http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-fo-anthony-bourdain-20161007-snap-story.htmlAvatarjdodragonLos Angeles TimesNov 4, 2016
AvatarjdodragonWhen Jewish Law Met Processed Foodverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Nicola Twilley, Cynthia Graber, and GastropodThe quest to keep kosher has shaped America’s grocery stores. Roughly 2 percent of Americans are Jewish, and only a small fraction of them keep kosher. Yet between one-third and one-half of all packaged food in an American supermarket has a kosher label on it. How did kosher law become big business? …
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/16/477660671/breaking-down-the-science-of-picky-eatingAvatarjdodragonNPRMay 16, 2016
AvatarjdodragonYour Quinoa Habit Really Did Help Peru's Poor. But There's Trouble Aheadverified_publisherNPR - Jeremy CherfasThe price of quinoa tripled from 2006 to 2013 as America and Europe discovered this new superfood. That led to scary media reports that the people who grew it in the high Andes mountains of Bolivia and Peru could no longer afford to eat it. And while, as we reported, groups working on the ground …
AvatarjdodragonFast Food Workers on Reddit Spill What Never to Order at Their Restaurantsverified_publisherEsquire - Katie DowdIf you're in a rush, don't go for the fried chicken. Fast food can be pretty gross. But some of it is definitely more gross than the norm. Thanks to some fast food workers of Reddit, those insider secrets have been revealed. In a recent Reddit thread called " Fast food workers - What should we never …
AvatarjdodragonWorld’s Most Expensive Coffee Requires Actual Animal TortureGrubstreet - Clint RaineySome people drink kopi luwak even after learning it’s been pooped out of a catlike creature, so prominent conservation group Wildlife Alliance is …