Mark Bittman

Can We Really Claim Margaret Thatcher Invented Soft Serve?

Plus antibiotic use in apples, WH furloughs & more
Apr 12, 2013 9:03 am
Soft Serve

This week in food news, antibiotic use crops up where you’d least expect it, the White House assistant chef may be furloughed, historians debate Margaret Thatcher’s role in the creation of soft serve and McDonald’s deals with its disgruntled employees. All the news that's fit to, um, chew on, right this way.

NYU Panel Weighs in On Factory Farming

Mark Bittman and Co. tackle the problems with CAFOs
Oct 26, 2011 3:31 pm
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Photo: Tom Westbrook on Flickr

Mark Bittman and company tackle the problems with CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations).

Men Cooking For Their Kids

John Donohue's Man With A Pan debuts
May 17, 2011 10:45 am

John Donohue is an editor and cartoonist for The New Yorker, a writer, but most importantly to his wife and two daughters, he cooks. In fact, you might even say he's obsessed with cooking. So obsessed that he started a blog called Stay At Stove Dad, and that he reached out to other guy friends who...

Simple Bean Burgers Recipe

A basic vegetarian burger made with beans
May 14, 2011 1:00 pm
photo: lara604 on Flickr

This is the way to go when you want a burger and have neither the time nor the inclination to fuss. When made with chickpeas, they’re golden brown and lovely; with black beans, much darker; with red, somewhere in between. Lentils give you a slightly grainy texture.

There are, of course, an infinite number of ways to jazz these up, but this has good flavor and texture and is excellent...

Today in Food

Links to sink your teeth into
Apr 1, 2011 12:55 pm
Goose Island's 312 beer on tap
Photo: Lindsay Hunt

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sbarro Inc, the ubiquitous pizza chain is on a thin crust and is about to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In the New York Times...

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