The potentially toxic puffer fish, or fugu, is a gourmet treat in Japan, where chefs must prepare it carefully to avoid poisoning diners
Chicago’s gourmands got some good news this week when the city’s two-year-old ban on foie gras was officially lifted. The repeal was a defeat for animal rights groups who pushed to ban the [...]

To promote his new book Super Sushi Chef Ken Kawasumi has attempted to recreate one of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower paintings using only raw fish.
Source: http://www.oishiioishii.net/sushi-sunflowers

Smoked marlin, ricotta spring rolls, jerk rosemary tenderloin with bearnaise sauce and a 50th birthday party on the idyllic south coast near Alligator Pond, St Elizabeth.
It’s not every day one lives to half a century, but if you do, make sure the food makes you glad that you made the journey.

Photography by Peter Dean Rickards

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Imagine an extract from a berry that would make sour things taste sweet and help you lose weight. Then imagine not being allowed to take it.
The world is getting fatter. One billion people are overweight, and 300 million of those are clinically obese.
The search is always on for replacements for those things that, eaten in [...]

Much of the post-harvest loss of fruits and vegetables in developing countries is due to the lack of proper storage facilities. While refrigerated cool stores are the best method of preserving fruits and vegetables they are expensive to buy and run. Consequently, in developing countries there is an interest in simple low-cost alternatives, many of [...]