It may be the next frontier of intellectual property: your dinner table. Oklahoma State University is working on patenting a new cut of steak. Yes, you heard that right: there are, apparently, hitherto undiscovered regions of that steer. Jacob Nelson, a “value-added meat-processing specialist” at the university’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center, has created what he calls the “Vegas Strip Steak.” The new cut of meat is…
Sweetened condensed milk is an essential ingredient in conventional Vietnamese coffee.
Just when we’d gotten used to the idea of square watermelons and bonsai kittens comes the latest in plant-life modification: fruit grown in the shape of a juice box.
It’s the masterstroke of a recent ad campaign for Brazilian juice company Camp Nectar, thought up by the creative agency AGE Isobar as a way to highlight the fact that the company’s juice is all natural.
We’ve heard the statistics. Obesity has more than doubled worldwide since 1980. For the first time in history, being overweight is killing more people than being underweight. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Where do we begin to tackle such an immense problem?
There is not one single solution, but there are two key paths: getting moving and eating better.
Edible miniature fast food kit, which contains pork and chicken ingredients, but no artificial colours nor preservatives. According to the cook, it tastes like real hamburger, bread, cheese, ketchup, french fries and cola. The cost is 258 yen / 3.2 USD.
The Bedford even has a restaurant and a lounge in its 1926 vault. Location: Wicker Park, Chicago, US.
The rise of the coffee house culture is linked to the Age of Enlightenment, says author Steven Johnson. Before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, «the entire culture basically was drunk all day long».
«The chart illustrates how the lower income groups in the U.S. really get squeezed when food and gas prices rise. In the U.S. the average annual income for the consumer units (households) measured is $62,857, where food expenditures consume a little over 10 percent of income.»
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