June 2008: Two parts on tomatoes and salmonella — here and here.

Previous sample essays :

• Petty reflects on groceries, Clipping Coupons' Wings.
• Winning the fiddlehead battle, The Last Fiddleheads in Town.
• Emotional pull of a pastry sign, Dunkin' and Jesus.
• A bit of nature in a Massachusetts urban wild, Boston Foxes.
• 1970s NYC vignette in blog post, Bowery Boy.
• Vinegar Memory, Killer Cukes.
• Shock of the New, Stupor Stop & Shop.
• Foodie anecdote, The Mysterious Case of the Blistered Palms.
• Intospective humor in blog post, I Was a One-Minute Slut for the BBC..

Links to other Michael Balls' websites

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