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Grubs Are up This Christmas

particle.scitech.org.au Meet the WA farmers making insects a pantry staple and whip up some gingerbug biscuits this Christmas. Originally, Coolup farmers Paula Pownall and Amanda Abou Rjeily wanted to farm insects for animal feed. But after a surprising number of enquiries from insect-hungry humans, the business-savvy women

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Why Some like It Hot: The Science of Spiciness

Why Some like It Hot: The Science of Spiciness

Roberto Silvestro Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Roberto Silvestro is a PhD candidate enrolled in the biology program at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi and the University of Quebec in Montreal. In 2019, He got a merit scholarship for foreign students provided by the Fonds de recherche du

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Christmas Food That Won’t Break The Bank

Lauren Ball Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing Amy Kirkegaard Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences Breanna Lepre Research Fellow, Mater Research Institute Emily Burch Dietitian and Researcher The University of Queensland Christmas lunch is at your friend’s house this year, and they’ve asked

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Recipe: Pineapple Fruit Cake

Recipe: Pineapple Fruit Cake

Mrs Korau * 1 x 454 gram tin crushed pineapple * 500 grams dried fruit (sultanas, currants, dates) * 1 teaspoon baking soda * 1 teaspoon mixed spice * 100 grams (4 oz) butter * Three fifths cup sugar [Ed. note: try 1/3 plus 1/4 cup] * 1¾ cups flour * 1 teaspoon baking powder * 2

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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The BFD Food Column: Zalabia

The BFD Food Column: Zalabia

The jolly time of year comes around more quickly the older one gets. “Christmas cheer” and Chanukah’s unhealthy but tasty oily foods are back upon us before we even know it. The deep-fried doughnut has several versions. In Northern Europe it is traditionally filled with jam and dusted with

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Taste Tuesday

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The BFD Food Column: Port Chicken Liver Pate

The BFD Food Column: Port Chicken Liver Pate

As an entree, or for whetting one’s appetite before a swanky meal, pate of chicken, goose or duck liver can be a tasty and attractive option. Usually delivered in tandem with dainty toasts or crostini, the diner will relish the opportunity to be an active participant in the meal,

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The BFD Food Column: Port Chicken Liver Pate

The BFD Food Column: Port Chicken Liver Pate

As an entree, or for whetting one’s appetite before a swanky meal, pate of chicken, goose or duck liver can be a tasty and attractive option. Usually delivered in tandem with dainty toasts or crostini, the diner will relish the opportunity to be an active participant in the meal,

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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Lab-Grown Meat Is on the Menu

Lab-Grown Meat Is on the Menu

Gabriella Hoffman cfact.org Gabriella Hoffman is a Media Strategist and Award-Winning Outdoor Writer. She hosts the “District of Conservation” podcast and CFACT’s original YouTube series “Conservation Nation.” Learn more about her work at www.gabriellahoffman.com “This is a watershed moment in the history of food. We started

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The Real Paleo Diet

Ceren Kabukcu University of Liverpool Ceren Kabukcu is an archaeobotanical scientist with broad interests in Quaternary palaeoecology, and plant food and wood fuel use by hunter-gatherers and the earliest farmers in Southwest Asia and Europe. We humans can’t stop playing with our food. Just think of all the different

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The BFD Food Column: Pecan Pie

The BFD Food Column: Pecan Pie

Staying with Thanksgiving. Once the turkey has been consumed, it is customary to round off the festive feast with a traditional dessert. The pumpkin pie is the quintessential go-to Thanksgiving dessert, and I personally put it in the same category as rhubarb pie: most pretend to enjoy them if they

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Food Shortage of the Day

Bad news for Kiwis who love a classic pavlova on Christmas, New Zealand is in for an egg shortage. New egg farming rules coming into force next month and high bird-feed costs are driving huge price increases and rationing of eggs. Newshub The new farming rules have forced small egg

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Taste Tuesday

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