Greenlist: Fresh figs vs. high-fructose corn syrup. Also, cars
>> The yumminess of local, organic food. An interview with Alice Waters: "When you spend time buying tasty things you hardly have to cook them. You just slice a little piece of fig and some fresh cheese, and, voilà!"
>> On the other end of the scale: How corn turns into fast food. "King Corn," a documentary that follows two buddies from Yale who move to the heartland, plant corn, then follow it through the food system, opens today at Laemmle's Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills.
>> An idle car is a stinky playground. Make a LEaP (Lowering Emissions and Particulates) is a new website created by automotive and heavy-duty supplier Webasto to combat the "lack of societal understanding of how unnecessary idling affects the degradation of our global environment." According to Make a LEaP, 10 seconds of idling can take more gas than turning off the engine and restarting it, and excessive idling can damage engine components.
>> A special section on cars, many concerning green car tech, in the N.Y. Times. "10 Web Sites That Avoid Hybrid Hype" looks like a good place to start.
