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Waste reduction, the power of sugar, cooking in place, edible insects, and the supply-chain trilogy–Food books I read in 2024

I have two habits that I am passionate about—reading and bike riding. I am on pace to read 95 books on various books from food to literature to politics to religion to science to many other topics in 2024. We get out about 5 days a week to bike the Swamp Rabbit Trail—roughly 13-14 miles round trip. Below are short reviews of seven books on … Continue reading Waste reduction, the power of sugar, cooking in place, edible insects, and the supply-chain trilogy–Food books I read in 2024

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You want me to eat What? Edible insects and reluctant Americans.

Edible insects offer an alternative to meat-centered, unsustainable, Western diets which feature ultraprocessed foods. And yet, the relctance for eating bugs in the West suggests that we will not stoop to modifying our food choices short of a global-warming apocalypse. Dr. Aaron Dossey and colleagues edited a compilation of both the promise of and resistance to adopting insects as foodstuffs in our efforts to appease … Continue reading You want me to eat What? Edible insects and reluctant Americans.

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How did the supply chain originate? How did it evolve? Why do we even need it?

A phrase that entered the American vocabulary during the COVID pandemic was the supply chain. It is hard to read online much about food in the country without running across the supply chain. It is responsible for food waste, global warming, shortages of goods in stores, high prices at the supermarket, and overall consumer dissatisfaction and dismay, or so we read, but there may be … Continue reading How did the supply chain originate? How did it evolve? Why do we even need it?

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Waste no Food. Want no Food. Whom can we blame for food waste?

On LinkedIn, Nick Budden opened the floodgates asking how we can prevent food waste. He started out with three premises: We waste more than one-third of our food in the U.S. The largest portion of that waste happens at home. And more than one-third of our food waste is produce. Then the comments started pouring in with one commenter questioning Nick’s premises, others proclaiming that … Continue reading Waste no Food. Want no Food. Whom can we blame for food waste?

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