Why Food Rituals Matter: How Meals Shape Culture and Belonging
Thinking hard enough would probably remind you of at least one food ritual peculiar to…
Why Food Rituals Matter: How Meals Shape Culture and Belonging
Thinking hard enough would probably remind you of at least one food ritual peculiar to your culture, family, or religion. Interestingly, some folks have spent most of their lives with minimal exposure to other cultures. Such individuals may find foreign cultural eating practices a little bizarre. For instance, what would you make of drinking fresh…
Climate Stress Is Changing What’s in Our Food — Not Just How Much We Grow
Planting seasons are changing rapidly, but stakeholders seldom connect the dots between climate change and crop nutrition. The focus is more often on maintaining or improving the year-on-year yield of each cultivated hectare. So far, the harvest volume is good on paper; it somehow becomes acceptable to sweep the nutritional decline under the carpet. In…
Hydrocolloids at Home: The Science Behind Thickeners, Gels, and Foams
Hydrocolloids may be the key to the differences between a dish ordered at a restaurant and one made at home. Obviously, restaurants hire chefs, and these professionals are great at combining the right ingredients to achieve excellent culinary outcomes. So, the knowledge of texture engineering is one of the chief reasons restaurant-bought meals seem better…
Wooden vs Plastic vs Metal Cutting Boards: Which Is Safest for Your Kitchen?
Not everyone pays attention to cutting board safety when shopping for the essential kitchen utensil. While scanning the utensils section of a hardware store, shoppers often struggle with deciding on the best cutting board material. However, aside from kitchen sanitation science, the choice of cutting board material is mostly driven by personal preference. The clean,…
The Environmental Cost of Snacking — and How It’s Changing
Do the regular quick fixes you have during lunch breaks qualify as sustainable snacks? Just a couple of decades ago, only a handful of people gave a hoot about the eco-friendliness of anything—food, automobiles, or clothing. However, times have changed, and there’s an ongoing global advocacy for industries to go ‘green.’ Consequently, individuals and organizations…
