A hot topic
The warmer weather has everyone's thoughts turned to grilling, and with this weekend being Father's Day, a lot of the grilling is going to involve steak. It's no surprise that steak is popping up everywhere online. Even…
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Cook your way through the World Cup
Football fans across the world are celebrating the 2014 World Cup, which begins today in Brazil. Although the games are exciting on their own, many people are amping up the celebration by cooking meals inspired both by…
Cheese lovers breathe a sigh of relief
News feeds across the U.S. began buzzing when word came out that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was moving to ban the aging of cheese on wooden boards. Wood has been the medium of choice for cheese aging…
Distressing news about shrimp
A couple of months ago we reported on high shrimp prices, but that seems inconsequential compared to today's report by The Guardian on the shrimp industry. The news was both shocking and appalling. An investigation by…
Much better than a tie
On Sunday, fathers in many countries will open the obligatory Father's Day present and pull out a tie, a set of golf club covers, or maybe a new tool with an LED light on it. Being good-natured, loving fathers, they…
Food rivalries
June 7 was National Doughnut Day in the U.S., with many bakeries offering free doughnuts to customers. This food "holiday" prompted Food & Wine magazine to discuss a long-standing debate: which is the better doughnut,…
The rating game
Yesterday's post about Nate Silver's quest to find the best burrito in the U.S., and through that process gain insight on how much we should rely on crowdsourced reviews, brings up the subject of trust. Many of us…
Finding the best burrito just got serious
Nate Silver, probably best known for accurately predicting the results of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, has turned the sights of his analytical website FiveThirtyEight to food. Burritos, to be precise. Yesterday…
Delicious tomatoes in the winter: more than just a fantasy?
Supermarkets teem with produce year-round, with crops shipped from as far away as another hemisphere allowing apples, grapes, peppers, and other foods to be purchased during any season. Greenhouse-grown vegetables also…
Gin it up this summer
Just as some foods are good matches for a particular season--hearty stews in winter, cool salads in summer--some liquors also feel right at certain times of the year. Warm weather calls for light, refreshing drinks, and…
Stalemate - is the fridge bad for bread?
Freshly baked bread - it's one of the simple pleasures in life. It's also one of the most ephemeral, since the best breads are also the ones that go stale the quickest. Usually we turn to the refrigerator to help keep…
Chefs' first food memories
If you think that many chefs had poignant or powerful experiences with food when they were young that influenced their career path, you would be correct. Thanks to this short video from The Guardian, you can learn about…