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Modern Farmer
A Botanist-Bartender’s Ode to the Dandelion
Modern Farmer
5 min read · May 15th · From wine and mead to amaro and tonics, the spring dandelion has long been a prized plant in beverages.
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anthropocenemagazine.org
What if veggie burgers were the menu default and beef a special request?
anthropocenemagazine.org
3 min read · May 26th · Diners are more likely to select low-carbon dishes from a restaurant menu when the menu has carbon labels, according to a new study. They are also more likely to choose a low-carbon option when it is…
Reader View · Shared by 106
Domino
A Step-by-Step Guide to Organizing Your Kitchen Pantry
Domino
4 min read · May 26th · Experts share their step-by-step tips on how to organize your kitchen pantry for good.
Reader View · Shared by 74
Popular Science
Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii
Popular Science
6 min read · May 25th · Based on carbonized loaves found in Pompeii, archeologists have recreated the recipe for Roman bread. Now, you can make it at home as well.
TASTE
The Utopian Promises and Novelty Cheese of a Discount Grocery Store
TASTE
10 min read · May 14th · The future of grocery shopping might just be a 100-year-old grocery chain with a cult following.
Reader View · Shared by 74
Eater NY
Why Is Kellogg’s Diner Selling Food Under 18 Different Restaurant Names on Delivery Apps?
Eater NY
5 min read · Apr 14th · Welcome to the wonderfully convoluted, incredibly lucrative world of ‘virtual restaurants’
Reader View · Shared by 82, including Felix Salmon, Jason Hirschhorn
The Guardian
From fishy parcels to pineapple sorbet: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for cooking with herbs
The Guardian
6 min read · May 7th · Sea bream wrapped in paper and baked with fenugreek butter, leafy salad in a rich, herby dressing, and pineapple sorbet with candied fennel seeds
Eater NY
We Tried Every Restaurant on Canal Street. Here’s Where To Eat.
Eater NY
20+ min read · Apr 29th · The essential food spots on Chinatown’s busiest street
Reader View · Shared by 67
TASTE
Do We Still Care About Burger Rankings?
TASTE
5 min read · May 26th · Ordering burgers is an American pastime—and so are food rankings with in-depth analysis. But with meat consumption on the decline, are the lists even worth writing?
Reader View · Shared by 67
The New Yorker
A Chef Who Offered Chinese Food in Spanish
The New Yorker
3 min read · May 18th · How Lupe Liang’s restaurant in L.A.’s Chinatown fed everyone.
The Guardian
Why grow beans at home? It’s easy, they’re great for your health and good for the planet
The Guardian
6 min read · May 26th · Fresh, demi-sec or dried, the bean is a nutritional powerhouse. And they’re one of the easiest vegetables to grow – so no need to buy frozen or canned
The Guardian
NoMad London: ‘What price, beautiful food?’: restaurant review
The Guardian
6 min read · May 8th · Oscar Wilde spent a night in the cells at Bow Street – but today’s incarnation is taking no prisoners. By Jay Rayner
smitten kitchen
double chocolate chip muffins
smitten kitchen
3 min read · May 16th · Something I joke about when introducing a new muffin recipe (not this one!) in my new cookbook out this fall is the gap between the muffins we gaze at in a coffee shop case and those we make at hom…
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The Guardian
Coffee bad, red wine good? Top food myths busted
The Guardian
10 min read · May 14th · We’re being bombarded with conflicting advice on what we should and shouldn’t put into our bodies. Finally, here are the definitive answers, according to the experts
TASTE
The Korean Immigrant and Michigan Farm Boy Who Taught Americans How to Cook Chow Mein
TASTE
~20 min read · May 6th · La Choy soy sauce bottles and canned bean sprouts are a familiar sight in American grocery stores, but behind this hundred-year-old brand is a story fit for Hollywood.
Reader View · Shared by 71
Bon Appétit
Cookbooks Are More Personal and Political Than Ever. Here’s Why
Bon Appétit
2 min read · May 24th · Books like ‘Simply Julia,’ ‘Korean American,’ and ‘Arabiyya’ teach us as much about life as they do food.
Smithsonian Magazine
Well+Good
This Gut-Healthy Lemon Chia Bread Recipe Is So Easy| Well+Good
Well+Good
3 min read · May 25th · In this episode of 'Alt-Baking Bootcamp', baker and nutrition coach Sashah Handal shares her easy gluten-free lemon chia bread recipe recipe.
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The Guardian
Poached leeks, steamed broccoli and cheesy gratin: Joe Woodhouse’s spring veg recipes
The Guardian
4 min read · May 25th · A celeriac gratin with parsley-parmesan crust, poached leeks with grated egg and crisp fried capers, and a side of steamed broccoli in cider vinaigrette
Bon Appétit
Spiced Creamy White Beans and Greens
Bon Appétit
1 min read · May 25th · Smashed white beans bring so much creaminess, you don’t even need dairy.
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Eater
Why Are American Chips So Boring?
Eater
6 min read · May 2nd · Around the world, chip-eaters encounter flavors like hot pot and poulet roti. In America, we’ve been stuck with sour cream and onion and the one-note burn of "Flamin’ Hot."
Bon Appétit
Welcome to the Dinner of Tomorrow
Bon Appétit
2 min read · Apr 27th · Food scientists, futurists, and sci-fi authors weigh in on what dinner might look like in the next 100 years.
Shared by 194, including Gisele Navarro, Harpreet Singh, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Eater
How Public Libraries Are Seeding America’s Gardens
Eater
6 min read · Apr 29th · Libraries across the country are fighting food insecurity by offering communities free seeds and gardening education
Atlas Obscura
The Hidden Histories of To-Go Container Art
Atlas Obscura
5 min read · May 17th · Who drew that winking chef on your pizza box?
