PLEDGE A #NOFOODWASTE NOVEMBER!
About 1/3 of all food produced worldwide goes to waste — and we want to change that!
Did you use your leftovers, take home a doggy bag, bring extra food to a pantry, or simply compost your scraps?
Join Foodstand and our partners in pledging a #NoFoodWaste November. Learn how and share your good food deeds with #NoFoodWaste to win prizes. This week - win prizes from Dig Inn and Farm to People!
1. Join the Foodstand Community via our iPhone app.
2. Post as many photos as you like of your good no-food-waste deeds, and apply #NoFoodWaste.
3. Challenge your friends to a #NoFoodWaste November! We will curate some of the best posts to highlight with our partners.
Foodstanders say No. Food. Waste.
Korean dream

Decided to treat myself today by picking up my favorite banchan (Korean side dishes) at HMart on the way home! #tgif
Chemical Glyphosate Found in Popular Breakfast Foods
ecowatch.com
"The Alliance for Natural Health-USA released the results of food safety testing conducted on an assortment of popular breakfast foods and found glyphosate"
Wrap the stems of bananas to make them last longer.

This prevents the ethylene gas produced by the stems from ripening the rest of the fruit too quickly. Want to slow it even more? Wrap each banana stem individually. #kitchentips
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unconventionalbaker Interesting. Though admittedly they don't last long around here 😄
Favorite recipes with ramps?

Love that they're in season but would love to experiment with them more. Have ideas?
May
21
A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour 🍕
92y.org
Union Square Park
"Pizza lovers, rejoice! Enjoy the ultimate “slice of Brooklyn.” Venture through Brooklyn’s Italian and Jewish neighborhoods and devour some of the best pizza in the city."
May
18
Everything Food Conference
foodbloggingconference.com
The Gateway

Perhaps interesting for food bloggers! "Everything Food Conference is created with the food blogger in mind. Held in Salt Lake City in the beautiful outdoor venue, The Gateway."
Healthful school lunch programs can significant impact a child's health.
foodtank.com

Over 31 million children in the United States consume most of their daily caloric intake at school. For many children, it may be the only food they eat regularly each day. But improving the quality...
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unconventionalbaker I wish my school offered better lunches back in the day.. All ketchup and fries and pizza.. 🙈
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annefood Mine was nasty fish sticks. Blech
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darkchocolatepeanutbutter @unconventionalbaker Sadly ketchup and pizza qualify for school lunch since they have tomato paste which is considered a "vegetable" 😡
Ginger scallion turkey meatballs with bok choy, bella mushrooms, and bone stock. #sundayfunday

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DietID_TeamDietitians Did you use corn starch for the sauce?
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mrscorco @Rachna I think the picture makes the sauce look thick but it's just broth. I just brought the bone stock to a boil and added the turkey and vegetables to it.
Apr
29
Cook the Perfect Steak with J. Kenji López-Alt at The Food Lab
mofad.org
Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) Lab

Wildly popular from its inception in 2009, J. Kenji López-Alt's Food Lab column on SeriousEats.com has explored the science of home cooking with weekly recipes and experiments.
This very special...
SLURP!
Lam Zhou Handmade Noodle

The signs of a good hand-pulled noodle joint - greasy spoon surroundings + reassuring thud of dough as it hits a backroom table after being stretched into noodles.
New @Sweetgreen opens on Bleecker
sweetgreen

The folks at MediClub got together to enjoy the opening. All proceeds go to @grownyc farm boxes.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yessssss!
Should Sprouts Come With A Warning Label?
npr.org

Over 20 people have been sickened in two new outbreaks of foodborne illness linked to alfalfa sprouts. For something many deem a "health food," sprouts continue to be a vexing food-safety challenge...
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Georegulus Ive heard this but never had a problem myself when sprouting grains or beans. Does anyone know whether "microgreens" have the same problem?
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unconventionalbaker Hmmm. A toughie. I suppose if there's a high risk of catching something it's worth the label. Then again I take mainstream reports like this with a grain of salt. I find there are often other...
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olivettefarm @Georegulus microgreens are grown differently than sprouts. They're grown in open air in soilless mixes inside of greenhouses as opposed to sprouts that are grown in a manner that can be pretty...
To participate
- Download the Foodstand iPhone Application.
- Between 10AM EST on Monday, November 2, 2015 and 11:59 PM EST on Monday, November 30, 2015 (the Sweepstakes Period), using the Foodstand iPhone Application, any posts that include “#NoFoodWaste” in the description either by manually typing in the phrase or by adding it using the “#NoFoodWaste button during the Sweepstakes Period will be counted as an entry.
- A random drawing will be held from all eligible entries (posts containing #NoFoodWaste in the description) received during the Sweepstakes Period, on or about Tuesday, December 1, 2015, by Foodstand, whose decisions concerning all matters related to this sweepstakes are final.
- Each week, we will choose two winners. One winner will be from the New York, Metropolitan area, and will receive two meal tokens from Dig Inn (diginn.com) restaurant. A second winner will be chosen from a non-New York metropolitan area, and will receive a Tasting Box from Farm to People (farmtopeople.com) The prize will be delivered by mail after the winner is announced and the winner has provided a mailing address to receive the prize.
Details:
- Each #NoFoodWaste post (also known as an entry) must be fully completed; mechanically reproduced; incomplete and/or illegible entries will not be accepted. In case of dispute with respect to entries, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
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- Prize: Four (4) winners will be chosen from the New York metropolitan area. These winners will each receive two (2) tokens, each good for one (1) meal at any Dig Inn restaurant location. Prize will be mailed to winner. Four (4) additional winners will each receive one (1) Tasting Box Subscription from Farm to People (Farmtopeople.com). Prize will be delivered by mail.
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