tastes. There are exceptions — I have a friend who grew up on a boring, bland, mid-century American diet, and when she finally ate spicy food it was love at first bite. But that’s unusual. Retraining food tastes is...

the meat and seafood industry, I only buy meat and seafood where the sellers know something about what I’m buying and can guarantee some appropriate level of environmental and ethical concern. I try to be conscientious...

Whole Foods has many commonly used groceries at lower prices than Safeway or Cala Foods in San Francisco. My friend who lives in DC also agrees. This might be city pricing that doesn’t apply in the suburbs. Many of the 365...

. Kudos to whoever of Gail’s friends brought this up.

Gosh, people are scary here! Some of these replies are fierce. I never had the canned kind for Thanksgiving growing up, but I did see it as leftovers at my friends/relatives homes. My husband wanted it one year, so I bought it....

a few times a year to eat and drink beer with friends—trucks or no trucks. The addition of the trucks would mean I would go out to eat more—my willingness to spend would be “elastic” relative to the new...

. (Disclaimer: I am a longtime Eatwell customer and friend of Nigel’s.) The salts are food, and they are made from lavender and rosemary that he grows. Yes, tourists buy them. So do many locals. (And trust me, Nigel is not...

spoon like your gramma. in french kitchens you see the guys that go through a case of plastic spoons in a night tasting and throwing all of the spoons away, but i think that’s dying out— it’s totally...

figure out how to genetically improve naturally inedible plants like Corn, Squash & Beans... turn them into their modern appearance... and then figured how to cultivate them with such environmental efficiency that it can still...

. But of course most of us have other goals and considerations as well: flavor, for one. Convenience, for another. Environmental concerns. Cooking and eating in today’s world involves a balance of all these concerns, and we...