Food Links, 21.03.2012
How food aid for Somalia disappeared.
Around 70% of the antibiotics used in the US are on animals, not humans.
A Marmite shortage in New Zealand.
Hamburger wrapping paper.
The Greek potato movement.
Science + Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter, a series of lectures from the Harvard School of Engineering and Science, is now available on the iTunes U app.
The return of Britain’s forgotten foods. (Thanks, Simon!)
Everything you need to know about coffee in three minutes.
Low carbon cuisine.
The Bike-a-Bee.
Eating penguins in Antarctica.
Could football fans go vegetarian?
The periodic table of meat.
Can bagels save Detroit?
The craze for Downton Abbey-themed dinner parties.
Edward Hirsch on cotton candy.
International cheese consumption. (Thanks Sarang!)
Cooking from A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina’s Best Recipes), published in 1917.
The complex world of soy products.
Paula Deen announces that she’s also the spokeswoman for a…Diabetes drug. Funny, that.
A useful guide to the shelf life of a variety of foods. (Thanks Mum!)
Some fantastic posters on food produced by the American government during the Second World War.
Book plates: crockery inspired by favourite novels.
Very useful: on powdered and leaf gelatine.
Eight TED talks on food policy.
Delhi’s restaurant revolution.
The taste of sound.
Pasties of the world.
The politics of koeksisters.
A guide to Ethiopian cuisine.