Food For Thought
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Food Expiration Dates Are Terribly Misleading
There are three ways to approach expired food: with caution and trepidation, say “screw it” and eat it anyway, or say “aw hell no,” and toss your graham crackers out the window as soon as they are within 48 hours of the date stamped on the box. Almost 90% of Americans will throw away perfectly safe and edible food the day it hits its “expiration date.” I used to be part of that percentage.
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How This Writer Is Pulling Back the Curtain on Food and Race
Tipton-Martin originally wanted to cover hard news, but she got her start writing about food for a weekly paper in Los Angeles, and that job set the course for the rest of her career. Along the way, Tipton-Martin became increasingly interested in the history of female African-American cooks and perhaps, more important, how they’re perceived both inside and outside the African-American community.
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What You Should Know About the Shift to Cage-Free Eggs
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How Eating Fried Tarantulas Saved Lives in Cambodia
Alive, tarantulas are vicious, hairy and poisonous. But deep-fried, many consider them an excellent snack. In Cambodia, fried tarantulas are a delicacy. Often rolled in sugar or garlic, the spiders are eaten by the handful out of street vendors’ carts by local residents and adventurous tourists alike. While this unusual food item may strike westerners as simply gross (Gordon Ramsay included), the custom has tragic, historic roots going back to the murderous reign of Pol Pot and his communist Khm
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Pamela Anderson Is on an Anti-Foie Gras Rampage in France
Former Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson triggered scenes of chaos in France’s parliament on Tuesday as journalists fought and shoved to hear her campaign for a ban on the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. A photographer and a cameraman came to blows as those in the media scrum struggled to get shots of Anderson at a news conference. “As a Canadian, I am ashamed by the brutal clubbing of baby seals and thus I have empathy for many of the French citizens who also experience both sh
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Millennials Look to High-Tech Farms For Careers
Steve Holt for Civil Eats Kyle Barnett was a rising star in the restaurant world but found traditional cooking wasn't enough. Barnett was early to embrace a trend that is quickly attracting his peers. As urban and suburban farms begin to appear in more cities and suburbs, they’re creating a host of jobs that look very different from traditional farm work.
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Can Fish Farms on Land Fix Seafood’s Problems?
One of them is Tracey Carrillo, an agronomy professor at New Mexico State University. Carrillo initially started producing chemical-free shrimp as part of an experiment to see if they could be fed with organic cottonseed protein, an underutilized part of the cotton crop. Carrillo’s shrimp are raised in a closed-loop system generally classified as a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), which uses a beneficial and naturally occurring bacteria called biofloc to break down solids in the water.
