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I’ve Tried Dozens of Coffee Makers, But This Is the One I Return to Every Time

Dotdash Meredith and Yahoo Inc. may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. It brews a perfect cup and looks good doing it.Food & Wine / Williams SonomaAs a food writer, I’ve tested dozens of coffee makers. From espresso machines to Mr. Coffees, the spectrum has no end. But few have lasted. Even while I tested machines that could make espresso in seconds, or those that offered fanciful new technology, I still always fell back on good old fashioned pour-overs. While I love a cappuccino, when I’m at home, all I really want is… Read More
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Tangy No-Mayo Potato Salad Recipe: A Step-by-Step How-to

Potato salad, perhaps more than any other side dish, polarizes picnickers. There are those who advocate strongly for the inclusion of mayo and others who abhor its gloopy texture. TikTok sensation and recipe creator Nasim Lahbichi falls firmly in the latter camp, as his North African-inspired potato salad recipe demonstrates. When Lahbichi was growing up, his Moroccan father prepared potato salad with olive oil, while his mother stuck to a more traditional mayo-based version. He preferred his dad’s. “Moroccans tend to make a lot of salads with vegetables based on the season, and the base is always olive oil, some… Read More
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NIH study uses AI to study diet and tailor nutrition advice to improve health : Shots

Genetics, gut microbes and other lifestyle and environmental factors can impact how people’s bodies react to food. An NIH study aims to find out how. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images hide captiontoggle captions Stephen Chernin/Getty ImagesGenetics, gut microbes and other lifestyle and environmental factors can impact how people’s bodies react to food. An NIH study aims to find out how. Stephen Chernin/Getty ImagesThere’s plenty of one-size-fits-all nutrition advice. But there’s mounting evidence that people respond differently to food, given differences in biology, lifestyle and gut microbiomes. The National Institutes of Health wants to learn more about these individual responses… Read More
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No mow ‘junk food’ for bees

Canadian conservationists are trying to change the message behind No Mow May, a campaign to support pollinators such as bees, because it doesn’t apply well here. No Mow May was conceived by the botanical charity Plantlife in Europe in 2019, and it hasn’t traveled well across the ocean, said PEI biologist Kate MacQuarrie. “I’m not a huge fan of the reason it’s being promoted, which is primarily for promoting dandelions,” said MacQuarrie. “Dandelions [are] really junk food for bees. It’s abundant but not very nutritious.” The problem is dandelions are not native plants, she said. They are native to Europe,… Read More
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Bitewell’s Healthy Food Marketplace Reduces Health Insurance Premiums

bitewell is the go-to healthy marketplace for employers. It provides food health benefits, reducing … [+] insurance premiums and improving health for users. getty Update: May 24, 2023 – bitewell’s Seed round has reopened for another investor. The round will close oversubscribed; more than the initial $4 million. Lead Sports updated to lead Sports. People understand the benefits of eating a healthy diet. As a result, employers are slowly taking responsibility for their employees’ health. The quicker companies offer healthier and more affordable options, the faster healthcare costs will decrease, and the ROI will increase. The main problem is the… Read More
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Vegan Food News of the Week: TJ’s Fish Filets, Truffle Cheese Sticks, and More

It seems that every week in the world of vegan food news is more exciting than the last and this week is no exception. Have you made Trader Joe’s Battered Plant-Based Fillets into fish tacos yet? Are you dipping Wholly Veggie’s truffled mozzarella sticks into marinara like us? There’s also a few new launches from Beyond Meat and Tindle, and a frozen treat from Kind. Read on for more. 1TJ’s plant-based fish filets A few years back, Trader Joe’s promised us new plant-based fish options and boy did the store deliver with the new Battered Plant-Based Fillets. Going by the… Read More
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New World ag on its way: FDA gives initial thumbs up to pork from gene-edited pigs

As the popular children’s poem goes: “This little piggy went to market.” Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized letting gene-edited pigs enter the human food chain, that may be the case for a vastly different sort of pig than the one in the Mother Goose poem. As a starter, German-style sausages, made from five 2-year-old genetically edited pigs, which were cooked up earlier this month at Washington State University, were a test case. Jon Oatley, a professor in the college’s School of Molecular Biosciences, said he went through the FDA food-use authorization process for the pigs to… Read More
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Win a Trip to Food Photography Heaven with Japan Tourism

Even for those working in the food photography industry – where free lunches are par for the course – the prospect of an all-expenses-paid foodie-trip to Tokyo is a metaphorical gift horse that few would be willing to submit to an oral examination. If you see what we mean. In fact, whichever way you look at it, Japan is a foodie paradise. Add to that the Japanese talent for minimalist design and perfect presentation, and the country is likely somewhere near the top of any food photographer’s bucket list of destinations. And thanks to the UK branch of the Japan… Read More