I knew I was on to a good thing when my new test kitchen colleague Katja Tausig started talking about and cooking with feta. For a team whose mantra might well be “Everything’s better with feta!”, her enthusiasm, and desire to dedicate a whole column to this briny, tangy, salty cheese, meant that the fit was complete. So here’s to welcoming Katja and to celebrating feta: crumble it, bake it, blitz it, stuff with it, showcase it. Baked feta and […]
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TikTok is great for a lot of things, for the culinarily inclined it is exceptionally helpful when it comes to learning more about food. Food creators thrive on the app, where ingredients and recipes become full-blown trends. There’s even a name for this community: FoodTok. SEE ALSO: I love FoodTok. I hate listening to people eat. Though we’re just halfway through the year, 2023 has already delivered delicious trends on the app. Everything from tinned fish to homemade ice cream […]
Raspberries are a top-drawer summer fruit that are at their best (and cheapest) between June and October. Part of the rose family, they have a fragrant, bittersweet flavour and soft texture, with the crunch of the pips right at the end. (My very clever ice-cream-making friend Kitty Travers even makes a delicious, refreshing summer drink from the pips that she sieves out of her raspberry creations.) They can, of course, be eaten raw with cream, and work well in a […]
Raleigh non-profit restaurant founder Maggie Kane and the pay-what-you-can A Place at the Table will host a food truck rodeo Sunday June 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Place at the Table Nearly a dozen local food trucks will adopt a pay-what-you-can model for a unique kind of rodeo this weekend. A Place at the Table, the popular Raleigh non-profit cafe, will host a food truck rodeo this Sunday based on its pay-what-you-can model. Here are the details: The […]
From sweet to savory, the March 2023 food round-up spotlights various mouth-watering flavor innovations. In the sweetness category, the recent collaboration between ice cream company Häagen-Dazs and Pastry Chef Pierre Hermé calls attention to itself. The indulgent capsule draws inspiration from the flavor profile and texture of macarons, ultimately “bringing alive Paris in a pint.” The Beato Chocolates Bars are another indulgence that combines delicious chocolate profiles and the aesthetic of late artist, radical and romantic Beatrice Wood for the […]
Executive Summary Introduction 1. From 1st July to 23rd September 2022, the Scottish Government undertook a public consultation to invite views on its proposed approach for restricting promotions of food and drink that are high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS), as a means of changing the food environment that encourages the public to purchase more than they need and to over-consume less healthy food. 2. The aim of the consultation was to gain some sense of the balance of […]
White truffles are mostly found in Tuscany, the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, Emilia-Romagna, the Marches and the Istrian peninsula of Croatia. It grows about a foot underground and can only be located with the help of trained dogs. These truffles are well known for their exclusive aroma and flavour. One of the most expensive foods in the world, the white truffle (Tuber magnatum pico) is also the world’s most expensive edible fungus. As of 22 February 2023, per kilogram […]
Now that 2022 is ending, it’s predictions time again. Global food and restaurant consultancy Baum + Whiteman takes a deep dive in its latest food and beverage trends forecast – tapping pistachio as the nut of the year and exploring the possibilities of a potential recession. Here are some of the report’s highlights: SHANGHAI, CHINA – AUGUST 03: A customer uses her smartphone to make an electronic payment for her … [+] food at Hongqiao Artificial Intelligence (AI) Restaurant on […]
The percentage of dogs and cats considered overweight or obese in the United States has been rising steadily since 2010, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP). In 2018, APOP shared 60% of cats and 56% of dogs across the country were deemed overweight or obese by a veterinary professional. This amounts to roughly 50 million dogs and 56 million cats. Banfield Pet Hospital went so far as to classify pet obesity as an epidemic in its 2020 […]
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Nearly every big change in how we eat starts as a fad, which is really just a shared moment among a subset of diners or cooks that gains traction. Some fads fade away slowly, like wine coolers or molecular gastronomy. Others implode suddenly, like turmeric lattes or the pink sauce that shot up like a rocket on TikTok this year and then […]
