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Insta Food

Many of us search food blogs to find inspiration and recipes for our own cooking repertoire. Some people just enjoy the beauty of photographs presented in the blogs. Now it seems that this is also taking over Instagram, the micro photo…

Skinnytaste–Why sacrifice taste for lower fat?

Ever wondered if your favorite dish came in a low-fat version?  Or maybe you think that “low-fat” means “low-flavor”.  Gina Homolka, creator of Skinnytaste.com, develops recipes that must be both “skinny” (low in fat), and “tasty”.  She offers 32 different…

A local celibrity chef.

It was in the spring of 2009. Highschool was coming to an end, and proffesional orientation class couldn’t have been more boring. When this tall kid, blonde and curly hair kid stood up in front of the classroom and exposed…

The Game of Operation

Infamous tweezer food, the recent face of “rich people” food. While it normally has had bad connotations from anyone who doesn’t see why a bite sized meal should cost anything more than a few bucks, Josh Ozersky, the author of…

The real deal

What’s in the freezer of three international student-athletes at Michigan Tech? 25 frozen Roma pizzas ($1.50 dollars each, tax included) . Not very healthy, right? But with two part time jobs, 18 credits and tennis season going on we’re not looking…

Sexism Seeping Into The Food Industry

 Time magazine has posted a very controversial article about “The Gods of Food,” and has ruffled up many female feathers in the process. In their list of the top 13 Food Gods, only 4 women get mentioned, none of whom are chefs. That is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ignoring the female food talent. The Huffington Post published an article in response where female chefs speak their mind about sexism in the food workplace, and they aren’t the only ones responding. Emily Shire, from The Week, also gives her own opinion to the flawed representation and total ignorance of Time Magazine.