The acute food shortage in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has become so severe that “famine is imminent” and the enclave is on the verge of a “major acceleration of deaths and malnutrition,” a report from a global authority on food security and nutrition said on Monday. The group, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification global […]
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President Biden, You Have Leverage That Can Save Lives in Gaza. Please Use It.
President Biden is sounding tougher toward Israel these days and showing more compassion for people starving in Gaza. “There are a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying,” Biden said. “And it’s got to stop.” But it’s not going to stop on its own — indeed, it may get worse if Israel […]
Read MoreStudy finds lands used for grazing can worsen or help climate change
When it comes to global climate change, livestock grazing can be either a blessing or a curse, according to a new study, which offers clues on how to tell the difference. If managed properly, the study shows, grazing can actually increase the amount of carbon from the air that gets stored in the ground and […]
Read MoreThe Absolute Best Pizza Deals For Pi Day
Today is March 14th, aka Pi Day (3.14), aka every math nerd’s big day. But people obsessed with numbers aren’t the only ones celebrating, because Pi Day is also an excuse for pizza companies nationwide to drop some great deals on cheap and delicious pizza. Unless of course, you don’t like pizza, in which case, […]
Read MoreLetting the Earth answer back: Designing better planetary conversations
For Chen Chu MArch ’21, the invitation to join the 2023-24 cohort of Morningside Academy for Design Design Fellows has been an unparalleled opportunity to investigate the potential of design as an alternative method of problem-solving. After earning a master’s degree in architecture at MIT and gaining professional experience as a researcher at an environmental nongovernmental […]
Read MoreRamen that satisfies
My son whined on Friday morning, “I don’t want to go to school today,” so I told him, “If you be brave and stick it out just one more day, you can stay home EVERY day next week.” His eyes lit up and he promised with a gummy smile to behave and work hard for […]
Read MoreReducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness
Farming can be a low-margin, high-risk business, subject to weather and climate patterns, insect population cycles, and other unpredictable factors. Farmers need to be savvy managers of the many resources they deal, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides are among their major recurring expenses. Despite the importance of these chemicals, a lack of technology that monitors […]
Read MoreMarc Lore Is Trying to Build the Amazon of Food Delivery
When Marc Lore, the e-commerce billionaire, left his position as the chief executive of Walmart.com in 2021, he began to dabble in a variety of long-odds attempts to change the world. He backed a nuclear fusion start-up, and another designing flying taxis. Frustrated with the current state of capitalism, he embarked on plans to build, […]
Read MoreCabbage Is Having a Moment
In a world in which it’s hard for a vegetable to get a break, cabbage is winning. Cabbage has been a global culinary workhorse for centuries. (China grows the most; Russia eats the most.) It has fed generations of American immigrants. But now, a vegetable that can make your house smell like a 19th-century tenement […]
Read MoreMax Hardy, 40, Dies; Helped Bring Chef-Driven Cuisine to Detroit
Max Hardy, who helped bring a new level of chef-driven yet accessible cuisine to his native Detroit, and who was widely considered among the most promising of a young generation of Black culinary stars, died on Monday. He was 40. His publicist, David E. Rudolph, announced the death but did not provide a cause or […]
Read MoreMaking a cheesecake that’s all it’s cracked up to be
Every cook has their culinary kryptonite, and mine is cheesecake. Well … any custard style pie or cake, honestly. Cheesecakes, flans, pumpkin pie — I avoid making all of them. It’s not that the flavor falls flat, or the crust turns gummy, or any issues with undercooking or overcooking. No, it’s the dreaded crack. No […]
Read MoreIsrael Sees Vindication in U.N.’s Report, but Tensions Between Them Rise
Israelis largely welcomed a U.N. report that supported allegations of sexual violence during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, even as a top Israeli official accused the United Nations of not doing enough to address the findings — a sign of the rising tensions between them. The U.N. report, released on Monday, found both “reasonable grounds […]
Read MoreDoes Yogurt Reduce Diabetes Risk? The FDA Allows Companies To Claim It Can
Nonfat or full-fat, flavored or plain, probiotic or natural — yogurt is already peppered with labels. But you may soon see a new claim on your container: This month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it will allow yogurt makers to say their products may prevent Type 2 diabetes. The F.D.A. said it has found […]
Read MoreAs Hungry Gazans Crowd an Aid Convoy, a Crush of Bodies, Israeli Gunshots and a Deadly Toll
Israeli forces opened fire on Thursday as a crowd gathered near a convoy of aid trucks in Gaza City in a chaotic scene in which scores were killed and injured, according to Gazan officials and the Israeli military, which attributed most of the deaths to a stampede. Although officials from both sides offered differing accounts, […]
Read MoreA light meal to fuel fun family outings
Our little one has been loving his first after- school sport. The first spring he was walking we strapped his little boots into training skis and helped him shuffle slowly along the flat expanse of the lake as we clapped and cooed at his natural ease. It came to him so intuitively — it was […]
Read MoreOur Favorite New(ish) Grocery Store Snacks And Kitchen Staples To Stock Up On For Spring
