When Chefs Become Famous Cooking Other Cultures' Food
So you walk into the new Korean joint around the corner and discover that (gasp) the head chef is a white guy from Des Moines. What's your gut reaction? Do you want to walk out? Why? The question of...
View Article(Not)Recipes: The best thing to happen to cooking since recipes.
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View ArticleSchool food loophole must be closed, council leaders urge
A loophole exempting thousands of England's schools from healthy eating standards must be closed to combat child obesity, say council leaders. New standards for school food became mandatory in council...
View ArticleOn World Water Day, We Unveil the First US Spanish-Language Water Footprint...
Today, in honor of World Water Day, GRACE unveiled our newest water conservation tool at the White House Water Summit - a Spanish-language version of our Water Footprint Calculator. This Water...
View ArticleThe rise of ‘Ag TV’
03 July 2015 Former JLS superstar JB Gill is set to launch a new farming show for CBeebies, which got us thinking about other farming shows on TV. It seems there's one for every audience. Here, we look...
View ArticleAngel Investor Aids Quest to Build New West Oakland Grocery
West Oakland is one step closer to getting its first full-service grocery store in a decade. As KQED reported last year, Brahm Ahmadi has been trying to buy land since 2014 in West Oakland — a food...
View ArticleStarbucks Brews Up Food Donation Plan to Stop Hunger in America
Leftover panini and sandwiches at the chain's stores will be taken to local food banks and pantries. Egg breakfast sandwiches, snack-worthy bistro boxes filled with healthy treats such as edamame and...
View ArticleTo Slow Down Antibiotic Resistance, Focus on the Basics
A project chartered by the British government, which has been examining everything that can be done to stem the tide of antibiotic resistance, in its next-to-last report has focused on the basics:...
View ArticleWould you like to supersize your gut bacteria with that?
London’s Solution Sciences Ltd. is not going to be stopped by the “ick” factor. It’s plans on making the bacterium M. aurum a “novel” food ingredient in Europe. The application is currently before the...
View ArticleAre There GMOs in Cheerios? Soon You’ll Know.
Is Big Food ready to surrender to it critics and begin to label genetically modified ingredients? In the past week, grocery-aisle titans Kellogg, Mars, and General Mills, have all announced plans to...
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Can you imagine your recipe being featured in a cookbook? Or representing your home state at a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House this summer? If so, First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S. Department...
View ArticleWhy The U.S. Chills Its Eggs And Most Of The World Doesn't
To refrigerate or not to refrigerate? It boils down to bacteria, aesthetics and how much energy you're willing to use. Robert S. Donovan; Flickr / Alex Barth; Flickr hide caption To refrigerate or not...
View ArticleMango Lassi
Pulse the yogurt, ice, rum, mango, brown sugar, and salt in a blender until smooth. Pour into individual glasses, garnish with mint sprigs, and serve immediately. ripe mangoes—peeled, pitted, and cut...
View ArticleFDA Investigates Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Poona Linked to Cucumbers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections. The...
View ArticleWeed Control
Page ContentThe industry leading germplasm is now available to growers through Roundup Ready 2 Xtend™ soybeans. Monsanto's Roundup Ready 2 Xtend™ soybeans have been approved for commercialization. This...
View ArticleWould you give up cheese to slow climate change?
Q. Dear Umbra, The meat industry is taking a devastating toll on the planet. One thing that keeps me awake at night, however, concerns the impact of a vegetarian diet. Are cheese and other dairy...
View ArticleSteak, Lobster, and Other Myths About Food Stamps
Last month, New York state Senator Patty Ritchie introduced a bill that bans “luxury” foods, such as steak and lobster, as well as junk food like soda, ice cream, candy, cookies, and decorated cakes,...
View ArticleTesco's fictional farms: a marketing strategy past its sell-by date?
Tesco has just launched a new range of meat and fresh produce with a series of farm names, including Boswell Farms’ beef steaks and Woodside Farms’ sausages. So far so bucolic. But, it turns out, all...
View Article9 People Who Are Changing The Future Of Food
A radical new approach to raising cattle helped fourth-generation rancher Cory Carman save her family’s land. Twelve years ago, Carman Ranch, a 3,100-acre cattle-raising operation in Wallowa Valley,...
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