Why there's so much reporting from Australia, from all places, in the Times food section?
"Australia Burns Again" is a leading article in today's NYT; the country is suffering devastating, unprecedented epic wildfire (not to mention a dying Great Barrier Reef) due to climate change. Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of such climate breakdown. Why is the "Food" section yet again celebrating the very products destroying the planet, and with bitterly ironic timing, the barbecue of a country -- like the FIredoor's counter -- not supposed to be on fire either.
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@Ellen K I like to think that the "Food" section celebrates "food", in all of its forms. I, for one, enjoy a reprieve from the (seemingly) constant bombardment of climate change articles in other sections of the NYT, Time Magazine Person of the Year, etc. etc.
Besides, this article highlights a restaurant that seems to be trying in its own way to be part of the solution (no gas ovens, at least), something we should be celebrating, not discouraging.
Even further, there are many plant-based food resources out there beyond the NYT if readers feel so inclined to support and have that be their primary food focus.
I would love to think that the NYT alone can save the world from the ravages of climate change, but sadly this is not reality. I'll save my climate change activism energy for other efforts, like changing the leadership of our current climate change-denying administration.
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Best of luck to the Australian chefs Down Under and beyond!
But the article reads, as if cooking on fire was invented by the non-aboriginal settlers of Australia.
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It’s true lots of Australian bbqs can be sausage/premade supermarket salad heavy affairs, but I do think we’ve mashed together so many different styles from around the world that we have our own unique take on it.
I’d imagine the freedom of not having any specific rules about bbqing from region to region or state to state (not worrying about using a specific bbq fuel/style of bbq/type of marinades and rubs) also helps our cause.
There is some INCREDIBLE American style bbq if you know where to look though (Sethros in Geelong is my instant recommendation).
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