The power outage in downtown Seattle on Wednesday wasn’t going to keep office workers from eating, and thanks to one bit of technology from the payment service...
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NYC law requires businesses to feed food waste to giant metal ORCAs
Video shot and edited by Nathan Fitch. (video link)
New York City is doing what it can to be more eco-friendly. We're not just talking recycling plastic bottles or taxing plastic bags; we're also talking about behind-the-scenes efforts that tackle waste before it hits the streets. Starting July 19, 2016, many hotels, wholesalers, and other large vendors in New York City will be required to separate their...
New ‘Fork It’ app aims to be the ultimate food tracker for home cooks
The miniaturization of many technologies has led to an explosion of fitness trackers. But for those looking to lose weight and get healthy, examining your exercise is only half the battle. Healthy eating is a hugely important step in getting...
Fexy Media adds Simply Recipes to portfolio of food sites targeting millennials
Food media is a competitive market and everyone has their eyes set on millennials. Like Hanzel and Gretel before them, young people are being aggressively courted...
Having a fridge laser could spare you from food poisoning
While figuring out whether the leftovers in your fridge have gone bad or not, the sniff-test just doesn’t cut it. But unfortunately, there are virtually no consumer-based tests to assure you that your food hasn’t turned, which is a huge public health problem. Each year, around 50 million Americans get food poisoning, and...
Amazon’s Twitch launches 24/7 food channel with Julia Child marathon
“Life itself is the proper binge,” Julia Child famously said. Little did she know that 50 years later, viewers would get to binge on her iconic cooking show...
Impact of meat and Lower Palaeolithic food processing techniques on chewing in humans
The origins of the genus Homo are murky, but by H. erectus, bigger brains and bodies had evolved that, along with larger foraging ranges, would have increased the daily energetic requirements of hominins. Yet H. erectus differs from earlier hominins in having relatively smaller teeth, reduced chewing muscles, weaker maximum bite force capabilities, and a relatively smaller gut. This paradoxical combination of increased energy...