| Jul 23, 2012 | Food / FarmingSome people are too smart for their own good. Food geneticists, for example. These technicians have the smarts to tinker with the inner workings of Momma Nature’s own good foods — but not the smarts to leave well enough alone. During the past half-century,...
| Jul 16, 2012 | Food / FarmingNew York City, ever the leader in healthy living, is about to ban the sale of super-sized sodas and other sweetened drinks by its restaurants, movie theaters, and street carts. As part of a continuing campaign against obesity, it’s going to prohibit beverage...
| | Food / FarmingAnd now, for some happy talk — by which I mean a non-corporate, “little-d” democratic, and altogether pleasurable economic development that’s spreading across our country. In a word: beer. More specifically, craft breweries are flourishing from...
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| Jul 2, 2012 | Food / FarmingSome people complain that their town has gone to the dogs. Bastrop, Texas has gone to the chickens — and Bastropians are proud of it. Well, most Bastropians. While other cities might boast of their historic sites or cultural offerings, the good folks of this...
| Jun 11, 2012 | Food / FarmingIf you’re one who enjoys a steak dinner now and again, let me ask this question: do you prefer it with a nice sauce, a side of garlicky spinach — or maybe some transglutaminase? Trans-what-did-he-say? Transglutaminase is an enzyme made by the fermentation...
