My son’s first taste of solid “food” was dirt licked from a freshly dug parsnip. He’s hardly the only kid to grow up with a dirty spoon in his mouth, but it’s understandable that parents want to prevent such culinary adventures. Many illnesses are caused by exposure to microorganisms, which tend to hang out...
Across the Midwest, New England and Canada, high-temperature records are being broken by the thousands—3,125 between March 12 and 18 alone. Meteorologists are scrambling to find anything comparable to weather that has been dubbed “summer in March.” Two days before the official end...
Beef Products, Inc. If there’s one thing America can agree on at the moment, it’s that “pink slime” is scary. The hamburger filler made from processed beef trimmings has been in use for decades, but now, thanks to social media-fueled campaigns and traditional media...
UPDATED, AT BOTTOM AquaBounty Technologies, maker of genetically engineered salmon, is almost out of money. It’s been more than two decades since the prototype of its AquAdvantage salmon was...
The age-old debate over which came first seems close to being resolved in favor of the chicken. After years of hens being treated as little more than egg-dispensers, concern...
Ordering seeds in the dead of winter might seem like jumping the gun, but the days are getting longer, and it’s almost time to start the garden. If you...
Sugar is a danger to society and should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco. So says an opinion piece published in the journal Nature. The authors blame sugar consumption...
Hunters will go to great lengths to gain an edge on their prey. You never know where the margin between success and failure may lie, so you wake up...
I have no idea why, but many food marketers seem to think that if they send me some products I might end up writing about it. Well, if truth...
With the days getting longer, it’s officially time to start planning the garden. At the very least, make a cup of tea and open a seed catalog. Depending on...
On January 9th, The Atlantic online posted a column in which I cited a recent study in China, by Zhang et al, that focused on a class of small...
Brussels sprouts with bacon is hardly a new idea, but the combination has taken off lately. The pair has become a menu meme, a darling of online recipe searches,...
When I met Debrilla Ratchford, she was selling sprouts at a farmers market in the parking lot of Albuquerque’s University Hospital. A former flight attendant, Ratchford holds the first...
It was nearly dark on the last day of my hunt, and I had just shot two does, a mom and her fawn. Mom heard the first gunshot but...
Every December, the Hunter PR firm announces the results of a nationwide survey for the top 10 food news stories of the year. The list says as much...