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Baked Pear and Spiced Lentil Salad

Lentil salads are often boring. This one is not. Lentils cooked in a tea brewed from a flowering tea bulb, cinnamon stick, split vanilla bean, and bruised cardamom pods. Served warm with baked pear halves drizzled with olive oil and honey. Dressed with Meyer lemon …

Scientists push for toxoplasmosis recognition

Scientists have called for toxoplasmosis to be listed as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Toxoplasma parasite can cause ocular toxoplasmosis, an eye infection that damages the retina and results in permanent vision loss. People can become infected through eating …

IAEA project to look at edible insect safety

A project has been created to assess the safety of edible insects and hazards associated with related production and processing practices. The five-year coordinated research project will also look at other novel foods. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) …