<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from jessicaduncan.blog-city.com</title><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 jessicaduncan.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:13:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from jessicaduncan.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The Future of Food</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/the_future_of_food.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/the_future_of_food.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ffuture%5Fof%5Ffood</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;AA Gill taste-tests vitamin water and other miracle foods this week in The Times. It is a pretty good article and effectively highlights how far things have come in the world of &ldquo;functional&rdquo; foods. Gill draws our attention to:SKIN-B]]></description></item><item><title>&quot;Kung pao chicken&quot; made official for Olympics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/kung_pao_chicken_made_official_for_olympics.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/kung_pao_chicken_made_official_for_olympics.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kung%5Fpao%5Fchicken%5Fmade%5Fofficial%5Ffor%5Folympics</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reuters has posted a rather interesting story related to food and the Olympic games.&nbsp;Now, perhaps I am slow but I sorta though that one of the stated goals of the Olympics was breaking down prejudices and cultural barriers and fostering learning]]></description></item><item><title>Jean Baudrillard on eating alone</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/jean_baudrillard_on_eating_alone.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/jean_baudrillard_on_eating_alone.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=jean%5Fbaudrillard%5Fon%5Feating%5Falone</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Decidedly, joggers are the true Latter Day Saints and the protagonists of an easy-does-it Apocalypse. Nothing evokes the end of the world more than a man running straight ahead on a beach, swathed in the sounds of his walkman, cocooned in the solitar]]></description></item><item><title>African farmers speak out on food crisis</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/african_farmers_speak_out_on_food_crisis.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/african_farmers_speak_out_on_food_crisis.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=african%5Ffarmers%5Fspeak%5Fout%5Fon%5Ffood%5Fcrisis</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Below is the Final Declaration on the Global Food Crisis from the regional meeting of La Via Campesina Africa, held in Madagascar, May 14-18, 2008---From the 14th to the 17th of May, 40 delegates of peasants&#39; organizations[1] from different Afric]]></description></item><item><title>NFU speaks out on food crisis</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/nfu_speaks_out_on_food_crisis.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/nfu_speaks_out_on_food_crisis.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nfu%5Fspeaks%5Fout%5Fon%5Ffood%5Fcrisis</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;The National Farmers Union (NFU) of Canada has issued a press release declaring that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization High-Level Conference on World Food Security taking place in Rome &ldquo;is a good first step&rdquo; They continue: Mo]]></description></item><item><title>I don&apos;t know why I find this so incredible but....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/i_dont_know_why_i_find_this_so_incredible_but.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/i_dont_know_why_i_find_this_so_incredible_but.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fdont%5Fknow%5Fwhy%5Fi%5Ffind%5Fthis%5Fso%5Fincredible%5Fbut</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;In Brazil, members of an unknown Amazon basin tribe were spotted during a flight over the rainforest, explains The GuardianJames Sturcke clearly articulates why it is I am so interested by this group of people (and granted, this interest is bal]]></description></item><item><title>Tricking the tongue- the sweet taste of lemons</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/tricking_the_tongue_the_sweet_taste_of_lemons.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/tricking_the_tongue_the_sweet_taste_of_lemons.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tricking%5Fthe%5Ftongue%5Fthe%5Fsweet%5Ftaste%5Fof%5Flemons</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The New York Times recently posted a story about a fruit that effectively makes all things sour taste sweet.In the article titled &ldquo;A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue,&rdquo; Patrick Farrell and Kassie Bracken explain: The miracle fruit, Synsep]]></description></item><item><title>Bon Iver (***sigh***)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/bon_iver_sigh.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/bon_iver_sigh.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bon%5Fiver%5Fsigh</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was witness to the magic and soulful sounds of Bon Iver, live last night in Paris.&nbsp;He exudes heartbreak and his songs invoke a strange blend of delight and sorrow, confidence and a sense of loss.&nbsp; Tried out the main act but they&nbsp; wer]]></description></item><item><title>Paris en vélo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/paris_en_vlo.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/paris_en_vlo.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=paris%5Fen%5Fvlo</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Paris en v&eacute;lo&nbsp;A dear friend of mine has just left Paris for Guadalupe, where he will work for the next 2 to 3 years, and I have been given the responsibility of looking after his bike. I picked the bike up early Sunday morning and proceed]]></description></item><item><title>Call to Action on World Food Emergency</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/call_to_action_on_world_food_emergency.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/call_to_action_on_world_food_emergency.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=call%5Fto%5Faction%5Fon%5Fworld%5Ffood%5Femergency</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ETC Group (http://www.etcgroup.org ) has just released a Call to Action on World Food Emergency. They encourage people to sign on to the international Call to Action by social movements and civil society on the World Food Emergency and the underlying]]></description></item><item><title>BC Politics Update: Bill M208</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/bc_politics_update_bill_m208.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/bc_politics_update_bill_m208.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bc%5Fpolitics%5Fupdate%5Fbill%5Fm208</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gregor Robertson&#39;s Private Members Bill M208 was re-tabled.This Bill would bring in identification of toxic substances related to food and food production, the prohibition of any such toxic substances use around children, schools and other areas,]]></description></item><item><title>La grève</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/la_grve.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/la_grve.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=la%5Fgrve</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[France is on quasi-strike today in protest of increasing the number of years you need to work to receive your pension from 40 to 41.So far the metros are running but the trains are not.&nbsp; The biggest impact on my life thus far has been that RFI (]]></description></item><item><title>Some food for thought.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/some_food_for_thought.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/some_food_for_thought.