Aida Batlle grows coffee on her family’s farm in the hills surrounding El Salvador’s Santa Ana Volcano. Like generations before her, she had little use for the skin that encases the beans, so she’d turn it into cheap… Coffee Waste Is Now Fetching a 480% Premium Over Coffee Itself
In May of 1995, Ruth Patras realized that something was wrong with her 5-week-old daughter, Ciara. Initially happy and healthy, about a month after Ciara was born, the whites of her eyes started to turn… Kombucha’s unlikely rise from Soviet elixir to modern-day miracle drink
Chris Sayer pushed his way through avocado branches and grasped a denuded limb. It was stained black, as if someone had ladled tar over its bark. In February, the temperature had dropped below freezing for… Are avocados toast?
A heavenly stay! Once the home of the holy, these former monasteries, churches, convents, and temples have been converted into beautifully restored hotels with well-preserved original features and historic souls. Read more
Increasing the range of alternatives to animal protein consumption in the market was the objective that led four students of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) in Portugal to… Students of UC reinvent the consumption of legumes
Lab-grown chicken, beef, and duck products are edging toward the U.S. market—despite enduring confusion about how they’ll be regulated. But language buried in a draft spending bill released by a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations… As lab-grown meat advances, U.S. lawmakers call for regulation
Britain is set to become the truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists have said, as they are developing new genetic approaches to create varieties that grow twice as fast. It comes as a… UK set to become truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists say
Our much-loved molluscs have had a bad rap in recent days, with government scientists claiming that seven out of 10 oysters sold may harbour the norovirus bug . But as David Jarrad, head of the… If seven in 10 oysters have norovirus, should we still be eating them?
The coffee and wine we drink hail from different regions across the globe. We plotted these areas on two “belts” that encircle the globe longitudinally. The major wine-growing regions span 30 degrees north to 50 degrees… The World’s Coffee & Wine Belts
Here are the winners of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards. Congrats to all! (See who took home medallions at the JBF Media Awards on Friday, April 27.) Read more