Today marks the beginning of the Spring Break holiday at Boston University, so we’ll hope that at least some of you are reading this week’s Food News Round Up from a white sandy beach somewhere. No matter where you are, may you enjoy chewing on this smattering of food news focusing on systems, conflicts, trends, […]
If you didn’t watch the Oscars last night, you might have missed that The Muppets won for Original Song. And any Muppet lover knows that Jim Henson is also responsible for the characters of Sesame Street. In a, we’ll admit, slightly bizarre six-degrees-of-separation-kind-of-way, that explains why we’re doing Food News Round Up Sesame Street-style this week. […]
by Emily Contois One of my favorite things on a weekend afternoon, a weekday evening—well, we can go ahead and say just about anytime—is to spend a few glorious hours of levity and escape at a museum. I’m lucky to live in Boston where world-class museums abound as plentifully as colleges and universities, but sometimes, […]
As the news overflows with tasty morsels of food-related stories, it can be hard to stay up-to-date. In this edition of Food News Round Up you’ll be served a satisfying plate of delectable tidbits from the world of food—all in piquant present participles. Sensing Food Testing the food pairing hypothesis Researchers explore connections between […]
From around the web this week, a few bites of food news. Feel free to to share thoughts, reactions, and other items of interest. How food helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement Britain is a fast food nation; new study finds half of all meals eaten out are fast food Ancient kosher ‘bread stamp’ found […]