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Bits & Bites 2019

Plants can smell! After showing how plants hear, now science is uncovering the biochemistry of how they process odors.. Plant intelligence is so neat! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123105827.htm

How to Feed the World, on CBC’s Ideas, which is always a stimulating hour even when it’s not about food! https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/utopian-dinner-table-how-to-feed-the-world-in-100-years-1.4971915

Mushroom Magic – How the fad could be onto something... Surely! https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/16/mud-wtr-mushroom-water-coffee-health-benefits

Lesley Chesterman on her restaurant critic retirement : Good interview with her on her 20 yr run as a food critic, understandably tired of all the eating and ‘being the enemy’.. https://eatnorth.com/mallory-frayn/lesley-chesterman-her-restaurant-critic-retirement-and-road-ahead

 ‘Is Sunscreen the new Margarine?’ Looks like we are better off soaking up a few rays not just for the vitamin D but other health benefits that outweigh skin cancer risks for most. Great article with nuance. https://www.outsideonline.com/2380751/sunscreen-sun-exposure-skin-cancer-science

Food trends for 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/dining/food-trends-predictions-2019.html

Skiing (and Eating) in Quebec  city: I sell my hometown in this New York Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/travel/quebec-skiing.html

Le Mycélium, un champignon avec de l’avenir en matières écologiques https://lapiece.ca/fr/magazine/5be05dd85794b50eec7bb27a?mc_cid=70a9179583&mc_eid=7e45d90737

Sci-fi food: A new technology making food out of solar energy and bacteria.. Ugh! https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/31/electric-food-sci-fi-diet-planet-food-animals-environment?

Ten top books from 2018  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ten-best-books-about-food-2018-180970846/

Dietary fat, from foe to friend? http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6416/764/tab-pdf