poke to food snobs’ plight as food prices rise for all of us. At times the article points out the more stupid purchases that defy reason, and at others, it shows that none of us — save the very wealthy — is immune to the price increase.

The last line of the piece is truly a challenge to all food snobs, “We’re spending obscene amounts on food we don’t need at a time when so many others are genuinely struggling to pay for enough basic sustenance to get them through the day.”

I am not a food snob. I am also on a budget these days. Even so, I certainly enjoy the best foods of every season, and the relative abundance and the fact that I can afford to eat when so many can’t has been weighing on me. I needed to do something to help.
So, here’s how I answered the challenge.

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