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Cherry Ice Cream with Chocolate Pearls

Valrhona chocolate pearls in cherry ice cream. The pearls are tiny spheres of dark chocolate that stay firm and crunchy even after freezing. Combined with pitted, quartered cherries stirred in during the last eight minutes of churning, they turn a vanilla base into something you …

Experts make case for domestic food safety focus

Experts are hoping revised foodborne infection data can shift the focus of resources from trade to investing in domestic food safety. The World Health Organization (WHO) updated foodborne illness estimates thanks to work by the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG). Incidence, death, and disability-adjusted …

Homemade Sun Dried Tomatoes

The smell that comes out of the oven after eight hours of cherry tomatoes drying at 170°F (77°C) is concentrated summer in the middle of winter. Every bit of water slowly leaves the tomatoes and what remains is intense, sweet, and chewy. Two ingredients: cherry …

Call to address fraud in food security programs

Experts have voiced concerns about food fraud in food security programs and suggested ways to combat the problem. A report made several recommendations including penalizing and discouraging food fraud practices, greenwashing and misleading claims or labels by requiring businesses to verify claims about how products …