Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Boston Public Library Aussie government begins airborne food drops to feed wildlife displaced by ongoing fires Celebrity survivalist finds dead baby dolphin and eats it, sparking outrage on social media Research shows that millennials dine out way more than boomers Work requirements for welfare in West Virginia didn't fill jobs, but they did fill soup kitchens In search of the metric that links free snacks at work to rates of employee retention The enduring influence of Elvis's fave eats considered Poem: "The Zen of Spam" Company that makes cocktail-inspired yogurt called out by UK physician A brief history of scurvy Automation apocalypse now: Pizza-making-robot startup Zume gets $375 million capital injection, promptly lays off 80 percent of its workforce I’m always taking suggestions for food-related articles, projects, thought experiments to feature.… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Flickr Food-waste awareness on the rise in 2019, but there's still a ways to go The localvore scene in Appalachian Ohio spreads to beans, grains, and other staples It appears that the worst is over for a UK dog that underwent surgery to remove three feet of ingested tinsel Compulsive exercisers and hard-drinking individuals add more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than do their more temperate fellows, new study finds Just prawns in the game: Riverside, California man liberates 30 bags of shrimp from a local supermarket by stuffing them down his pants A reflection on the contentious issue of "food authenticity" Food manufacturers in Japan add theme parks to their plants to attract "experience tourists" Why mulch your tree after Christmas when you can eat it? It's all in the numbers:… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: National Archives UK A predicted five-percent jump in food prices post-Brexit may increase food insecurity in Scotland Norwegian researchers create diet "personas" in a bid to steer consumer preferences in more eco-friendly direction A 70s cookbook for catering orgies Monkeys eat rats ... and safeguard palm oil yields in the process An eight-step plan for aspiring restaurateurs Bird spotted helping itself to a salad bar in a Wisconsin grocery store Fears of a "superbug" outbreak stoked higher sales of antibiotics fed to food-producing livestock in 2019 That spaghetti you're tossin' for dinner may have you tossin' and turnin' all night A rundown of 10 historical delicacies you'd never want to try Experts predict food trends in the coming year (podcast) I’m always taking suggestions for food-related articles, projects, thought experiments to… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: U.S. National Archives New vegan nutrition center in St. Louis the first in the U.S. Household wealth a determining factor in obesity among U.K. youth, study finds Abandoned tunnel beneath a mountain in South Korea is now home to a vertical farm Oh, Canada. Americans' neighbors to the north want to make goose jerky a thing Better baked than broiled: Denver-based company brings to a market a meat-free burger made from hemp A survey of notable food and food-related trends of the 2010s Great Britain now has more food banks than it has McDonald's restaurants Dollar stores are turning America's rural heartland into a food desert You're a mean one, Mr. President. Trump administration's tighter standards for food-aid eligibility expected to disqualify some 700k recipients Discipline and punish: Podcast reveals that… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Flickr New book takes a deep dive into sundry culinary issues and the history that shaped them And a new exhibition in London collects food-related works from renowned photographers Chew-chew! Menus of the railroad dining cars of yore collected and celebrated A crime no matter how you slice it: Texas man arrested for breaking into home and helping himself to occupants' Thanksgiving pie Bio-Mass.: Bay State farmers now generate electricity from food waste A rundown of the year's best cookbooks and food writing Driven to extremes: Food-app delivery couriers in China suffer a gig economy on steroids Crop-circled: Debt, Big Agra, and societal woes have pushed small farmers in the U.S. to the brink of extinction Combatting the food-desertification of northern Arizona's Hopi lands Higher-ed students join the ranks of the… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Blackout-related spoilage has pitched many low-income Californians into food insecurity Meanwhile, a program in Maryland seeks to get catering leftovers to food-insecure citizens Fueling discontent: The Indian city of Patna has banned cow dung, and street food vendors who burn it worry their food will lose its appeal The Thanksgiving feast isn't quite the windfall  to farmers that you'd think it would be Bad prison food in the hands of one French inmate become gourmet delights Delicious irony: New D.C. fast-casual eatery "Immigrant Food" occupies a spot near the White House More and more adults are asking "Why eat meals when you can snack," study finds Social media's impact on Japan's food trends over the past decade The quotidian anarchy of a Trader Joes's parking lot, as told by the lot itself… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." When it comes to knowing when to say when in this season of feasting, scientists recommend that you listen to your gut Young members of NoCal indigenous tribes look to the humble acorn for food sovereignty—and a business opportunity Visions of the coming biodiversity-straitened decade's cuisine, brought to you by some popular NYC chefs The turkey–sleepiness connection debunked "To go" now the only option at many familiar NYC eateries as food-delivery trend intensifies A recent study's findings suggest that you should ditch supplements for "tiny nutrient particles" Minneapolis baker-turned-poet pens new collection containing works that take swipes at ICE Hydroponic "food computers" donated by MIT to Syrian refugees turned out not to work Contrary to the whole "hangry" thing, empty bellies fill people with a spirit of helpfulness and cooperation, study finds… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: LSE Library (via Flickr) How the TV dinner reshaped culture Dinner-for-one is so unbearable for many seniors that they simply skip meals A writer's experience with an Instant Pot prompts a meditation on women's labor in the kitchen The struggles faced by urban farms The U.S. Food supply has grown substantially since 1970, and along with it so have our waistlines Recent protests in Lebanon have prompted a frenzy of food hoarding How DoorDash won the 'burbs and a dominant position in the food-delivery space Fungi-based fake steaks have arrived Meet the man who first developed frozen foods Enfant terrible: Getting toddlers hooked on bad foods means big profits I’m always taking suggestions for food-related articles, projects, thought experiments to feature. Send them to @AusterityKitchn, and let me know how you would… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Wikimedia Commons "Murder ... highway slaughter": The perils of driving for food-delivery app companies Financially strapped Uber pins future profit hopes on delivery drones, which will dot city skylines by next summer "Nibbling and cribbling ...": Lunching alone at work the latest productivity hack? The in-flight meal hall of shame ... with pics! Totally baked: Classing up "cannabis cuisine" for today's discriminating pot consumer "Clean eating" can lead to some messy personal problems The U.S.'s food supply chain mapped for the first time Eating roadkill now legal in California OK composter: Turning AI to the problem of food waste Our future insectivorous selves I’m always taking suggestions for food-related articles, projects, thought experiments to feature. Send them to @AusterityKitchn, and let me know how you would like to be credited. Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." What's in a name? Recent study suggests that taste-based labeling may get people to eat more veggies and other nutritious food Piggin' out. New law empowers Maine schools to feed uneaten school-lunch fare to farm hogs Fast-food fulfillment centers? Familiar chains have begun opening "ghost kitchens" dedicated exclusively to deliveries ordered through apps A "litter-al" emergency: Scientists race to assess the amount of microplastic that has entered our food supply Fresher, CRISPR: Yogurt industry leads breakthrough in next-gen gene mod Sociologists explain why low-income people seldom follow popular "cooking on a budget" tips Get enough exercise if you want to lose weight — but also be sure to get enough sleep Trump administration's ongoing war on nutritional assistance to test the question of how someone may pull herself up by the straps… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Flickr The propagandistic origin of Americans' favorite breakfast foods, as determined by a recent poll A funeral home in Scottsdale, Arizona offers the recently bereaved "grief therapy" as a way of learning to live after their loss The minimum amounts of bugs, animal hair, and rodent poop allowed by the FDA for some favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods — revealed! Three Georgia corrections officers allegedly fired for running a charity food co-op from the prison that employed them If you're ever in Ecuador be sure to try the Guinea pig ice cream A reminiscence in verse of a poet's first visit to the green grocer An economist asks whether a job is really a job if it pays so little that the job holder must seek nutritional assistance Meet the… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Museum of History & Industry Data breach at food delivery company DoorDash affects some 4.9 million people The whole buffalo fish: A push in the UK for "nose-to-tail" use of the daily catch A slew of new brands offer products made from ugly produce and discarded veg bits in a bid to reduce food waste An interview with the author of a forthcoming title on animals we have eaten into extinction A case that may come before SCOTUS involves the question of whether Chicago-area food trucks enjoy rights under the Fourth Amendment Arizona prison allegedly served inmates food unfit for human consumption De-stigmatizing the "right to food" as simply code for handouts Amtrak to ditch dining in favor of "more 'flexible' and 'contemporary' dining options" Unlikely ingredient mash-ups that produce surprisingly tasty… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Boston Public Library One Brazilian organization's remarkable success in reducing food waste in favelas Rumbles of protest from restaurant workers as food-delivery app companies eat into eateries' bottom line Wonder food or silent killer? A dive into the humble egg's controversial nutritional history An activist's case for more African-Americans to take up farming Medical students and residents circulate a petition condemning changes to nutritional assistance proposed by the Trump administration KFC begins test-marketing it's latest offering: a chicken-and-doughnut sandwich Swede emotion: UK IKEA shoppers review the store cafeteria's menu items New pizza chain aims to become the most progressive employer in the fast-food biz Food critics' expressive excesses explained Cultivate a taste for sea urchin and save the planet I’m always taking suggestions for food-related articles, projects, thought experiments to feature.… Read More...

Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Image: Library of Congress Certain kinds of edible fungi may decrease the risk of a common cancer among men, a Japanese study suggests Members of San Francisco's disability community weigh in on the fraught issue of restaurant accessibility A rundown of the Guardian's picks for the 10 best culinary memoirs A common, scary-sounding food additive demystified Test your knowledge of the social graces and deportment requisite for negotiating the intricate niceties of an Edwardian dinner party 10 food hacks gone wrong .. way wrong Columnist and chef draws inspiration from Emily Dickinson The diseases and conditions caused by fast food affects crows, too, a study has shown Food to avoid if you wish to beat stomach bloat "'Grammin'" foodies have a new reason to rejoice I'm always taking suggestions for food-related articles,… Read More...

Image: Wellcome Collection Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." The Great Mac n' Cheese Swindle: Big biz and the "health-washing" of familiar instant boxed fare Journo reflects on his subsisting on junk food for nearly a quarter-century And a steady diet of junk food has robbed one UK teen of his sight Food insecurity among American households finally back to pre-Great Recession numbers Seeking to answer the burning question, Can dogs can go vegan? In praise of "trash fish": The unsung virtues, gastronomical and ecological, of bycatch If you're not eating offal, you're missing out on some great dishes In Germany, a course in dumpster diving for food seeks to free young adults' minds from the bonds of consumerism The national model for disaster preparedness is ... Waffle House? Florida man breaks into a stranger's house and cooks… Read More...

Image: Library of Congress Pyttipanna: Swedish for "small pieces in a pan." Pushback by restaurateurs in India against food delivery apps A coming exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum to feature cheese made with bacteria swabbed from celebrities (Yes, you read that right) Toilers in the gig economy working where they dine out in ever increasing numbers A blighting fungus newly arrived to South America threatens wholesale wipeout of the banana market Sheer heart attack! British man frys up pork chop bearing likeness of long-departed Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury Recent Australian study finds that long-term observance of the "paleo" diet may change your gut flora ... and not for the better Various ways of reducing food waste considered Meet the latest superfood: mesquite For the record, a Dairy Queen in South Carolina does not use burger patties made of… Read More...