The life and death of Homaro Cantu, the genius chef who wanted to change the world

April 23, 2018

The long read: How a homeless child grew up to become the most inventive chef in history

Between 2004 and 2016, the most inventive food on the planet, possibly in history, came out of a small restaurant in downtown Continue reading →

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food, Food & drink, Food poverty, Food science

The High Cost of Lab-to-Table Meat

March 17, 2018

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Forget free-range, antibiotic-free, and grass-fed—tomorrow’s burger will be lab-cultured. Scientists are creating a new slaughterhouse-free food group called clean meat: edible animal protein grown in a vat. Stem cells are extracted from animals, brewed in a bioreactor, fortified with Continue reading →

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Business, Food science, magazine-26.03, Synthetic Biology

How the sushi boom is fuelling tapeworm infections

January 26, 2018

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As eating raw fish has become more popular, gruesome tapeworm tales have emerged. But how worried should sashimi lovers be and how else might we become infected?