CURRENT MISSION

Eating in the Wake of the Green Revolution

ABOUT ME

I was awarded a Watson Fellowship in March of 2007. With it, from June 2007 to August 2008, I travel the world - namely Mexico, India, France, Morocco, and Spain - to look at the cultural impacts of changes in the farming practices of staple crops and shifts in traditional diets due to technological advancements. So, if I seem oddly fascinated by the contents of your kitchen cupboards, there's reason.

In general? In June of 2004, Vanity Fair described me as "a tall, happy-go-lucky blond, who looks like he should be selling bread on Martha's Vineyard."

Sure.

PHILOSOPHY

This world can be better. We can help with that.

Interests

agriculture
baking
cycling
doodling
eating
film
graphic novels
hiking
ice cream
jumping off big things
kayaking
laughing to myself
media regulation
national public radio
oceans
politics
rain
slow food
talk

• dining
• baking
• politics
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• agriculture
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music:
The Arcade Fire
Beck
Belle & Sebastian
Ben Folds
Ben Kweller
Ben Lee
Billy Joel
The Books
Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah
Damien Rice
Dan Bern
The Decemberists
elliott smith
Kevin Devine
The Magnetic Fields
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nick Drake
Paul Simon
Quasi
Rilo Kiley
Rufus Wainwright
The Stars
Wilco

Favorite Movies:
Amelie
Good Will Hunting
The Life Aquatic
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
The Squid and The Whale

Favorite Books:
Alice in Wonderland
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Baking with Julia
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The World According to Garp