Category: Food News

Food News Round Up-ing

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 […]

Food News Round Up: January 16

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 […]

Chefs Collaborative National Summit in New Orleans

by Rob Booz You know what happens when you give a bunch of chefs purple, alcohol-drenched slushies? I do, and I’m not telling you a damn thing. New Orleans might be one of the most laid back, welcoming, and fun places that I have ever been to. It’s a good thing too: for one thing, […]

Greater Boston Slow Money Showcase

by Avi Schlosburg “Conventional” farms continue to contribute to extraordinary environmental, nutritional, and cultural degradation. The stock market inexplicably crashes and spikes on a daily basis, causing investor confidence to dwindle. While the future may seem bleak on paper, many across the U.S. and the world are beginning to take their food, and their finances, […]

A Manifesto for the Chefs of Tomorrow

by Alex Galimberti Last Sunday was the final day of the 2011 edition of Mistura, the annual gastronomic festival that takes place in Lima, Peru. Since its first edition in 2008, Mistura has quickly become the most prominent gastronomic exhibition in Latin America. What started as a local showcase of regional Peruvian ingredients and cuisines […]