Tag: Food
Unmeltable chocolate and bean-to-bar: A cocoa expert highlights 3 sweet trends
Kristy Leissle, University of Washington, Bothell
‘Tis the season to eat chocolate. And for the chocolate industry, there’s nothing sweeter, since this is the time...
Why people become vegans: The history, sex and science of a...
Joshua T. Beck, University of Oregon
At the age of 14, a young Donald Watson watched as a terrified pig was slaughtered on his family...
Would you eat ‘meat’ from a lab? Consumers aren’t necessarily sold...
Walter Johnson, Arizona State University; Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University, and Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University
It’s been a busy summer for food-based biotech. The...
Meet the foodies who are changing the way Americans eat
Joshua T. Beck, University of Oregon and Brandon Reich, University of Oregon
As residents of idyllic Eugene, Oregon, with its culture of local food, we...
Mandatory labels with simple disclosures reduced fears of GE foods in...
Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont
There has been substantial debate over whether mandated labels for genetically engineered foods might increase or decrease consumer aversion toward...
A brief history of the s’more, America’s favorite campfire snack
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
This summer, 45 million pounds of marshmallows will be toasted over a fire in America. Many will be used as...
Restaurants not only feed us, they shape our food preferences
Michael von Massow, University of Guelph; Alfons Weersink, University of Guelph, and Bruce Gregory McAdams, University of Guelph
Restaurants are playing an increasingly important role...
Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food...
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University
Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
