Lauren Rothman

Living With It

I Sting Myself With Bees 3 Times a Week

“I pick up the tweezers one at a time—a bee squirming at the end of each pair—and press it to my back, waiting for its burning sting.”
Lauren Rothman
4.25.19
beer

Avocado Stout Is the Beer Nobody Asked For

Just when we thought we'd reached peak avocado, a London pub has made "Millennial Stout."
Lauren Rothman
11.5.18
terrorism

The Link Between Food Security and Terrorism Is Surprisingly Complicated, Report Shows

Countries with greater food abundance are actually more likely—not less—to experience terrorism at home.
Lauren Rothman
10.26.18
china

The US Pork and Beef Lobbies Are Hosting Cooking Classes to Win Over Chinese Youth

A dietitian present claimed the US-raised meats offered unique health benefits, and students received swag for sharing on social media.
Lauren Rothman
10.26.18

New Advancements In Prosthetic Limbs Are Making It Easier To Crack Open a Cold One

The Coapt system allows users to accomplish two-handed tasks in the kitchen, and elsewhere, better than ever before.
Lauren Rothman
10.24.18
Cheese

American Cheese Obsessives Are 'Adopting' Alpine Cheesemakers to Preserve a Fading Tradition

“It seemed like a good way to get our hands on some obscure, off-the-beaten path cheese. What started as curiosity became an obsession."
Lauren Rothman
10.18.18
food safety

This Book Reveals the Truth About All of Our Grossest Food Habits

From double-dipping to beer pong hygiene, Paul Dawson and Brian Sheldon are exploring the nastiest questions of food science.
Lauren Rothman
10.16.18
Hong Kong

This Hong Kong Food Startup Hires the Elderly to Package Its Organic Frozen Dinners

Kenneth Choi Man-Kin's project not only provides jobs and a sense of community for the elderly, but also combats food waste from local farms.
Lauren Rothman
10.15.18
Munchies

Avocados Are Not Vegan, Argues BBC TV Show Host

Big if true.
Lauren Rothman
10.12.18
Gluten

A Third of 'Gluten-Free' Dishes Contain Gluten, Study Shows

“Having gluten-free ingredients is not enough to ensure that gluten isn’t making its way into the food," says the lead doctor on the study.
Lauren Rothman
10.12.18
THE ENVIRONMENT

How to Cook, Snack, and Shop in the Age of Seriously Scary Climate Change

You may be feeling helpless, but here are seven things you can start doing today to shrink your carbon footprint.
Lauren Rothman
10.10.18
Pizza

Why Was There a Bunch of DiGiorno Pizzas at a Little Caesars? A Brief Investigation

Little Caesars claims it has a perfectly reasonable explanation for the stacks of frozen pizza in its store.
Lauren Rothman
10.9.18
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