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  • What’s Cooking? News and Notables in Food Science

    What’s Cooking? News and Notables in Food Science

    Space farming aboard the ISS, controversial wage increases for foreign farm workers, the science of sweetness, and more.
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    Sarah Olson Michel
    Jan 9
    How Fermented Foods Help Humanity Through Uncertain Times

    How Fermented Foods Help Humanity Through Uncertain Times

    For thousands of years, preserving food through fermentation offered safe harbor against the unknown.
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    Sarah Olson Michel
    Dec 31, 2021
    Introducing A New Publication for Food Science

    Introducing A New Publication for Food Science

    A hub for news and writing about food and drink that bridges science between the lab and your kitchen — with a flair for feminism.
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    Sarah Olson Michel
    Nov 28, 2021
    Tongue, Meet Your Microbes

    Tongue, Meet Your Microbes

    New images reveal the distribution of bacteria that live on our tongues
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    Sarah Olson Michel
    Apr 9, 2020
    A Path Forward for Pinot Noir

    A Path Forward for Pinot Noir

    From soil to fermentation to flavor, the science behind producing and protecting Oregon’s world-famous wine
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    Sarah Olson Michel
    Mar 23, 2020
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