OBUASI, GHANAKwaku Asare grabbed his machete and trekked through the bush to his cocoa farm—through winding pathways and hills, past ominous pits of muddy water, and underneath the low-hanging canopy of dried cocoa leaves. But… Illegal Gold Mining Boom Threatens Cocoa Farmers (And Your Chocolate)
These uniquely versatile bugs are decimating crops and infiltrating houses all across the country. Will we ever be able to get rid of them? By Kathryn Schulz Read more
COPENHAGEN — Sea snail broth,” a server says, introducing the first course of a dinner for which I’ve just traveled 4,000 miles to try. The initial impression is a warm and wonderful elixir pooled inside… Sea snail broth and kelp ice cream: The new Noma tastes like the future
It is a crisis some scientists believe has similar proportions to climate change, but it gets much less coverage: Microbes are disappearing from our bodies. You may have heard that trillions of microbes —… The silent micro biome crisis
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by Matt Rosen for FoodShed Exchange American chefs now have easy access to quality fresh foie gras, primarily from New York state’s Hudson Valley. We have checked in with some liver loving chefs from around… Foie Gras – Everything you need to know
A strange scene plays out occasionally at the register at Daily Provisions, restaurateur Danny Meyer’s first counter-service restaurant since Shake Shack: A diner will order — an egg sandwich, a cup of coffee, a glazed… The Problem With Cashless Restaurant Here’s why restaurateur are ditching cash in favor of credit
TODAY’S LESSON: Winter brings a delicate treasure from under the soil, the root of celery. This seductive root vegetable can easily stand alone with its sublime flavor and crunchy raw or silky cooked texture. Today we will unlock the secrets of the versatile but odd-looking root. WHAT EXACTLY IS CELERY ROOT? A member of the parsley family, celery root, celeriac or knob celery is the large spherical bulb base or taproot of a specific celery variety which is grown for this root rather than the typical green stalk. It tastes hauntingly like rich sweet celery without the… Amazing Celeriac Root – Celeriac Mock Risotto Recipe
The US Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) has filed a petition to the USDA arguing that lab-grown meat startups should not be able to call their products “meat,” since they do not come from slaughtered animals. Though… The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
The most recent Chinese food trend to make it to the United States is restaurants specializing in roasted whole fish. The concept is like hot pot, but instead of a communal broth, each table gets… How China and Taiwan now transmit food trends to California