Pieces of history hit the auction block as items from Tavern on the Green are being auctioned off today.

Eater NY has the photos of items that made Tavern on the Green the iconic landmark of Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Here is an excellent article from the NewYork Times about the importance of food and the role that it plays in your overall health and well being.

In tough economic times, when health insurance may not always be there, people realize more than ever that their health is their responsibility.

Don’t wait for that wake up call of illness or financial emergency to live your best life now and insure yourself for a better tomorrow.

Michael Pollan explains the health industry/food industry connection with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show.

Roger Ebert waxes poetic about the beauty of fellowship and community which surrounds food.

He reminisces about the flavors and textures that he misses most since he has lost his ability to eat and drink.

Nostalgia stirs the memory of childhood pleasures and eating in diners.

Nil by Mouth brings a fresh look at why we love food.

Most people are planning to make resolutions and big changes for the upcoming year.

Some of these changes will be borne out of neccessity because finances force us to spend our food dollars more efficiently.

While some resolutions will aim to improve our health and consume in ways that don’t harm the planet.

So, whether you simply want to look and feel better or need to remake your budget there is a way to do both.

Eating well is eating simply and Michael Pollan has made that easier with “Food Rules” that are short and sweet.

And if reading is too much trouble check out this video on foods that you should be eating to improve your health from the book, The 10 Things You Need to Eat starting with beets!

Courtesy of the New York Times, December 30, 2009, just some of the exciting food news to usher in 2010!

New York Dinning News features gastronomic finds such as, THE POMMES ALIGOT AT MINETTA TAVERN and THE MAPLE BUDINO AT LOCANDA VERDE.

Sam Sifton knows how to make our mouths water!

Monsanto is engineering your future.

The food we eat and the beverages we drink are products of laboratory experiments and genetic engineering.

Christopher Leonard writes in the Huffington post of the monopoly that Mansanto is gaining and the real choices for our health that we are losing.

The 11 Best Cookbooks of 2009

The McNuggetini from the book This Is Why You’re Fat introduces us to a new low of debaucherous gluttoney!
How far will we go until someone says enough?

Natalie Portman has written a thoughtful and provacative response to Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals.

The Huffington Post will be featuring a wide range of reviews on the book and hopes to start a national conversation of the global impact factory farming has on us all.

From pollution to disease, carnivorous activity threatens the food supply and the sustainability of our planet.