Outstanding Chef Rob Rubba, Oyster Oyster, Washington, D.C. Outstanding Restaurant Friday Saturday Sunday, Philadelphia, PA Best New Restaurant Kann, Portland, OR Outstanding Restaurateur Ellen Yin, High Street Hospitality Group (Fork, a.kitchen + bar, High Street Philly, and others), Philadelphia, PA Outstanding Hospitality The Quarry, Monson, ME Emerging Chef Damarr Brown, Virtue, Chicago, IL Outstanding Pastry […]
The amount of uneaten food produced in the US is climbing, generating significant waste and greenhouse gas emissions, according to new data from ReFED, a national nonprofit. The US produced 91 million tons of surplus food in 2021, a 4.8% increase over 2016. Uneaten food represented about 38% of the total food supply in 2021, valued at roughly $444 […]
Dust up on Your Culinary Knowledge With Our Brief History of James Beard, the James Beard Foundation, and the James Beard Awards. It’s that time of year, y’all! The Oscar season of the culinary industry is upon us, and we’re here to join the fun with a brief yet highly informative history of the James […]
Lab-grown meat to 3D-printed food: inflation, climate, animal welfare shape future menus By Akito Tanaka, Dylan Loh, Jada Nagumo and Pak Yiu JULY 22, 2022 https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Feeding-Asia/Asia-s-new-food-frontier-The-rise-of-edible-tech Every Thursday night, at an invitation-only event in an upscale Singapore hotel, a small group enjoys a four-course dinner while watching videos about an unfolding environmental crisis. Menus in […]
new report questions the dramatic environmental claims that alternative proteins can save the planet, disrupt the status quo, or challenge the power of the corporate food industry. BY PHILIP H. HOWARD APRIL 7, 2022 en you’re told there’s a simple solution to a very complex problem, you’re probably not getting the whole story. Today’s meat […]
The food shock of 2022 is not a good-news story. But our “bad” is less bad than ever before.By David Frum Russia’s aggression in Ukraine will have “severe” effects on the world economy, the International Monetary Fund warned Saturday. Grain and fuel prices have surged to historic peaks. This seems like an awkward time to offer […]
By Penny Starr The Russian invasion of Ukraine has laid bare the world’s dependence on Russian President Vladimir Putin and its neighbor now under siege, including the fact that the two countries supply much of the grain needs around the globe and prices for grain are now the highest they have been in six decades. […]
CREDIT: YIU YU HOI/ GETTY IMAGES After years of discussion on how genetically-modified foods should be labeled, in 2018, the USDA announced the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. Then, after additional years of planning and implementation, on January 1 of this year, the mandatory compliance date has finally passed — meaning shoppers will likely see […]
BY Joe Fassler Splashy headlines have long overshadowed inconvenient truths about biology and economics. Now, extensive new research suggests the industry may be on a billion-dollar crash course with reality. Paul Wood didn’t buy it. For years, the former pharmaceutical industry executive watched from the sidelines as biotech startups raked in venture capital, making […]
By Terrence Doyle More than a billion marine animals died in the heatwave that swept across the Western U.S. and Canada last month. The climate crisis doesn’t exist in some hypothetical future — it’s already here. Tens of thousands of dead mussels lay along the coastline in Vancouver, British Columbia, boiled alive by the extreme […]