There’s an almost Mediterranean charm to the rolling hills here in Michoacán, a state in western Mexico. Avocado farms occupy vast stretches of land, and the rows of low-growing trees resemble the olive gardens of southern Europe. These idyllic farms…
The first and only company to create plant-based food using time honored techniques. They figured out how to make buttery fresh ricotta, aged nut milk delicacies, creamy almond milk yogurt, and fantastic entrées and desserts — all out of fresh…
Aging steals away your most valuable resource: TIME. The Longevity Cookbook is a strategy guide to help you get more time to experience the joy from everything that you like in life. Take yourself on a journey starting with nutrients…
A new study claiming diet beverages may be more beneficial to weight loss than water was funded by Coke, Pepsi, and other soft drink conglomerates. The analysis, published in November in the International Journal of Obesity by a professor at…
George Orwell may have written that “tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in this country” – but even we British have to acknowledge that our national drink is facing stiff competition from the espressos, cappuccinos, and lattes invading…
Magnus Nilsson is often described as a wunderkind. A food purist and surely as intense as foodie as you could imagine. He is the chef at Faviken, a restaurant in the remote Jamtland province of central Sweden. His meals are…
Did you know? Every year, millions of tiny male chicks are ground up alive or suffocated because they don’t lay eggs. The little guys aren’t considered ‘commercially viable’ to even be raised for meat and, therefore, are brutally killed shortly…
There’s a new food toy to add to your 2016 must-have list. French startup DietSensor has introduced a new gadget that reveals the nutritional value of your food by scanning its chemical makeup. In other words, you can get the…
Puglia's history is inextricably linked with those of other Mediterranean countries and the invaders who came from afar: the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Normans, and the Spanish Bourbons. All left their imprint in some tangible way. For…
That's right, you can eat banana peels. And not only are they edible, they're also good for you. If you live in the US, you're probably used to tossing banana peels in the trash. But people in other countries, including…
1. The Torah teaches that humans are granted dominion over animals Genesis 1:26), giving us a warrant to treat animals in any way we wish. Response: Jewish tradition interprets "dominion" as guardianship, or stewardship: we are called upon to be…
Maniago is a small town located in Northeastern Italy in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, between the Adriatic Sea and the Dolomite mountains. It dates back to the Roman period, and in subsequent years the territory was under the…
While many people may like the "pop-in-your-mouth" texture of caviar, not everyone likes the taste... or the price. That's why Montreal entrepreneur Naor Cohen created the grandly-named Imperial Spherificator. It takes a liquid of your choice, and converts it into…
Europe s most creative chefs reveal their inner sanctum. Ours is the era of the celebrity chef. Like never before, we re fascinated by fine food and the personalities who create it. Newspapers follow the antics of our favorite cooks…
Cheese-making is often thought as an activity best left in the hands of professionals - it involves live enzymes, after all - but this is not always the case. Some cheeses are so easy to make at home it's a…
You’re likely already familiar with teriyaki and perhaps several other Japanese types of dishes, but there may be a few meat dishes on the menu that never heard of or understood completely. A Japanese chef explains eight traditional meat preparations…
Gubana is a traditional cake from Friuli in Northern Italy. It is related to strudel, and a host of other Slavic, Jewish and Eastern European pastries with names like kolacs, cozonac, presnitz, putitza or povetitza. What distinguishes all of them…
Marijuana is becoming more and more accepted in modern culture, with many studies defending it offers countless therapeutic properties for both mental and physical ailments. Also rapidly growing is the culinary-cannabis movement, Herb: Mastering the Art of Cooking With…
UK-based baker Lily Vanilli has created a ghoulishly ‘delicious’ cake that will leave the cannibal within us salivating. Called the ‘Bleeding Hearts’ cake, it is a realistic looking, edible heart-shaped cake made of blood-red velvet sponge cake—complete with oozing blackcurrant…
Do you need a cup of coffee in the morning to get your motor running? Perhaps two… even three? Well, drink up. While all that java gets you going, it’s also adding years to your life… and that’s no jive.…