Larry King and cheap processed meat. They've got a lot in common: both smush together scraps of debatable value and dubious origin and extrude them as suitable fodder for our more credulous compatriots.

Here's the problem which Anthony Bourdain and other blissful carnivores choose to ignore: the world-wide cattle industry is linked to destructive deforestation and their climate destiny.

We believe that because animals can't write a book, compose a symphony, or do algebra that we're so much better than them. What a load of bullshit.

The Connecticut Forum in Hartford was an informative, insightful and humorous panel discussion on food and food politics.

Don't denigrate our Alice Waters, Tony -- she is the real thing.