food

Ecological land grab: food vs fuel vs forests

EnvironmentMarlowe Hood | 2019-08-06 09:13:00

The overlapping crises of climate change, mass species extinction, and an unsustainable global food system are on a collision course towards what...

Our starch cravings date back to cave dwellers

Arts and CultureMatthew Taub | 2019-05-31 00:00:00

Starches have been dietary staples for even longer than we thought. Archaeological evidence now confirms that humans have been cooking plant...

Disorders don’t discriminate

OpinionLinda Christensen | 2019-04-26 00:00:00

Eating disorders are illnesses that anyone can get, have little to do with vanity and can have lifelong after-effects.

A culinary journey across SA

Arts and CultureNikita Singh | 2019-03-22 00:00:00

The menu at La Petite Maison is designed to take you on a culinary expedition of South Africa, from the choppy waters of the Atlantic to the lush...

How to eat to save the world

OpinionModi Mwatsama, Howard Frumkin | 2019-02-15 00:00:00

There is not a country in the world that is not grappling with the serious health and environmental consequences of its citizens’ diets. There...

A tale of two cultural tastes

Arts and CultureNikita Singh | 2019-02-08 00:00:00

‘In black culture, everybody’s mother says they make the best steamed bread. In Italian culture, everyone’s mother makes the best bolognese or...

Search for ‘good food’ is karma

Arts and CultureDinika Govender | 2018-11-02 00:00:00

My first memory of okra is from my childhood on a Saturday night in Fordsburg Square, Johannesburg.

Strawberry saboteur evades Australia police

WorldAgency | 2018-09-18 07:08:00

Australian police on Tuesday admitted they still don't know who has been putting sewing needles in supermarket strawberries, but warned perpetrators behind the nationwide scare face a decade in jail....

[Video]Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi breaks down the writing on your food

Multimedia | 2018-09-04 12:13:00

Health Minister Aaron Motsoeledi explains what the words "Best Before", "sell-by-date" and "use-by-date" on food really mean.

Eating through Spain and Portugal

Arts and CultureSamantha Steele | 2017-12-15 00:00:00

An ochre-yellow light accents the Sagrada Familia’s odd angles, strange corners and looming cranes. Sitting on a bench overlooking one of...

The causes of Somalia's conflict and famine are bad governance, not climate change

AfricaHakim Abdi | 2017-10-05 12:31:00

The link between climate change and violent conflict is a complex one. In

Mashed potatoes standard fare in Russia’s food ban-hit restaurants

NationalGovan Whittles | 2016-11-15 00:00:00

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