Tag: Food
All longform pieces tagged with #food on The Slow Scroll
Bee Wilson reviews Nicola Twilley’s book “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet and Ourselves.” Refrigeration is a huge part of our lives, and this technology has reshaped not just our diets but also our relationship with food itself. For all the good it does,...
Sarah Todd argues that the rising skepticism about seed oils is more than a dietary debate; it reflects deeper issues with America's food system. The scientific consensus is that there is no clear evidence seed oils are harmful to health. The alternatives are not necessarily heal...
A Mediterranean Diet, for most of us, is associated with healthy eating. That may not be entirely true, however. At least in its current form, which has been shaped by marketing and politics, it’s quite far from the original research that coined the term. Today, it’s still being ...