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Bolivia’s Potatoes Are Vanishing | OZY
Bolivia’s Aymara people have for centuries depended on a potato-based product called the chuño as a staple. Now, the chuño’s days might be numbered. For centuries, Humberto Limachi’s ancestors have cultivated potatoes and turned them into a freeze-dried product … Continue reading
A brief history of alcohol – Rod Phillips
Trace the 7,000 year old history of alcohol, from its first known origins in China to cultures all over the world fermenting their own drinks. — Nobody knows exactly when humans began to create fermented beverages. The earliest known evidence … Continue reading
10 Fascinating Facts about Brazilian Carnival
Our Brazilian Life Here are some interesting facts you probably didn’t know about Carnaval. Number 8 is my favorite. Every year Brazil’s Carnaval brings millions of people to this incredible festival full of parades, culture, excitement, public street parties and … Continue reading
Worldwide Epidemic: A Closer Look at the Diabetes Disaster
Jose Gomez-Marquez holding an open glucometer prototype at MIT Little Devices Lab. Credit: Amy Moran-Thomas In a new book, Amy Moran-Thomas examines how diabetes is reaching epidemic levels in countries across the world. In Belize, where diabetes is rampant, … Continue reading
The evolution of the coffee cup lid | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series
Author AJ Jacobs shows how the coffee cup lid was perfectly designed to give you a full sensory experience while drinking.
Pearls Puncture and Support Fruit and Vegetables in Photographs by Ana Straže
In her latest series Forbidden Foods, photographer Ana Straže pierces a peeling slice of grapefruit, a cut eggplant, and other fruits and vegetables using small pins topped with pearls to create contemporary still lifes of common foods. The Slovenia-based artist … Continue reading
Second Strategy to Cooking Broccoli
Adding myrosinase enzymes in the form of even a pinch of mustard powder to cooked cruciferous (cabbage-family) vegetables like kale, collards, or Brussels sprouts can offer anti-cancer sulforaphane levels comparable to raw, removing the necessity to pre-chop for maximum health … Continue reading
11838. San Francisco Chinatown : Fortune Cookie Factory — One Million Photographs
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How It’s Made – Worcestershire Sauce
How Its Made Season 15 episode 5 Worcestershire Sauce
Fishing and Eating Like Ancient Hawaiians
Great Big Story Gargantuan luau dinners and Hawaiian pizza have nothing to do with authentic Hawaiian cuisine. Originally a simple diet based around root starches and fish, chefs in Hawaii are combating clichés and crafting Hawaiian menus that are more … Continue reading
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