Cómo la industria de alimentos está haciendo frente a la sal Ya en 1979, un grupo consultivo encargado por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por su sigla en inglés) recomendó que se reconsiderara el estatus de la sal como “generalmente reconocida como segura”. Pero la agencia solo pidió a la industria alimenticia que…
Anne Saxelby, who championed American artisanal cheeses for more than 15 years, died on Saturday. She was 40 and had a heart condition. From her first minuscule stall for Saxelby Cheesemongers in the Essex Market on the Lower East Side, which she opened in 2006, to the more spacious counter in the Chelsea Market she…
Nobody can slice and dice a food topic, with vibrant photos along the way, like Nathan Myhrvold and his team at Modernist Cuisine. They have now tackled pizza. Are you ready for more than 1,000 recipes? They’re in the three massive volumes, plus a kitchen primer, covering history, science, equipment, recipes, trivia, technical details, ingredients,…
Here’s a cunning little gift that gives back. Maggie Tang, Alaina Chou and Amy Yang, students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a deck of cards with food illustrations from 52 New York restaurants. The selection includes Adda, Carbone, Don Angie, Katz’s Deli, Crown Shy, Olmsted and Via Carota. The project is supported by…
These chocolates are the treat of the two Jacques. To benefit the Jacques Pépin Foundation, the chocolatier Jacques Torres has created bonbons draped in dark chocolate with a ganache filling spiked generously with Woodford Reserve bourbon, a favorite of Mr. Torres and a supporter of the foundation. The sale of each box of 12 includes…
Yes, it’s no longer summer grilling season. But how about tailgating or lighting the grill in the glow of early autumn with a new fuel? Agricycle, a company that repurposes agricultural waste, has introduced Tropicoal Ignition, effective charcoal briquettes for grilling that are made by smallholder farmers and women- and youth-led cooperatives throughout Africa from…
Gin knows no boundaries. From its beginnings centuries ago, it has become a worldwide spirit distinguished by the presence of juniper. A new entry in the category — now riding a wave of popularity — is from Hanoi, Vietnam, with two gins bearing the Song Cai label. Each displays a different flavor profile; both are…
A truck barrels through a blizzard down a road made of ice. The road is so far north in Canada that at 10 p.m. the sun still illuminates the landscape, which is empty except for a few trees clinging to snow-covered hills. The trucker catches up to a figure riding a bicycle. It’s a young…
For the first hour or so, the water was relatively calm. After departing from the small fishing village of Stein on the Isle of Skye, we sped through a strait known as the Little Minch toward the main band of the Outer Hebrides, the thick curl of rocky skerries that hovers like an apostrophe over…
All Tanisha Johnson wanted was for the pain to go away. Doctors had offered little hope for her intractable migraines. But at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, Ricardo Cruciani, who had a reputation as a brilliant pain physician, was warm and charming and prescribed powerful opioids, Ms. Johnson recalled in an interview. When…