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To: epicure who wrote (6183)	4/23/2006 10:23:34 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51717

Here's a question for the thread- what are the best shoes for sports/workouts? At the moment I am using New Balance shoes- and they're fine, but I'm always looking around. I was hoping the MBT shoes might be my new workout shoes, but no luck there. Has anyone found anything really fantastic? I'm looking for a shoe that has an excellent footbed, with lots of cushioning, and I'd also like it to come in various widths. I wear excellent socks with my shoes- I've found Thorlo socks to be the best for my workouts, but I'm also open to hearing about other brands of padded socks. Happy feet are the foundation to a good workout (imo).

To: epicure who wrote (6183)	5/16/2006 12:16:01 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51717

Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma recently selected for UC Davis 2006 Campus Community Book Project, which means every UC Davis [big Central Valley ag school] freshman has to read it next fall, when there will be a big interdisciplinary discussion program on campus around it. Pollan in NY Times today: Message 22455687 Thanks for starting this thread. I learned your name when I read The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis 40 years ago. It is one of the most beautiful words I have ever heard in any language. Sam

To: epicure who wrote (6183)	11/10/2006 10:38:47 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51717

A cantankerous self-described "Christian-conservative-libertarian-environmentalist-lunatic," The Times reviewer got that wrong. Salatin is a self described Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist. Or so he says in the introduction to one of his books. But he may not disagree with the cantankerous part. <g> I bought two of his books when I visited his farm the other day. Michael Pollan wrote the introduction to one of them. I was hoping to meet the man, but he was away giving a seminar in Missouri. And he had just returned from Canada where he was at an ag conference. He's very much in demand these days! The woman I was speaking with at the farm said there has been a steady stream of pilgrims since the Pollan book came out. This could be the start of something big! Not much to see at the farm right now, but at least I got to see the famous chickenmobile. :) This is the farm's website. polyfacefarms.com