FM Briefs: The Food Miles a Consumer Food Issue

Food Meditations Briefs: The distance food travels from field to plate.

Consumer food issues - Food miles

"Working out the environmental impact of the food we buy can be confusing. It's no longer just about food miles - there's production, processing, packaging and storage to weigh up too. ..."

Full Story: Consumer food issues - Food miles; bbc.co.uk

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"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977" (*) QuoteGarden.com

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Seasonal Food
There are a number of good reasons to eat more local, seasonal food ...
Full Story: WHY eat the seasons? eattheseasons.co.uk

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Pesticides
Organic and conventional produce may look the same — but, as a new study from the Environmental Working Group makes clear, looks can be deceiving. ...
Full List: 10 most toxic fruits and vegetables; sfgate.com






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Easter Feasting: Classic and Vegetarian

Mediterranean ~
On Easter, Symbolism and the Exuberance of Spring ~

"Holiday recipes from across the Mediterranean, where Easter dishes reflect the theme of spring awakening."

THROUGHOUT rural Italy, the first thing many families eat on Easter morning is a giant frittata made from uova benedetta, eggs blessed on the day before Easter, ...

Full Story and Recipes: On Easter, Symbolism and the Exuberance of Spring; nytimes.com

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Vegetarian Easter Menu
Spring is a time for new beginnings, so it’s the perfect time to try something new at the dinner table. Celebrate Easter with our updated take on a traditional dish: ...
Full Story and Recipes: Easy, Elegant Easter Dinner; vegcooking.com

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Easter Classics
Saint Michael's Alley Banana French Toast: A playful twist on typical French toast, this recipe calls for using banana bread slices. ...
Slideshow with Recipes: Easter Feasting; sfgate.com

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Everything Easter
Simple ways to add cheer to your Easter celebration. ...
Photo Gallery: Last-Minute Easter Ideas; MarthaStewart.com

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Pancakes make the meal
This Easter, try making lemon-ricotta or challah pancakes for brunch. They're indulgent and sure to please the crowd. ...
Full Story and Recipe: Pancakes bring holiday touch to brunch, dessert; sfgate.com

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Sweets
Easter biscuits in the shape of a rabbit, an egg and a chick. ...
Full Story and Recipes: Fiona Cairns recipe: Easter biscuits; telegraph.co.uk

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Lazy Foods, Additives and Chemicals

Food Consumer News
The rise of lazy foods

"Sales of lazy foods such as peeled potatoes, chopped carrots and diced onions are on the rise. But is there anything wrong with us taking a culinary shortcut?"

Think of the percentage of your life that is ebbing away as you peel a potato. ...

Full Story: The rise of lazy foods; bbc.co.uk

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Chemicals in Food
It used to be that diets meant cutting down on the fat and calories, more exercise, more fish in the diet, more fruits and vegetables.
Full Story: Chemicals in Food Can Make You Fat; cbsnews.com

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Food Additives
Additives used to give meats, cheeses and other foods a "smokey flavor" may pose a health risk, according to initial results of an investigation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). ...
Full Story: Does that smokey flavor come with a health cost?; TIME.com

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Food Chemicals
A plastic chemical commonly used in baby bottles and the lining of food and beverage cans may at least partially responsible for allergic asthma, a new study suggests. ...
Full Story: Plastic chemical triggers allergic asthma; foodconsumer.org

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Food Science
Need to shed some pounds? Scientists at Birmingham University aim to help, with research into a diet-suppressing solution ...
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Growing Tomatoes and Artichokes

Vegetable Garden
Find the right tomato for your microclimate

"But heat-loving plants can be notoriously frustrating to grow in those cool summer zones, where it's seldom warm enough for the plants to set fruit."

Warmer weather signals it's time to get a start on the summer garden, ...
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Grow & Eat
My experience of growing tomatoes has been relatively trouble-free. ...
Full Story: Growing tomatoes: dos and don’ts; blog.gardenersworld.com

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Tips for growing
Most plants won't bud until their second year, but once they do, the artichokes can be enjoyed in recipes such as one given here for roasted artichokes and potatoes. ...
Full Story: Groundwork: Homegrown artichokes; washingtonpost.com

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How To
When you consider how easy it is to open a jar or box of artichoke hearts, the idea of trimming ...
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Food, Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture

Food Meditations Briefs ~ Different perspectives on the same subject

The shmeat of the matter
An omnivorous chef ponders test-tube meat

"Well, ick."

That was my first reaction, anyway, to news that the search to produce animal-less sources for meat are moving, if not right along, at least in the direction of progress. ...
Full Story: An omnivorous chef ponders test-tube meat; grist.org

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Sustainable Agriculture
I attended an agriculture conference this week at the Four Seasons in Palo Alto.
There were no pickup trucks in the BMW-packed parking lot, and few farmers with dirt under their fingernails ...
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Research and Innovation
A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse and help end hunger.
Full Story: Scientists grow bacon from stem cells; mnn.com






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Festive Cooking: Modern Israeli Passover Menu and Kitchen Tips

Diaspora Dining
Modern Israeli Passover Menu

"A Passover menu that celebrates the diversity of modern Israeli cuisine, (with Kitchen Tips)"

Passover commemorates the Jewish exodus from Egypt, and Jews have been traveling ever since. While the goal of those who crossed the Sinai was to get to the Promised Land (Israel), not everyone ended up there ...

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Chef Yosef (Yosifon) Mesilati, Tazza D'Oro, Tel Aviv
With the myriad of tasks that Seder preparation entails, haroset is easy to overlook. ...
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Healthful Cooking
One of the bestselling cookbook authors of all time shares some of her fantastic family favorites. ...
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Gin
What is permissible to drink at a Passover seder is terribly important ...
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FM Briefs: Easter Eggs Decorations and Butter to Sculpt

Food Meditations Briefs

Egg Artistry
To make Easter egg decorations that you can re-use year after year, get creative with craft supplies. ...
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Edible Sculptures
The level of detail in his work is so fine that he cannot even breathe on the butter before cutting figures. ...
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How to make butter
Few people realise how easy it is to make butter at home - you don't even need any special equipment. There are also dozens of flavours you can add ...
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Cooking with Butter
Butter brings out the best in early autumn’s wealth of vegetables. ...
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Easter Eggs
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