Jennifer Marohasy

Hello Jennifer,
 
Humans have developed some curious rationales for various food taboos.  Now a Swiss restaurateur has been banned from serving dishes prepared with human breast milk.  This ban would seem to be the most convoluted and lacking in underlying principle. 
 
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/634151/breast-milk-delicacies-off-the-menu
 
On one hand we have most humans on the planet having consumed this product at some [...]

Some people worry about whether a particular food tastes good, others whether it is healthy, while some concern themselves with the ethics of food production and consumption. 
 
There are two criteria that I consider valid when it comes to ethical food choice: 1. Is the harvest of the animal sustainable, and 2. Is the killing [...]

It’s free-range, organic and tastes like an exceptionally tender eye fillet.  I am referring to the whale meat, lightly roasted in black pepper, I enjoyed Tuesday night in Tokyo.       
 
The Japanese delegates at the conference I am attending here in Tokyo thought it unusual I was keen to try whale. 
 
“Its taboo for Westerners,” was [...]