Monday morning charmer: In New York State the EPA announced that factory farms will be exempted from the Clean Air Act and Superfund hazardous waste laws.

Symposia emailed Chicago aldermen to support a resturant ban on foie gras. Charlie Trotter doesn't serve it so why should anyone else? Now je suppose we will be listed in the Crank File.

Because we are not perfect in our serious stance: Martha looked demented on her new TV program. She hailed the beauty of a ghastly lopsided cake with carrot strips that would never have appeared anywhere near her other show; she tried to wrap a package and the camera had to zoom away. Like Diana she is probably mad.