humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of chefs, professionals, amateurs, inspiring youth, influencers, and general feel good human stories in the Feast food sphere.
Signs You're Dating a Foodie
The beginning of a new relationship is an exhilarating time as you and your date slowly learn more about each other, deciding whether you're truly compatible. It's during this time when certain suspicious details may come to light. Maybe they use words like "umami," or maybe they have a bunch of weird gadgets in their kitchen. Whatever provokes your suspicion, it's imperative for you to maintain vigilant for any other signs you're dating a foodie.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in Feast
Restaurants That Recycle Food
With the way American food portions go, many restaurants used to just throw it away but there is a new movement now about restaurants giving away their food for free. A new app called Meal Connect leads to intercepting food that goes in the trash. Feeding America reaches the 42 million people in the United States that struggle to afford food for themselves. Low-income people like me count on food banks. I started using a food bank because I wanted to save money. It is something we low-income folks simply have to do. Feeding America has 200 food banks, and the application helps manage the steady flow of food from a restaurant to a person who can’t afford it.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Feast
Food Waste in the United States
What happens to all that restaurant food we do not eat? We waste it by throwing it away. What happens to food that expires in the grocery store? We also waste it. 15,000 tons of food is thrown away in households daily (The Guardian). A third of the daily calories Americans eat is wasted. The types of food thrown out the most are fruits and vegetables, followed by dairy and meat. We unnecessarily waste food. 30 million acres of land, 780 million pounds of pesticide, 4.2 tons of irrigated water. The thing is, according to this cited The Guardian article, rotting food clogs up landfills, releasing methane into the air, which is a greenhouse gas.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Feast
Chef Life
Cooking. It can be fun. It can be hell. Like any job it’s really what you make of it. It’s not like what you see on Food Network. It’s not glamorous. People generally look down on you. Most know that it isn’t a good paying job. Hell, I’ve been doing it for 13 years and my wage has only went up five dollars since I first started on this sweaty, greasy, rage-filled, thankless road.
By Fisher King7 years ago in Feast
SKEP – Fruit Routes Summer 2018. Top Story - June 2018.
Fruit Routes, June 2018 at Loughborough University in the U.K., was three days of events created and curated by artists and food activists Anne-Marie Culhane & Paul Conneally around food systems, food production, eating together, growing, and climate change. Fruit Routes always has a feast built into it, sometimes more than one; this year it was a Wild Tea Party called 'In Your Hands' where foraged nettle and sage tea was drunk followed by tasseography, a reading of the tea leaves.
By Paul Conneally8 years ago in Feast
Girl's Best Friend
Many people say that dog is man's best friend, which holds a certain truth to it. Others say diamonds are a girl's best friend. There is truth to that statement, but very little. Let's be honest, if we ladies had to make an honest decision between diamonds and food, food would definitely be the winner—hands down! Because who doesn't like food?!
By Rebekah Lott8 years ago in Feast
My Love for Baking
My love for baking started when I was a little girl. When I was growing up all my birthday cakes were homemade by my mom. As I got older I tried my luck at making my own birthday cakes for my birthday. Some cakes that I made I had help and some cakes that I made turned out good. During my last year of high school, I helped my mom bake a lot of delicious goodies for a school bake sale for project graduation at my school. I still love to bake cakes. cupcakes, cookies, and other sweet treats because it's fun and I need to practice my baking skills.
By Carrie Booth8 years ago in Feast
The Comfort of Chocolate!
The obsession with Chocolate? I am completely and utterly obsessed with Chocolate. I love everything about it: the smooth creamy taste of it melting in your mouth, the rich brown colour of it, how it goes with everything from fruits, like strawberries and melon, to how it melts and makes your mouth water. It's sweet and creamy, and extremely addicting. All my friends always refer to me when they hear anything about chocolate, and I always get tagged in posts that say "Tag a girl who is addicted to chocolate." Well, I'm that girl, that's for sure! If I could eat chocolate on EVERYTHING I probably would.
By Taylor Larsen8 years ago in Feast
