How This Book Started

In one way, this book started with an e-mail. It would be more accurate to say that this book has been years in the making. Marion Nestle has been researching, studying and writing about issues related to food politics and nutrition since the 1970’s. The Cartoonist Group has been working years to collect and archive […]

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Sugarcoating it

Dave Coverly is the creator so Speed Bump which he describes as “life’s outtakes.” Coverly has won multiple awards for Speed Bump and he was recognized as the 2008 Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonist Society. Early in his career, Coverly was the editorial cartoonist at the Battle Creek Enquirer. Hmmm …. Isn’t […]

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From a Reader

From Dr. Don Wolochow of La Jolla, CA Hi Marion: Sorry this is a bit blurry but you get the gist. So far (it just hit the mailbox) it is a terrifically entertaining book! I love cartoons—-as far back as before WW2—-and these are exceptional. Looking forward to finishing the book and showing the cartoons […]

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Caption Contest Starts

Here’s your chance to put words in a cartoon! This cartoon is one of the 250 included in Eat Drink Vote where it is seen on p. 128, in the chapter titled “Food Safety: Who is Responsible?”The judges for the contest will be Marion Nestle, Signe Wilkinson (the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize […]

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Matt Wuerker on the Ag Bill – Money Falls From the Sky

Matt Wuerker is the Editorial Cartoonist at Politico which means he has a front row seat on the politics of food. He provided the following background about the above cartoon which is featured on p. 6 of Eat Drink Vote. “This cartoon resulted from the disparity between the perception of who is believed to receive […]

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Blog Begins With The Book’s Final Cartoon

One more cause to consider, one more group to support?!  Who has time for this?! Unlike other causes or movements, this one is headquartered in your kitchen, at your dining room table. Each time you pay for food or take a bite, you contribute to the cause. The same is true each time you mark […]

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