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A great meal supersedes all expectations, Barber says.

A great playwright knows the play is greater than the scene.

Its an important maturation process, Barber says.

You don’t have to be a Rockefeller to admire peasant ideals.

Its the last thing Barber would do, despite the methane and deforestation that cattle farms create.

The drive for ethanol has direct effect on everything that’s going on on the farm, Barber says.

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a Turkish fig, Barber says.

Greens and cattle, Barber says

When a good story adds that extra bit of flavor.

Barber tells the surprising story of a native American polenta.

The hearty stuff is local.

Shop at your farmers; market, eat at home more frequently, says Barber.

It has a little bit to do with our history, Barber says.

Its the mid-size farmer thats getting squeezed, Barber says.

Adapting the writings of Elliott Coleman and Joel Salatin to 300 acres.

Dan Barber: The importance of fat and old-world breeding methods.

Barbers farm-based restaurant teaches eaters what theyre eating.

Barber overcompensated for his grandmothers bad cooking.

Barber’s grandmother had a farm where he learned the basics of tending the earth.

Michael Walzer tells us why we should care.

The major 20th century American philosopher was John Rawls, and he has had a very significant influence, although he is probably not a household name.

Philosophy needs to interact with the more ordinary moral conversation of humankind in order to stay relevant.

Walzer says it hasn’t.

How does one judge other cultures?

Putting the question thus essentializes cultures, Walzer says.

The left was expecting mass secularization, Walzer says.

Someone has to intervene in Darfur, Michael Walzer says; not necessarily the U.S.

Is terrorism ever justified?

President Bush, Walzer says, has created a new category of prisoner.

Was 9/11 a declaration of war? Were we justified in invading Afghanistan? Michael Walzer thinks we were.