Apartment Therapy Tagged: corn

Ingredient Spotlight: Huitlacoche

Huitlacoche is a grayish fungus that grows on corn and causes problems for farmers. However, what farmers may consider a "pest" is what many people in Mexico and the American Southwest consider a del...

Food Science: The Low-Down on High-Fructose Corn Syrup

Corn syrup, and especially high-fructose corn syrup, is our nation's dietary villain du jour - and not without some good reasons. In all the debates surrounding this ingredient, it's usually assumed t...

Food Science: When Sweet Corn Isn't Sweet

Last Tuesday, there was so much sweet corn at the farmer's market that it was tumbling off the tables. We bought enough to last the week and cooked half of it that night in a fiesta of buttery bliss. ...

Easy Weekend Breakfast: Corn and Eggs

There are so many things you can do with summer corn, but if you haven't thought about eating it for breakfast, let us persuade you... ...

Tuna & Beef Recalls, GMO Food, and Obesity Taxes:
Top food news for August 11-15

Here we are with the weekly news roundup. Lots of interesting stuff inside! Read on ......

From The Email: Dressing Up Grilled Corn

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on May 29th. To sign up for our weekly email sign up in the column to the left or click here. I'm here in Los Angeles where people ...

Blogging the NY Times: Confusing Reports on Commodity Crops

With rising food costs, subsidized US corn glutting the market, and the dollar becoming further devalued, we've all been getting a crash course in Economics 101 these past few months. But the New York...

Food on Film: King Corn, The True Cost of Food, Black Gold, and More

Last fall, when the documentary King Corn was showing in a NYC theater, we really meant to go see it. Really, we did. But it was only there for 2 weeks, and it closed before we got there. That's why w...

Backyard Gardening: Grow Indigenous Corn!

While scientists and food economists aren't all in agreement, there is a growing concern about the dangers of genetically engineered plants or GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Whether it's simpl...