You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To

You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To

“The restaurant dinners we held at China Chilcano in Washington, DC last summer went extremely well,” wrote Eat Just’s director of global communications, Carrie Kabat, in an emailed statement to WIRED. “We plan to resume these dinners this year.” Good Meat/Eat Just’s chicken had also previously been on sale in Singapore, but sales there have … Read more

Inside the Beef Industry’s Campaign to Influence Schoolchildren

Inside the Beef Industry’s Campaign to Influence Schoolchildren

Science teachers in many states are currently updating their lessons to incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)—a set of teaching guidelines that encourage educators to place more emphasis on how science is used in the real world. AFBFA funding documents show that the foundation intends to use the adoption of the NGSS as an … Read more

TV chef Peter Kuruvita forced to close celebrated restaurant Alba Noosa after two years

TV chef Peter Kuruvita forced to close celebrated restaurant Alba Noosa after two years

One of Australia’s most celebrated chefs has closed his Noosa restaurant after two years. Peter Kuruvita has not revealed why Alba Noosa has closed, just two weeks after it was commended in the Australian Good Food Guide’s (AGFG) Chef Hat Awards. But he said the glamorous venue was set to reopen as an events space … Read more

Why Are People Torching Their Birthday Cakes on Social Media?

Why Are People Torching Their Birthday Cakes on Social Media?

X content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Weirdly for a man who is—as his many birthday candles clearly indicate—81 years old, Biden is right on trend with Gen Z (cake-wise, if not approval-rating wise). Bettina Makalintal recently reported about the pervasive new TikTok trend of burn-away cakes, which … Read more

Iconic dessert company Sara Lee saved from administration through sale to Aussie couple Klark and Brooke Quinn

Iconic dessert company Sara Lee saved from administration through sale to Aussie couple Klark and Brooke Quinn

Iconic Australian dessert company Sara Lee has been bought out by an Australian couple who have experience swooping in to save local companies. Sara Lee, known for its frozen cheesecakes, pies, puddings, and crumbles, entered voluntary administration in October last year. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Iconic Aussie dessert brand Sara Lee saved by local family. … Read more

Gelato Messina opens first store in Kent Town, Adelaide

Gelato Messina opens first store in Kent Town, Adelaide

A popular gelato brand has opened its first South Australian store. Gelato Messina said it was returning to “home turf”, opening on The Parade West in Kent Town, in Adelaide, on Monday. Messina founder Nick Palumbo and his brother Danny moved from Adelaide to Sydney in 2002, before opening their first gelato store in the … Read more

Chewing Your Food Is Good For Your Gut Microbiome Health

Chewing Your Food Is Good For Your Gut Microbiome Health

There are countless reasons to desire a healthy gut. Achieving and maintaining a robust microbiome — the trillions of beneficial bacteria and the useful chemicals they’re producing — in the lower section of our gastrointestinal tracts can aid our bodies with everything from battling pathogens to bettering our mental health. “What I get people to … Read more

Sydney Peruvian Japanese fusion restaurant Lima Nikkei closes after just six months

Sydney Peruvian Japanese fusion restaurant Lima Nikkei closes after just six months

A fine dining eatery in Sydney’s CBD has shut its doors after just six months. The Peruvian Japanese fusion restaurant Lima Nikkei cited operational costs as the cause for closure last Thursday. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of our dear Lima Peruvian Japanese,” the restaurant announced on social … Read more

Paris restaurant Totti accused of copying Merivale’s Totti’s

Paris restaurant Totti accused of copying Merivale’s Totti’s

A restaurant in France has been accused of having striking similarities to an iconic Sydney eatery, with the two sharing almost identical names and branding. An eagle-eyed social media user noticed the “uncanny” likeness between Merivale’s Totti’s Italian restaurant and an Italian restaurant in Paris called Totti. “It has come to my attention that we … Read more