Category: Food

Why Americans Just Can’t Quit Their Microwaves

For millions of American college students, the first taste of adult freedom comes in a bite of Stouffer’s French Bread Pizza or a salty slurp from a Cup Noodles. Hemmed in by fire-safety rules and tight budgets, dorm dwellers have long embraced such microwaved delicacies, honing cook times in shared lounges with low-powered appliances balanced atop mini fridges.

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Meat grown in labs: can consumers be convinced to take a bite?

Memphis Meats, based in Emeryville, California, is one of a growing number of startups worldwide that are making cell-based or cultured meat. They want to offer an alternative to traditional meat production that they say is damaging the environment and causing unnecessary harm to animals, but they are far from becoming mainstream and face pushback from livestock producers.

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Instagrammable ‘fatcarons’: South Koreans swept up in supersized macaron craze

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Around 8 o’ clock on a recent Sunday (July 7) morning, more than 30 people waited in line outside a building in eastern Seoul. At the end of the line stood a sign reading: “You will not be able to buy from here on.” Just before 9am, a man came out, opened the door and started clearing the street where people stood in line, as they rushed into a small shop.

Source: Instagrammable ‘fatcarons’: South Koreans swept up in supersized macaron craze