The Urban Institute has a new report out analyzing the “low-income meal costs” in counties versus the maximum per-meal SNAP benefit. Its not-so-shocking conclusion is that in 99 percent of US counties, the per-meal benefit is less than the actual cost of a meal. The maximum per-meal SNAP benefit is $1.86, but in Monroe County, […]
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Dish 2013: Updating the kiddie menu
A couple of weeks ago, my family got carry-out from one of our favorite Asian restaurants. We ordered Chinese-style chicken curry, fish stir-fried with garlic and scallions, a dish made with crushed tofu and mushrooms, and a plate of salt-and-pepper squid — a tangle of tiny deep-fried tentacles that looked very much like the climactic […]
