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Madeleine Kamman, the renowned French chef, teacher, and author, passed away earlier this summer at her home in Middlebury, Vermont. She was 87 years old. Since the early ’70s, Kamman taught Americans the intricacies of French food with an eye for tradition and precision. Much of her work encouraged women to cook with a rigor… How Madeleine Kamman Changed the Way These Food Writers Cook

  Scientists decoded the genome of rice in 2002. They completed the soybean genome in 2008. They mapped the maize genome in 2009. But only now has the long-awaited wheat genome been fully sequenced. That delay says nothing about wheat’s importance. It is arguably the most critical crop in the world. It’s grown on more… Scientists Finally Crack Wheat’s Absurdly Complex Genome

It’s hard not to think of Nimesha Ranasinghe as a digital age Willy Wonka. But his lab, at the University of Maine, isn’t full of chocolate, and it doesn’t smell like cotton candy. Instead, the materials of the engineer’s work are electrodes and wires, LEDs and pH sensors. Ranasinghe is one of the world’s leading… Using Electric Currents to Fool Ourselves Into Tasting Something We’re Not

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto herbicide Roundup, does not pair well with breakfast. Last week a California jury ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to a man dying of cancer, which he says was caused by repeated exposure to Roundup. In the wake of that jury verdict, the Environmental Working Group released test… Monsanto Pesticides Follows Grains into Cereals

It rarely gets the attention it deserves, but food’s texture is just as important as its flavor. Bubble tea, fried tortilla chips and salsa, panna cotta, Greek salad and a perfect egg omelet are all dependent on this neglected quality. If you’ve ever pondered why takeout and leftovers are never as good as food served… Texture Matters: Why Expensive Pasta Tastes Better Than The Cheap Stuff

On August 3, 2005, at 9:57 a.m., with the summer sun high in the sky, I walked through the front door of L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Paris’s 7th arrondissement, my knife kit slung over my right shoulder. I approached the first person I saw — a lanky young man in a chefs’ coat, peering… Joël Robuchon’s Legacy Explained in Eight Dishes

THE HISTORY OF WINE A 40 SECOND ANIMATED  Cick here to Watch wine spread to six of the planet’s seven continents — over the course of 6,000 years — in 40 seconds! How Wine Colonized The World The story of wine is deeply intertwined with the story of all of recorded human history. Follow our timeline… THE HISTORY OF WINE A 40 SECOND ANIMATED

In 2015, Jessica Largey was living her dream. As the chef de cuisine at the Michelin-starred restaurant Manresa, in Los Gatos, Calif., she won the prestigious James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef Award. Yet she was anxious and depressed, and she had no idea why. “It’s not to say I didn’t have happiness in my… Feed Your Head: Foods That Target Depression and Anxiety

A Five-Step Plan to Feed the World When we think about threats to the environment, we tend to picture cars and smokestacks, not dinner. But the truth is, our need for food poses one of the biggest dangers to the planet.  Agriculture is among the greatest contributors to global warming, emitting more greenhouse gases than… Feeding the World Challenge

By Moises Velasquez-Manoff for the New York Times One spring evening in 2016, Lee Niegelsky’s underarm began to itch. An investment manager, he was doing housework around his condo, and he thought he’d been bitten by a chigger. But within 15 minutes, hives had erupted all over his body. He responded with what he calls… What the Mystery of the Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Could Reveal

The 18 Best New Restaurants in America From LA to DC, the most spectacular restaurants that have opened in the last year We all look for meaning in life. As Eater’s national critic, I spend most of my life on the road; I seek out meaning in restaurants. I’m not just talking about why comfort… The 18 Best New Restaurants in America