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ICYMT: Delicious bits of food news, plucked, at least some of the time, from obscurity.
Millet matters
Preparing for future droughts by creating adaptable populations of millet
Breeding tomorrow’s heirlooms
Modern Farmer writes about old-fashioned modern plant breeding
1000 days of noodle soup Ken Albala shares his obsession and some of its lessons
How an empty kitchen in Boston triggered a breakfast obsession and a new book on noodle soup.
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Restaurants, white and black; lost heat source found; drought-proofing Italy; pasta and gastronationalism
Pushing good coffee Beyond merely fair in search of ethical trade
If you really want to do good by spending more on your coffee, you need to look beyond Fair Trade and other certification schemes.
Calvin Lamborn, plant breeder
A plant breeder whose products millions love has died.
Navajo people too know what’s good for them
Science continues to be astonished that traditional foodways are actually good for the people who evolved them.
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Sugar mystery, miller history, walnut filler, salmon thriller. And, er, fresh green beans.
Insectivore clickbait
An article headline in Mother Jones screams "The Secret to Better Burgers? Lots of Flies." The main illustration shows a cow with a fly on its tongue. I think, what? The last time we tried feeding meat to cattle in the UK, the result was mad cow disease. So I actually read the article, and…