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An Artful Solution To The Bee Crisis?

Posted 04.23.2013 | Arts

The Scottish National Gallery recently announced possible plans to turn its spacious rooftop into a home for bees. No, it's not part of some elaborate...

A Timeless Roman Dish: Cacio e Pepe

Ali Schmidt | Posted 04.16.2013 | Taste
Ali Schmidt

This dish is simple, rustic and beautiful -- as life should be.

Tea and Beer? At the NYC Coffee and Tea Festival

Tara Settembre | Posted 04.02.2013 | New York
Tara Settembre

The other week, 60 exhibitors from around the globe were pouring samples of their finest coffees and teas at the eighth annual Coffee and Tea Festival in Manhattan.

12 Ways To Make Your Own Honey Butter

Posted 02.20.2013 | Taste

Adding cinnamon or an array of fruits like blackberries or mangos to your honey butter could make your morning meals that much more enjoyable.

Nature's Golden Elixir: Honey Feels Wrath of Climate Disruption

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 04.18.2013 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

We are running out of time to combat more than 85 million metric tons of greenhouse gases emitted daily: Earth's bees are clearly showing scientists that they cannot conduct their business of pollinating and making honey -- as climate disruption escalates, quickly.

Neonictinoids and Climate Change - Lethal for Bees

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 03.26.2013 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

In May 2009 my publisher (Don Gorman) asked me to write The Incomparable Honeybee. In October of that year it was in bookstores and I begun to write e...

Honey Glazed Brussels Sprouts

Amie Valpone | Posted 03.17.2013 | Taste
Amie Valpone

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl; gently toss to combine. Transfer to a large baking sheet; bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and tender. Remove from oven; set aside to cool before serving.

A Delicious Cranberry Cake Recipe

Ken Leung | Posted 02.20.2013 | Taste
Ken Leung

With limited amount of time on hand, I used the seasonal cranberries for both flavors and color.

Balqees: Honey From a Magical Island

Sarah Dajani | Posted 02.02.2013 | Home
Sarah Dajani

Honey always seemed boring to me. It's sticky and highly caloric and hey, doesn't sugar do the job just fine? But when I heard about Balqees, I got curious. Riath Hamed, founder of Balqees Honey, is the industry's answer to Indiana Jones.

Bees Among Victims of Hurricane Sandy

Sharon Kitchens | Posted 01.05.2013 | Green
Sharon Kitchens

Hurricane Sandy's exacted a heavy toll on New York City, claiming lives, plunging hundreds of thousands of homes into darkness, and devastating small businesses. The damage extended to Brooklyn Grange Bees, New York City's first commercial apiary.

Spiced Fig Preserves

Nik Sharma | Posted 10.19.2012 | Taste
Nik Sharma

This preserve uses whole figs that have their stems removed but I keep their skins because I like them.

Meet 92-Year-Old Beekeeper Stan Brown

Sharon Kitchens | Posted 12.11.2012 | Green
Sharon Kitchens

Stan Brown of Cumberland, Maine, is nearly 93 years old, one of America's oldest registered beekeepers.

Why Doesn't Honey Spoil?

Quora | Posted 11.25.2012 | Taste
Quora

For something to spoil there has to be something to spoil it. Honey is almost unique among organic compounds in that it constitutes a "perfect storm" of attributes against spoilage.

Bee Time With Rowan Jacobsen

Sharon Kitchens | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green
Sharon Kitchens

In his book, Jacobsen uses the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder to tell the bigger story of bees and their essential connection to our daily lives. Here's what he had to say regarding honey bees and CCD.

Help Honey Bees Survive This Winter

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.28.2012 | Green
Maria Rodale

By guest blogger Heather Mattila, assistant professor of natural sciences at Wellesley College Honeybees are far and away the most important pollin...

6 Sweet Health Benefits Of Honey

Posted 08.14.2012 | Healthy Living

We know that, despite its high sugar content, honey has many healthful properties. And now, according to the latest research, the sweet stuff has ...

Killer Bees or the Sweet Life: How Fair Trade Is Paving the Way Out of Poverty in Uganda

Chris Bashinelli | Posted 09.25.2012 | Impact
Chris Bashinelli

If not for fair trade, entrepreneurs like Kibwana would have trouble taking the first leap into business. In a region where poverty and malnutrition paint the landscape, fair trade has changed the game.

Isabella Rossellini, Dressed as a Honey Bee, Discusses Colony Collapse Disorder (VIDEO)

Jessica Marati | Posted 06.21.2012 | Green
Jessica Marati

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8 Food Frauds To Look Out For At The Grocery Store

SmartMoney | Kelli B. Grant | Posted 04.20.2012 | Home

This article originally appeared on SmartMoney.com Most consumers know to ignore emails alerting them to foreign lottery winnings and to steer clea...

The 7 Most Common Food Frauds

Posted 04.06.2012 | Home

The April issue of the Journal of Food Science analyzes the most adulterated ingredients -- in other words, the most common instances of food fraud. F...

Art, Honey and Explorations

Misha Lyuve | Posted 03.25.2012 | Arts
Misha Lyuve

All the journeys have a secret destination of which the traveler is unaware -- Martin Buber Photo by Rosemarie Padovano, 2006. From Salve series...

Study Break Snacks: Stove Top Popcorn

Small Kitchen College | Posted 03.11.2012 | College
Small Kitchen College

Photo Credit: Small Kitchen College From maize to MON-810 (a transgenic strain banned in France), corn has massively evolved in America. Over thousa...

Feds Arrest 3 For Smuggling 5 Million Pounds Of Illegal Honey

Posted 12.09.2011 | Home

Honey may be the new Apple. Not just because the ancient sweetener is a hotbed of technological innovation -- but because crafty Chinese entrepreneurs...

The Beauty of Bees

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 02.05.2012 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

Of the more than 1.6 million known forms of life on our home -- planet Earth, bees truly are the "golden-hair" pollinator partners that have been entrusted with sustaining life on land.

Most Store Bought Honey Isn't Honey According to the FDA

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.29.2012 | Home
Richard Schiffman

Food scientists say that over three quarters of the honey sold in American supermarkets and drug stores may not be what the bees created.