Green News Feed: June 22, 2012

by Elena North-Kelly on June 22, 2012

 

NYC announces local food procurement guidelines. [Civil Eats]

 

The farm bill passes the Senate; Marion Nestle breaks it down. [Food Politics]

 

Food researchers create the world's healthiest meal. [HuffPo]

 

Sugar rush: why cereal companies can't be trusted to self-regulate. [The Atlantic]

 

Water balloon mosaic shows... Read more >

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News Feed: July 6, 2011

by jbfauthor on July 06, 2011

A picnic for thousands. [NYT] Goat: the next "it" meat? [SE] Bacon, M&Ms, and other important considerations at the Aspen Ideas Festival. [Atlantic]

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Eat this Word: Jaggery

by jbfauthor on July 27, 2010

WHAT? Indian turbinado. A dark, unrefined sugar, jaggery is used in Southeast Asia and India, regions where-we're told-sugar is considered good for you! Jaggery, which accounts for 50 percent of the sugar eaten in India, is made from sugar cane and is processed by a method not unlike that used to make maple syrup. The sweet sap from the sugarcane is boiled down while several people help stir the steadily thickening syrup. The finished product has a distinctive taste and can have a consistency as soft as honey-butter or as solid as fudge. India's epic narrative Mahabharata describes how jaggery (and gur, a sugar made from date palms) was used in sophisticated sweets at the time of Lord Krishna's appearance 5,000 years ago. WHERE? Best of D.C.

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News Feed: March 19

by jbfauthor on March 19, 2010

The U.N. has voted down a proposal to protect bluefin tuna. [Atlantic]

Signs that your citrus has already peaked. [LAT]

Zankou Chicken, the popular Los Angeles-area chain, is torn between family drama and dreams of expansion. [LAT]

Bake your own Girl Scout cookies at home. [Chow]... Read more >

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