The Economist
The coming food catastrophe
The Economist
4 min read · May 19th · War is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger. Fixing that is everyone’s business
Shared by 128, including David Wallace-Wells, Jennifer Stirrup - Next: #WWDVC #AI #Data #keynote, Fabio Chiusi, Dirk von Gehlen, Dr. Genevieve Guenther
allianceforscience.cornell.edu
Gene-edited cows just secured record-fast FDA approval — here’s why
allianceforscience.cornell.edu
3 min read · May 4th · Old McDonald had a farm, it was GMO. With an oink and a moo and a…that’s about it. Though the technology behind genetic modification has been around since the 1980s, the lineup of genetically modified…
Reader View · Shared by 119
The Guardian
How to trick your brain into better eating habits
The Guardian
4 min read · May 17th · Ditching the cutlery, scoffing a big first bite and discussing the carrots can help rewire our brains and make us more mindful of our meals
Modern Farmer
A Botanist-Bartender’s Ode to the Dandelion
Modern Farmer
5 min read · May 15th · From wine and mead to amaro and tonics, the spring dandelion has long been a prized plant in beverages.
Reader View · Shared by 108
anthropocenemagazine.org
What if veggie burgers were the menu default and beef a special request?
anthropocenemagazine.org
3 min read · May 26th · Diners are more likely to select low-carbon dishes from a restaurant menu when the menu has carbon labels, according to a new study. They are also more likely to choose a low-carbon option when it is…
Reader View · Shared by 106
Food52
Caramel Crunch–Chocolate Chunklet Cookies by Dorie Greenspan, from Samantha Seneviratne Recipe on Food52
Food52
3 min read · May 10th · These beautiful golden cookies have caramel flavor with no caramel in in sight, a shortbread-meets-chocolate chip cookie texture, and uniform size perfect for gifting!
Reader View · Shared by 103
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Travel + Leisure
Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch
Travel + Leisure
3 min read · From 2020 · Going into a self-quarantine can have many complex issues and complications beyond having enough food and supplies for two weeks. In terms of entertainment, it…
Reader View · Shared by 655, including Peter Smith, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Joanna (J.F.) Penn, John Nosta, Jennifer Ouellette, Elinor Stutz, Guggenheim Museum, Dr Jim Walsh 🇪🇺🇺🇳, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Artnome, Danielle 👩🏻💻, What's Trending, Massimo Pigliucci, AIGA, PTC, Thomas Power, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Nigel Warburton 🧡 #RejoinEU 🇺🇦, Brooks Rainwater
The New York Times
The End of Meat Is Here
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2020 · If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.
Reader View · Shared by 578, including Katja Evertz, Gerd Leonhard, Simon C, , George J Huba PhD, Merkstatt, David Pearce, Impossible Foods, Richard Dawkins, Massimo Banzi, M.G. Siegler, David Bauer, Philippe Surber, Nicholas, Neil Hart 💙, Kainaz Amaria, Jansnet, Liv 😷, Stuart A. Thompson, Rick Powell
The New York Times
The Health Benefits of Coffee
The New York Times
5 min read · 2021-06-14 · Drinking coffee has been linked to a reduced risk of all kinds of ailments, including Parkinson’s disease, melanoma, prostate cancer, even suicide.
Reader View · Shared by 476, including Jane, ProfEmilyOster, Alastair Goldfisher, Mike Allton, Klaus Eck, The Indian Express, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Timothy Caulfield, Marsha Collier, Dr. Tom Frieden, Anita Leirfall, LARRY ELKAN, Ed Maibach, Barry Ritholtz, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Alice Wong 王美華, Guy Kawasaki, Jeff Jarvis, Goldie Chan 💚, Stowe Boyd
Margins
Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage
Margins
8 min read · From 2020 · There is such a thing as a free lunch
Reader View · Shared by 465, including Joshua Benton, Annie Lowrey, DHH, Laura Klein, Brian Roemmele, Jerry Saltz, Jason Zweig, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, BrendanEich, John Koetsier, Kevin Roose, Christopher Mims 🤌, Cory Doctorow, Mathew Ingram, Ron Shevlin, Stuart A. Thompson, Mike Davidson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Neeraj K. Agrawal, Peter Steinberger
The Guardian
The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?
The Guardian
~15 min read · 2021-07-06 · The long read: Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient and faster. But we have become so dependent that we need it just to get to our baseline
Reader View · Shared by 464, including Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Tim, Jane, Joanna (J.F.) Penn
thecounter.org
Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.
thecounter.org
2021-09-22 · Headlines have overshadowed inconvenient truths about biology and cost. Now, new research suggests the industry may be on a crash course with reality.
Reader View · Shared by 429, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, SwiftOnSecurity, Christian Fauteux, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Matthias Lampe, Paolo Pedercini, Martin Ford, Maryn McKenna, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Pamela J. Hobart, Jonathan Kogan, jason ball, Michael Bench-Capon
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
Death of the calorie
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
20+ min read · From 2019 · For more than a century we’ve counted on calories to tell us what will make us fat. Peter Wilson says it’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure
Reader View · Shared by 422, including Tauno, Esther Schindler, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Vala Afshar, Jane, Kristina I., Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈
Guardian Environment
50 simple ways to make your life greener
Guardian Environment
20+ min read · From 2020 · Expert tips on how to be kinder to the planet – from cooking and cleaning to fashion and finance
Reader View · Shared by 390, including ἀποκαραδοκία, Marius Bleuer, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Mark Derr, albert, Ian M Calvert, Vincenzo Tremonte, Memen Isimo, Fabrizio Bianchi, 💥💥 Larson Reever🇺🇸, Liv 😷, Jonathan Kogan, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Katja Evertz, Joe Lencioni, jeremywaite
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