Starting Nov. 1, people in L.A. County will be able to legally sell home-cooked meals. Nearby, Riverside County has permitted home restaurants like these for the past five years. But what happens when home kitchens are turned into takeout joints? Meet the New Home Kitchen Business Meet the New Home …
Read More »The Hard-Shell Taco Deserves Your Respect
Bar A Tí is a serious taqueria: fresh blue-corn masa, a dark and cryptic mole that ferments for a full school year, duck confit, the works. The crispy taco, however, is a crinkled half-moon of braised beef shank flickering with garlic, chiles and cilantro under a heavy fringe of neon …
Read More »Are Organic Foods Really More Nutritious?
Q: Buying organic can get expensive. Does the higher price tag come with health benefits? Autumn is in full swing, which means supermarket produce sections are ripe with the finest late-season fruits and vegetables — like apples, leafy greens and winter squash — and often pricier organic versions of each. …
Read More »Frozen Waffle Products Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk
Nearly 700 frozen waffle products, some of them sold under the brands of major retailers like Kroger, Target and Walmart, were recalled on Friday over concerns of potential contamination with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, according to their manufacturer. The manufacturer, TreeHouse Foods, issued a voluntary recall and said in a …
Read More »At the Grocery Store, Blinded by the Light of the ‘Health Halo’
shop talk At the Grocery Store, Blinded by the Light of the ‘Health Halo’ The term refers to the perception that a food product is generally good for us based on a single claim, casting subliminal power over our diets and dollars. By Dani Blum This article is part of …
Read More »In a Bid to Feed More Families, WIC Diversifies Its Menu
Ileana Arroyo pushed a shopping cart down tidy aisles of fresh produce, whole grains, baby food and other items at a small grocery store in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Ms. Arroyo, who was shopping for food for her four children, scanned a wall of cereal. Above the brightly …
Read More »Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show
High food prices, meet the global water crisis. The world’s food supply is under threat because so much of what we eat is concentrated in so few countries, and many of those countries are increasingly facing a water shortage. That’s the conclusion of three independent studies published this week. One …
Read More »Opinion | Food Is What We Have In Common. Why Don’t We Hear More From the Candidates About It?
In a surprising turn of events, the presidential candidates have been talking about food. Food can be a winning topic, but we need to hear much more. Donald Trump (seemingly influenced by his new ally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.), is talking about making “America Healthy Again.” How? “We’re going to …
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