Technically Food

The plastic pollution crisis

In this issue: Is there such a thing as a good straw? The non-stick pan brouhaha, pit-less cherries and how writers write.

Oct 3 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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September 2025

Fat for the win

In this issue: "Food Intelligence" book giveaway, cultured pork fat is approved and you can buy it! Plus some more thoughtful wondering about the future…

Sep 19 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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The opposite of Pop-Tarts

In this issue: Do we need vaccines? Is food a vaccine? Is the MAHA train throwing health under the bus? Plus: a farming and cultured meat collab in the…

Sep 4 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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August 2025

Green foods in space

A new translation of my book, another great book giveaway and a book about space, astronauts and algae.

Aug 22 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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Can we neutralize gluten?

In this issue I attempt to explain some curious science into food beneficial enzymes and why our guts may be happier when we leave home.

Aug 8 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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July 2025

What's up with jumbo blueberries?

In this issue I attempt to explain how fruit gets big and maybe dispel the myth that it's because it's genetically modified. (Oh no GMO!) Also, how we…

Jul 29 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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Who thinks better ingredients are bad?

Giveaway: Free copy of "We Are Eating the World" by Michael Grunwald.

Jul 11 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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June 2025

The allure of far away grocery stores

What I talk about when I talk about wandering the supermarket aisles in China, some more headway for cultured meat startups and why I'm going to Atlanta…

Jun 27 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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Hope for cultivated meat?

What I talk about when I talk about which cultivated fish startup got the green light from the FDA, what major grocery distributor was hacked and the…

Jun 13 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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Can AI plan your next road trip?

What I talk about when I talk about using AI for your travel plans, useful apps in China and how I navigated Taiwan.

Jun 6 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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May 2025

Information gap

What I talk about when I talk about knowledge that's missed, unstated, or unknown; and a nutrition startup doing the unheard--raising a $70-million…

May 2 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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April 2025

Waste not?

What I talk about when I talk about how we use farmland, an ingredient switcheroo for the NY egg and cheese sandwich and a waste problem with no easy…

Apr 25 • 

Larissa Zimberoff

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