This letter is in response to the story entitled “Norman lawmaker calls out Olson for filing Ten Commandments bill,” published in The Transcript on Thursday, January 4, 2024
call it waste-ed as in waste education. we turned blue hill into a traunt restaurant devoted to food waste. we created a menu on dishes 100% headed to trash. we had dishes like dumpster dive salad and we had a dish we called dog food. that was a little to ignite interest. a lot of it was to look at what we can utilize that we otherwise don t covet. part of the responsibility of a chef and a restaurant one could say is to spark that kind of interest. the food waste issue too much concentrates on things we reject at the supermarket. you look at diets and the american diet and things like you mentioned the pizzas and the hamburgers. 90 million acres of corn and soy
education. explain. we turned blue hill in new york city, a restaurant in the west village, into a restaurant devoted to food waste. we created a menu around dishes that were 100% headed for the trash. and it was a little bit of provocative work there. we had dishes like dumpster dive salad, and we had a dish we called dog food. that was a little bit too ignite some interest and provocation, but a lot of it was really to look at what we can utilize that we otherwise don t covet. part of the responsibility of a chef and a restaurant one could say is to spark that kind of interest in that conversation. the food waste issue too much concentrates on ugli fruits and vegetables, low hanging fruit really when you look at the global food system and you look at die ets and the american diet. and you look at things like you mentioned at the beginning of this piece, the pizzas and the hamburgers. well, 90 million acres of corn and soy rotations take up a big
away for a second. spoiler alert. exactly, spoiler alert here. margaret cho s the one that bit the dust last night. she got booted off last night. i think she s the third or fourth one to go home. so no what is it called? the mirrorball trophy for her. but she as if you don t covet it and want one secretly. yeah, yeah. there she goes, though. but anyways, she got very emotional last night, shed a few tears, said she had a wonderful experience. take a listen. you know what? i thought the judges were really hard on me, but i think you were hard on me because you could see that i am a dancer for real. and i thank you for that. i will take that with me forever. forever and ever and ever. oh. so anyway, congrats to margaret. also last night a little tidbit. michael bolton showed back up last night to sing a little ditty because he was replacing susan boyle, who was sick. but people were surprised by
away for a second. spoiler alert. exactly, spoiler alert here. margaret cho s the one that bit the dust last night. she got booted off last night. i think she s the third or fourth one to go home. so no what is it called? the mirrorball trophy for her. but she as if you don t covet it and want one secretly. yeah, yeah. there she goes, though. but anyways, she got very emotional last night, shed a few tears, said she had a wonderful experience. take a listen. you know what? i thought the judges were really hard on me, but i think you were hard on me because you could see that i am a dancer for real. and i thank you for that. i will take that with me forever. forever and ever and ever. oh. so anyway, congrats to margaret. also last night a little tidbit. michael bolton showed back up last night to sing a little ditty because he was replacing susan boyle, who was sick. but people were surprised by that because he had a falling