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=some%5Ffood%5Ffor%5Fthought</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Juliana Rincon, who blogs for Reuters and is a photo editor for Global Voices, recently wrote about the impacts of the food crisis in Haiti. She illuminates that &ldquo;The international food shortage and crisis is doing its rounds on the blogo]]></description></item><item><title>Broken Social Scening</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/broken_social_scening.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/broken_social_scening.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=broken%5Fsocial%5Fscening</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The storms I left behind in Barcelona have finally caught up with me here is Paris.&nbsp;It is aurevoir to sunny happy days and lazy nights dedicated to people watching on the terraces in the Marais, drinking wine and eating ice cream&hellip;&nbsp; B]]></description></item><item><title>Six Pillars of Food Sovereignty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/six_pillars_of_food_sovereignty.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/six_pillars_of_food_sovereignty.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=six%5Fpillars%5Fof%5Ffood%5Fsovereignty</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Below are the &quot;Six Pillars of Food Sovereignty&quot; that were agreed upon a&nbsp;year ago at the International Forum for Food Sovereignty in Mali. My dear friend and mentor, Cathleen Kneen, has annotated each item and I think her&nbsp;comments]]></description></item><item><title>DESTINI!!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/destini.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/destini.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=destini</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[YAHOO my long lost veggie-picking friend.Can you please send me your email address: jessicabrownduncan@gmail.com&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Coffee-break</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/coffeebreak.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/coffeebreak.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=coffeebreak</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am giving up coffee and so far, so good. Well, not really. I love coffee, I really, really do. I adore the taste and I am more than happy to drink a fine decaf blend. I love espresso, a strong drip, alonge/Americano... you name it, so long as it is]]></description></item><item><title>“Should I start the conga line”</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/should_i_start_the_conga_line.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/should_i_start_the_conga_line.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=should%5Fi%5Fstart%5Fthe%5Fconga%5Fline</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, I am back in Paris after 10 amazing days in Barcelona (bar-they-lo-na). I brought my computer and had every intention of blogging about my culinary and tourism adventures but in the end, I just really did not feel like it. I think I was slightl]]></description></item><item><title>Update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/update_1.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/update_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=update%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The recent lack of posts can be blamed on a few things.First, I have had very little free time with work deadlines and house guests. Second, what free time I do have has been split between a &nbsp;rewarding &nbsp;and indulgingly time-consuming email]]></description></item><item><title>Reflections on the need to read things carefully (or … why I should never read and try to respond to personal emails while at work)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/reflections_on_the_need_to_read_things_carefully_or__why_i.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/reflections_on_the_need_to_read_things_carefully_or__why_i.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reflections%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fneed%5Fto%5Fread%5Fthings%5Fcarefully%5For%5F%5Fwhy%5Fi</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Yes, it is true, I am a FaceBook and email addict. I find myself logging in far more often that necessary, in the off chance that someone has written me, updated a status, tagged a photo, poked me&hellip; I am quite good about checking these si]]></description></item><item><title>You can take the girl away from the coast...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/you_can_take_the_girl_away_from_the_coast.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/you_can_take_the_girl_away_from_the_coast.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=you%5Fcan%5Ftake%5Fthe%5Fgirl%5Faway%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Fcoast</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, not much to report. The persistent stream of house guests is starting to wear away at me. I had planned a series of &ldquo;alone&rdquo; days but these were quickly taken up by friends whose plans to stay elsewhere had fallen though. I feel very]]></description></item><item><title>World Food Crisis: Canada needs to step it up</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/world_food_crisis_canada_needs_to_step_it_up.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/world_food_crisis_canada_needs_to_step_it_up.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=world%5Ffood%5Fcrisis%5Fcanada%5Fneeds%5Fto%5Fstep%5Fit%5Fup</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;World food crisisContextSince the 1970s, the cost of agricultural commodities has decreased. This can be linked to agriculture subsidy policies forwarded by OCED countries. Now, after years of decline, agriculture community prices (in real term]]></description></item><item><title>Root veggie meets opera</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/root_veggie_meets_opera.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/root_veggie_meets_opera.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=root%5Fveggie%5Fmeets%5Fopera</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funny how I am so completely enamored by this city, this country and yet I remain nostalgic for all things &ldquo;Canadiana&rdquo;&nbsp;: CBC, pancakes, CanLit and Canadian bands. &nbsp;This weekend we made suchi and drank mojitos served in a salad b]]></description></item><item><title>The PCE (Parisian cliché-effect). Or,  Why I love Paris</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/the_pce_parisian_clicheffect_or__why_i_love_paris.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/the_pce_parisian_clicheffect_or__why_i_love_paris.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fpce%5Fparisian%5Fclicheffect%5For%5F%5Fwhy%5Fi%5Flove%5Fparis</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why does everything that happen here feel so undeniably clich&eacute;?&nbsp;Clich&eacute;: 1.a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impa]]></description></item><item><title>Yet another reason to eat local? or is it?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/yet_another_reason_to_eat_local_or_is_it.htm</guid><link>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/yet_another_reason_to_eat_local_or_is_it.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://jessicaduncan.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yet%5Fanother%5Freason%5Fto%5Feat%5Flocal%5For%5Fis%5Fit</comments><dc:creator>Jess Duncan</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Soya is present in an estimated 60% of processed foods. I tend to stay clear of such foods but in a never ending quest for a nutritionally sound diet, I do fall back on soya for protein (especially edamame and miso (yum)). But, just like all th]]></description></item></channel></rss>