Posts Tagged ‘organic’

Genetic engineering of food?

The genetic engineering of food was originally well intentioned but is still relatively “new”.  Some of us suffer no shortage of food while others starve.  Pesticides,  herbicides,  polluted soil,  floods,  droughts,  famine, and malnutrition occur on a global level and concern us all.  Genetically modified foods were meant to address those issues.  “New” to me [...]

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A trend in the culinary field toward better nutrition?

We are becoming more aware of “good” versus “bad” foods as the information is presented to us.  Years ago,  some of us had understood that margarine (some contained hydrogenated or trans fats) was,  for example,  better for us than butter.  Now,  research tells us that hydrogenated (trans) fats are not good for us and that [...]

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