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Cloned Beef; Honeybees in Crisis; Eat, Pray, Love
Feed your brain and your soul with a little science and spirituality. Alexei Barrionuevo has the surprising facts on the massive die-off that's affecting our nation's honeybee population; Denise Caruso challenges the FDA's recent declaration that cloned beef is safe for human consumption; and Dun Gifford tests our tastebuds with his Condiment Challenge. We explore Italy through Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love; talk to Caleb Zigas from the La Cocina Community Kitchen in San Francisco; and trace the history of vegetarianism with Tristram Stuart. Jonathan Gold offers up a spicy new Mexican restaurant review, and Laura Avery gives us the Market Report.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenFeed your brain and your soul with a little science and spirituality. Alexei Barrionuevo has the surprising facts on the massive die-off that's affecting our nation's honeybee population; Denise Caruso challenges the FDA's recent declaration that cloned beef is safe for human consumption; and Dun Gifford tests our tastebuds with his Condiment Challenge. We explore Italy through Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love; talk to Caleb Zigas from the La Cocina Community Kitchen in San Francisco; and trace the history of vegetarianism with Tristram Stuart. Jonathan Gold offers up a spicy new Mexican restaurant review, and Laura Avery gives us the Market Report.
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8 storiesMarket Report
Ever wonder how fruits become seedless? Laura Avery talks to David Karp about tangerines and the different processes that create the seedless version of this favorite citrus fruit. According to David, there are two methods used in eliminating the seeds: they can either be bred to grow without seeds (a longer, more drawn out process); or the…
Read the story7 minSome Like It Hot
Jonathan Gold turns up the heat with a visit to Chichen Itza – a downtown Los Angeles restaurant that specializes in the habanero-infused cuisine of Mexico’s Yucatan region. Chichen Itza is known for its habanero salsas, which may vary in potency but are all citrusy, flavorful complements to the restaurant’s sumptuous dishes.
Read the story7 minHoneybees in Crisis
We may rarely think about it, but one group of insects are responsible for pollinating billions of dollars worth of seeds and crops nationally every year: the tiny and hardworking honeybee. What would happen if the honeybees went away? It’s a very real threat, as a new syndrome researchers call “colony collapse disorder” is affecting the once…
Read the story7 minCloned Beef
Genetically modified foods have always been surrounded by controversy – and the recent declaration by the FDA that cloned beef is safe to eat is no exception. Cloning a cow involves taking a nucleus from a donor cow’s cell and inserting it into an egg with its nucleus removed, thereby copying the donor cow’s genetic material. This process is…
Read the story7 minThe Bloodless Revolution
While the word “vegetarian” wasn’t coined until the 1840s, the modern vegetarian movement came out of 17th-century England as a result of the adoption of cultures between England and India. Some of history’s most well known figures were vegetarians, from Benjamin Franklin and Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler -- and whether for socio-political,…
Read the story7 minWhole Grains
Many of us have a love/hate relationship with whole grains. Thanks to food marketers who use it on food labels and advertising, we are bombarded with information about whole grains being beneficial to us. However, they also have a reputation of being flavorless and hard to cook, not to mention unfamiliar (care for a bowl of millet or quinoa?).
Read the story7 minLa Cocina Community Kitchen
San Francisco is a city of gustatory delights – a mélange of cuisines, multicultural influences and world-class chefs all coming together in a food lover’s dream. While it seems an ideal place to develop a food-related business -- whether it’s a restaurant, catering business or producing specialty foods -- finding the financial and educational…
Read the story7 minEat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling novel, Eat Pray Love is a memoir of a healing journey she embarked upon after a life-changing divorce. Through adventures in Italy, Mumbai and Bali, she fed her soul by reducing her life to simple fundamental elements -- food, spirituality and balance.
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