Posts Tagged ‘food quality’

Charleston Hot Peppers, photograph by Scott Bauer

Flamin’ Hot Spice to Make Cheap Food Taste Like Something

August 23, 2025 — Americans are setting their mouths on fire with spicy hot foods says Ellen Cushing in her recent article for The Atlantic. Getting to the bottom of any trend in popular culture is not an easy task with a singular result. But Cushing explains part of the story is that flamin’ hot spice is an easy […]

Treccioni, photograph by Popo le Chien

Does the Environment or the Food Explain Obesity in Italy?

July 6, 2025 — In the midst of a lot of blather that assigns magical medical properties to food, its downright refreshing to read reflections from Tamar Haspel on the nature of food in Italy – and how people enjoy their food in that country. It is the food environment in Italy, not the food itself, that seems to […]