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Hot Seat
Myth: Eating bread or rice will cool a burning mouth. I find it to be the equivalent of placing hot coals on your tongue.
10.24.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- ingredients,
- vegetable,
- thai,
- lillian chou
food politics
The Science of Shirley Corriher
Scientist Shirley Corriher gave a lecture for the New York Academy of Science, giggling her way through topics like the effects of zinc chloride on chlorophyll.
11.02.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- vegetable,
- shirley corriher,
- ian knauer
travel + culture
Search for the Cure
The practice of herbal medicine is alive and well in rural India.
10.08.07
- Keywords
- shoba narayan,
- india,
- ingredients,
- health + science
magazine
To Bee or Not to Bee
The United States has more crops in need of pollination than it has honeybees to do the job. Now what?
August 2008
- Keywords
- heather smith,
- health + science,
- environment,
- agriculture,
- bees
recipes
Brown Rice and Barley
Rice has pride of place at the Korean table, but Koreans have also long embraced the healthful properties of other whole grains.
March 2009
- Keywords
- lillian chou,
- asian,
- vegetarian,
- rice,
- buy this make that
diary of a foodie
Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie: Contraband Cuisine
Countries around the globe have differing standards of food safety.
01.29.08
- Keywords
- cocktails,
- video,
- diary of a foodie,
- health + science,
- legislation
food politics
The Perestroika Diet
What happens when you force an entire country to decrease its food intake from an average of 2,899 calories per day to 1,863?
10.22.07
food politics
Seeing Stars
Hannaford Bros., a New England grocery-store chain, has begun a system for rating the nutritional content of foods in its stores.
11.14.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/Diet,
- labeling,
- produce,
- andrea albin
food politics
Politics of the Plate: High-Mercury Corn Syrup
If you didn’t already avoid high-fructose corn syrup, here’s a good reason to start: Scientists have found mercury in the sweetener.
01.30.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: A Cool, Refreshing Sip of Plastic
A new study shows that exposure to bisphenol A (a compound used in making hard plastic food containers) causes hormonal changes in mammals after birth, not just in the womb.
02.23.09
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- health + science,
- industry