#Potatoes

The potato industry is hard at work funding studies to relieve any anxiety you might have about eating potatoes.  For the record, I think they are delicious in almost any form.  In moderation, of course. Two items. I.  A press release from the Idaho Potato Commission: “Idaho Potatoes Are First

The Alliance for Potato Research & Education is explicitly “Dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of the role potatoes play in promoting the health of all people.” As the Alliance explains: Potatoes are a nutrient-rich vegetable and one of the top sources of potassium in

I like potatoes and they have plenty of nutritional value along with their calories, but their calories mainly come from starch—a rapidly digested carbohydrate. The Harvard Food Pyramid puts potatoes in the “Eat Sparingly” category, right at the top with red meat, butter, and sugary beverages.

Rebecca Earle.  Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato.  Cambridge University Press, 2020. The historian Rebecca Earle uses the potato as an entry point into investigations of some of the most important political issues of our time: immigration, free-market capitalism, and

When Torsten Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class in 1899, he could not possibly have imagined this product when he invented the term “conspicuous consumption.” I am indebted to BakeryAndSnacks.com for its noting the new “bling in snacks:” Japanese snack maker Koikeya…collaborated with