Top Chefs Are Purposely Burning Your Food

As the “no waste” food movement gains steam, top chefs keep finding practices that go back centuries. Long before bouillabaisse began showing up on Michelin-starred menus, it was a hearty French stew made using the odds and ends of fish; likewise, the ancient inventors of coq au vin found a way to …

Then, there was the glowing article—plus beautiful 10-photo slide show (by Rafal Gerszak)—dedicated to Kissa Tanto (263 East Pender Street). (The article ran online on January 16 and appears in print on January 17.) Critic Pete Wells was wowed by the Chinatown spot helmed by chef Joël Watanabe, …

Food delivery apps don’t make money. That’s one of the big lessons venture capitalists have taken away from the past few years, as the startup graveyard has filled with names such as Sprig, Jinn, and Take Eat Easy. Despite the $100 billion market, margins are thin or nonexistent, and apps haven’t been …

Though it is not clear why informational interventions do not work, evidence suggests that food-related stimuli in the environment may play a role in triggering unhealthful eating habits. “Health warnings often make people want to choose healthier foodproducts, yet many still end up picking unhealthy food …

It was during her days as a student at a girls’ school that author Kuniko Mukoda endured the Great Tokyo Air Raids of 1945. The next day, after her family somehow managed to survive, her father declared, “The next time we’ll be done for. Let’s eat something nice at the end before we die.” The family of five …

Teenagers who are bombarded with junk food adverts could be eating hundreds more packets of crisps, chocolate bars and fizzy drinks each year then those who are not, new research has found. Cancer Research UK said teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more …

Cranes Arrive in Hodeidah to Boost Yemen Food Aid Flow: U.N. … The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement that a ship carrying the cranes it bought with funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had arrived in Yemen’s Hodeidah Port and …

From the tropics to the poles, the effects of climate change are transforming environments that humans have known since prehistory. Chances of saving the world’s coral reefs are disappearing because of mass bleaching, according to a paper by scientists on four continents published in the journal Science …

The barista (her younger brother, Alaa) even sports the scruffy beard and Blue Jays cap favored by food-service workers along this hip stretch of Queen Street. But Soufi’s offers hints of something more unusual than just a place to get lunch. They include the sinuous melodies of old Arabic pop songs, the …