The Umami Reader, vol. 007

Noteworthy readings and eatings:

• Meehan’s excellent report about the perfect coffee bean (love this guy) – NY Times

• Backyard Brooklyn farm – one man’s locavore journey (jesus, can we talk about something else now?) – NY Mag

• Trillin’s education in Singapore street food (shoot, only the abstract is available online!) – NYer

• NY Dept. of Health is EVIL– via Eater

• Bourdain’s lengthy faux apology about his behavior on Top Chef – via GrubStreet

• More superfoods! – via Matt

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