Dec 24 2009

Maira Kalman on the food revolution

Maira Kalman, the artist famous (to me) for her wonderful illustrations for Strunk and White’s Elements of Style and the “Newyorkistan” New Yorker cover is now doing a monthly op-ed column of photographs and commentary – called “And the Pursuit of Happiness” – for the New York Times blog site.  Her November piece, “Back to the Land,” is about the food revolution and its importance for American democracy.  It’s a gift to everyone interested in food politics or anything else about food.

Happy holidays!

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  • mosprott
  • December 24, 2009
  • 10:10 am

Thanks for posting – that’s really lovely!

Happy holidays!!!

  • Kim Scheinberg
  • December 24, 2009
  • 10:35 am

Two of my favorite authors — Maira Kalman (my kids have all her books) and Marion Nestle together in one blog post.

What a wonderful way to start the day.

This is great! I wish America would be less “fastly fastly” as well.

Thanks! I missed this one.

  • Anthro
  • December 24, 2009
  • 12:08 pm

Thank you for introducing me to Kalman and her work. What a lovely Holiday treat! A real message of hope. The children are just beautiful; I’ve read of Alice Waters’ work in the schools, but these photos have way more impact and really bring this work to life.

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