It’s time to innovate your diet. For some, that undoubtedly means making healthier choices. For others, it’s about continuing your hibernation era and letting the pounds come as they may. Though… we’ll take this time to remind you that spring is right around the corner! Once again we’re naming all of our favorite new (or […]
Read MoreThis Petty ‘Bad Restaurant Revenge’ Reddit Is Straight Out Of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Have you ever wanted revenge? I’m not talking about hardcore John Wick-style you-killed-my-puppy-revenge, I’m talking about the petty kind. The sort of situation that sounds like a plot point from a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. Maybe someone stretched out your favorite sweater, maybe they borrowed something and didn’t return it, or hell, maybe you just […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About Xolair and Food Allergies
The Food and Drug Administration approved a drug this month that cuts the risk of severe reactions in children and adults exposed to trace amounts of peanuts, tree nuts, milk, dairy and other food allergens — a move that could dramatically improve quality of life for people coping with these risks. The results of the […]
Read MoreDrug Drastically Reduces Children’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens
A drug that has been used for decades to treat allergic asthma and hives significantly reduced the risk of life-threatening reactions in children with severe food allergies who were exposed to trace amounts of peanuts, cashews, milk and eggs, researchers reported on Sunday. The drug, Xolair, has already been approved by the Food and Drug […]
Read MoreDrug Drastically Reduces Children’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens
A drug that has been used for decades to treat allergic asthma and hives significantly reduced the risk of life-threatening reactions in children with severe food allergies who were exposed to trace amounts of peanuts, cashews, milk and eggs, researchers reported on Sunday. The drug, Xolair, has already been approved by the Food and Drug […]
Read MoreOne Change Each Fast Food Restaurant Should Make Today
Fast food is getting more and more expensive. We should probably discuss whether or not the means of production related to fast food should garner an even higher price than we already pay (it should!), but that’s a deeper conversation for another day. For the sake of this article, the high price of fast food […]
Read MoreHow Food Is A Runway To Build Power And Agency In Black Communities
NewsOne Featured Video A mother and daughter wait for assistance at Universe City, a decentralized food hub in the Brownsville neighborhood that is working to build food sovereignty while also promoting community healing practices on July 22, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. | Source: Spencer Platt / Getty When many people […]
Read MoreMeet the Militant Bakers Feeding France’s Migrants
At Le Channel, the current team includes Andrea, 34, a full-time activist from Rennes who co-founded IBM and has his own portable oven. Yann, 31, is an engineer by training who quit his suit-and-tie job in Paris to lead a nomadic lifestyle. He makes ends meet thanks to benefits – just like Andrea. “I stopped […]
Read MoreMemories of basil and bowling with Dad
Starting around age 6, our dad started taking us bowling with him. He would watch our form carefully and gently correct us between frames — lead with the thumb, control your arm and follow through, let your weight fall on your leading leg to keep your balance when you release. We loved the time together […]
Read MoreU.S. Vetoes U.N. Call for Gaza Cease-Fire
The United States on Tuesday cast the sole vote against a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying it feared it could disrupt hostage negotiations. It was the third time Washington wielded its veto to block a resolution demanding a stop to fighting in […]
Read MoreCan Hypnotherapy Cure the Munchies?
I’ve always known my bottomless pit was different. Flatmates over the years have routinely looked on with fascination as I spread my banquet out in front of the TV. Other people’s “I feel sick, I can’t eat anymore” limit is but a frustrating fraction of mine – I leave them in my stodge-filled, stomach-cramping wake. […]
Read MoreThe Barefoot Memoirist: Ina Garten Takes Her Story to a New Publisher
In 2019, the celebrity chef Ina Garten set off a flurry of excitement among her millions of fans: Garten, a Food Network star, best-selling cookbook author and social media sensation, was writing a memoir. The publisher behind the book, Celadon, celebrated the acquisition of what was sure to be a best seller in a news […]
Read MoreMIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field
Crop maps help scientists and policymakers track global food supplies and estimate how they might shift with climate change and growing populations. But getting accurate maps of the types of crops that are grown from farm to farm often requires on-the-ground surveys that only a handful of countries have the resources to maintain. Now, MIT […]
Read MoreA Serious And Honest Review Of Costco Food Court’s New Warm Chocolate Chip Cookie
You may not know it, but Costco’s Food Court is one of the busiest fast-food restaurants in the country. A lot of that traffic is due to their iconic $1.50 hot dog that still comes with a refillable soda and their huge slices of pizza for $1.99. Another part of that is that Costco doesn’t […]
Read MoreA Sweet-and-Sour Tofu That Balances It All
As 2023 gave way to 2024, the weather snapped, and I was suddenly drawn to very particular kinds of food: comforting, restoring, reassuring. As I leafed through Najmieh Batmanglij’s wonderful book “Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies,” it was her khoreshes — delicate, refined braises — that were clearly calling, […]
Read MoreDrape yourself in warmth with comforting stew
I was recently suffering from extremely dry hands. The very cold weather and constant hand-washing resulted in horribly sore, cracked, bleeding hands that I just couldn’t heal. No matter what ointment or cream I used they just got worse and worse. In desperation I walked down to the school nurse to ask her advice — […]
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