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Science & Technology

The Rise Of Yeast: How Civilization Was Shaped By Sugar Fungi

Menaka Wilhelm

Without yeast, bread wouldn't rise and beer wouldn't foam. As Nicholas Money's new book, The Rise of Yeast, points out, it leaves its mark on other foods, too, including coffee, and even chocolate.
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How Alice Waters Became A Slow-Food Icon

Maureen Cavanaugh

Brooke Ruth

Alice Waters describes how a young girl from New Jersey became an icon of the European-style slow-food movement on the West Coast in her new memoir "Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook.”
Politics

Advocates Rally For Minimum Wage Workers In San Diego

Matt Hoffman

Supporters of Fight for $15 and the Poor People’s Campaign took to the streets Monday, advocating for minimum wage earners.
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Festival Celebrates Fermented Food And Drinks

Marissa Cabrera

Thomas Fudge

The 4th annual Fermented Food Festival takes place Sunday in Encinitas. UC San Diego biologist Rob Knight will deliver the keynote and discuss the links between fermented food and gut health.
Coffee Or Tea: In Dickens' World, It Might Be A Choice Between Good And Evil

Nina Martyris

The author of a new book, Dinner with Dickens, has an insightful — though far from scientific — observation: The Victorian writer's good characters prefer tea while dodgier ones lean toward coffee.
Science & Technology

The Cheese Does Not Stand Alone: How Fungi And Bacteria Team Up For A Tastier Rind

Menaka Wilhelm

Cheese rinds may seem simple, even discardable, but the microbial world they contain is complex. Among their inhabitants: bacterial swimmers that hop on highways of fungal tendrils to get around.
Health

The Far Out History Of How Hippie Food Spread Across America

Menaka Wilhelm

Finding granola, hummus, organic produce and whole grains is easy now, but it wasn't always. Jonathan Kauffman's new book, Hippie Food, explores the people and places that expanded America's palate.
Economy

U.S. Bakeries Grab A Slice Of A Latin American Tradition: 3 Kings Cake

Ashley Westerman

In some Latin American countries, Three Kings Day — Jan. 6 — is a bigger deal than Christmas. As the U.S. Latino population grows, so does interest in the holiday's signature cake, rosca de reyes.
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What’s In Store For San Diego’s Dining Scene In 2018

Alison St John

Marissa Cabrera

From restaurants with on-site childcare to the cannabis culinary arts scene, San Diego food writers weigh in on the most anticipated food trends to dominate the local dining scene in 2018.
Racial Justice and Social Equity

'Bollywood Kitchen': A Celebration Of Indian-American Cuisine

Adhiti Bandlamudi

A new cookbook aims to capture the blended cuisine of second-generation Indian-Americans. It pairs recipes with Bollywood movies, for an added taste of home.