“Here’s White House pastry chef Bill Yosses advocating a “hedonistic culture of healthy eating” at the food-focused TEDx Manhattan event.” Read More: http://eater.com/archives/2013/03/11/watch-bill-yosses-ted-talk-on-chefs-and-the-hedonistic-culture-of-healthy-eating.php
Biology
“What was that line in Lord of the Flies? When Roger decides to kill Piggy? He makes that irreversible transgression with something like “a sense of delirious abandonment”.” Read More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/09/mark-lynas-truth-treachery-gm
Reading: “Mark Lynas: truth, treachery and GM food”
“For me, the epitome of stovetop alchemy is making caramel from table sugar. You start with refined sucrose, pure crystalline sweetness, put it in a pan by itself, and turn on the heat. When the sugar rises above 320°F/160°C, the solid crystals begin to melt together into a colorless syrup.” […]
Reading: “Caramelization: new science, new possibilities”
“If food is love, Americans must love their kids a lot. About one-third of children and adolescents in the U.S. are overweight or obese.” Read More: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/01/173245261/how-did-our-brains-evolve-to-equate-food-with-love?ft=1&f=1053