#food-waste

#food-waste

From a business standpoint, offering the complementary appetizer is (perhaps counterintuitively) a profitable tool. Tortilla chips and salsa sit at a uniquely advantageous intersection for restaurants: light enough to avoid dampening patrons' appetites, yet flavorful enough to stoke their palates and prime the taste buds for greater enjoyment of the meal to come. Still, there are roughly 286 calories per two-ounce serving of chips and salsa. Not enough to kill an appetite, but a substantial snack.

There's a horrible waste of food that could feed so many people. Whether it's from restaurants, hospitals, or stores. When I worked in a kitchen, I took the leftover food to shelters. My manager told us all not to let anyone know I did this or where the food was from. The owner's son was against donating food. (Yes, I understand the fear of being sued if someone gets sick.)

Basil stems, like the stalks of most soft herbs, are entirely edible. While they may be too tough to blend into a smooth pesto sauce or to used as garnish, they still have some of that sweet, peppery basil flavor that can be infused into the syrup. Moreover, turning basil stems into a herby and flavorful syrup is easier than it sounds. Just whip out a pot, add some water, sugar, and, of course, the basil stems, and reduce it into a syrup.

Between sky-high grocery prices and a need to reduce waste and clutter, downsizing your kitchen to the essentials is now more important than ever. When it comes to appliances, basics such as a toaster, microwave, kettle, and the like are certainly vital. Though it was once America's favorite kitchen appliance, it seems that the air fryer has waned in popularity to the point where some critics - including this writer - deem it a waste.

In fact, every year, around 40 percent of the entire food supply ends up in the trash, according to the USDA. And one of the worst offenders when it comes to food waste? You guessed it, it's bread. In fact, some estimates suggest that up to one-third of all the bread in the U.S. ends up in the trash (via Statista).

Its origin clearly derives from either Hawaiian shaved ice or granita, that classic Italian frozen dessert made by stirring and scraping or grating a sorbet-like base into shavings, and the approach essentially applies granita principles to fresh produce, while at the same time cutting out all of the hassle: simply pop any surplus or past-its-best fruit or vegetables in the freezer until they're rock solid, then grate!

From a nutritional standpoint, both canned and frozen vegetables can be every bit as good for you as fresh. That's because preserved produce is often packaged straight from the field at the height of its freshness, which protects its vitamins and minerals at their peak. So you aren't doing your body a disservice in any way by making a side of frozen spinach.

Aiyer, who leads the Rotary Club of Cupertino's fruit harvesting pilot program in collaboration with hunger and homelessness nonprofit West Valley Community Services, has harvested more than 850 pounds of fresh fruit since the idea came to life last spring. Her team of roughly 10 volunteers has picked fruit three times from residents who offer their trees to the program, including lemons, oranges and plums.

From traditional borek pastries to soups of all sorts, sausages and pasta, to slices of melon and rich puddings anybody who's ever been to Turkey on vacation is well acquainted with the many and varied delights of the typical breakfast buffet, particularly those found in Turkish tourist hot spots. Turkish hotels understand the allure of the buffet and will often decorate their websites with pictures of this kind of culinary offering.

Kiko Ochoa-Beovides and Madison Hodges told Business Insider they snapped up around 20 Happy Meals to collect the toy sets and Pokémon cards, often ditching the food.

Food banks can help prevent food waste by rescuing unsold food from grocers and retailers, thereby redistributing it to families in need.

Experts have noted that overflowing bins and food waste contribute significantly to the growing sizes of rats in urban areas, leading to larger and more difficult-to-manage populations.

It took an audit of my spending last summer to get myself in check. During that time, I also decided to grow tomatoes in the garden of my shared flat. I was a novice gardener, but soon I became obsessed with caring for these plants. It was as if a switch had been flicked in my mind as if it had taken the idea of growing my own food to truly understand the value and timescale of food production.

While the whole of a strawberry is edible, many people just want to enjoy the juicy berry. Yet it's easy to repurpose those tops.

Shuggie's Trash Pie & Natural Wine is pivoting to an 'immersive dinner club' format, focusing on whole-harvest cooking and lower-on-the-food-chain proteins to better showcase their mission.

Experts now reveal that a code can help consumers decipher the freshness of their fresh produce, especially after recent label changes in supermarkets.

Costco does not mark down items as they near expiration but donates leftover food to food banks and shelters, helping to fight hunger and reduce waste.

A good farmers market is absolutely brimming with colorful produce looking fresh and inviting. On a sunny spring or summer day, it can be easy to want to try everything.

Jeni Britton aims to address the fiber deficiency in diets with her new company, Floura, launching its first product, a fiber bar enriched with 13 grams of fiber.

Baking a basic layer cake requires finesse for proper proportions, making leveling necessary to avoid waste. Leftover cake scraps can transform into delicious desserts, like whoopie pies.

Restaurants offer lunch specials at a lower price primarily due to smaller portion sizes, as Americans generally consume their largest meal during dinner.

Maggots, or fly larvae, have been officially employed in Vilnius to process the city’s food waste, saving it up to €2 million each year.

"Instead of chugging it or pouring it out, here's a fun idea: Turn it into a frozen treat."