Category: Food
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This Engineer Is Preparing to Feed a World Without Sunlight
DAVID DENKENBERGER WANTS TO BUILD a system to feed eight billion people in a world without sunlight. His inspiration: the humble mushroom. In 2011, Denkenberger was reading a scientific paper that suggested that after such a catastrophe, humans would die out, while mushrooms would thrive in the dark. According to Denkenberger, his reaction was, “Well, why…
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When the U.S. Interned Italians in Montana, They Rioted Over Olive Oil
It started with suet. Some say camp administrators decided that Italian internees should cook with suet instead of olive oil to cut costs. Others say lower ranking internees, who had been crew members on the ships they were taken from, suspected that former officers were getting olive oil while they were stuck with beef fat. Either…
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This Artist Makes Mesmerizing Collages from Produce You Can’t Find In Supermarkets
“Those were just drops of honey, they were so incredibly sweet,” says German artist Uli Westphal. “Those were really magnificent. And they were tiny, like the red currant berry.” Read more at Atlas Obscura. Photo Credit: Slejven Djurakovic/Unsplash.
Reina Gattuso 