Hacker News with Generative AI: Food

Daily peanut exposure can desensitise allergic adults, study suggests (theguardian.com)
Adults with severe peanut allergies can be desensitised by daily exposure, according to the first clinical trial of its kind.
Health, Allergies, Food, Science, Research
11 points by ljf 2 days ago | 2 comments
US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs (theguardian.com)
For many Americans celebrating Easter, the holiday is incomplete without chocolate: chocolate bunnies and eggs, bars tucked into Easter baskets, candy hidden in plastic eggs for Easter egg hunts.
Economy, Food, Chocolate, Tariffs
11 points by n1b0m 7 days ago | 0 comments
Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right (arstechnica.com)
Pour-over coffee is made by flowing a strong, laminar water jet through a bed of ground coffee beans.
Coffee, Science, Food, Brewing
9 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 3 comments
Australian PM weighs in after Toronto café ordered to remove Vegemite (thestar.com)
Australia, Food, International News, Culture
13 points by ranit 10 days ago | 5 comments
A Passion for Fruit (archaeology.org)
Archaeology, History, Food
16 points by diodorus 12 days ago | 1 comments
Homemade Falafel Recipe (seriouseats.com)
Crisp on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside, and packed with herb and spice flavor.
Food, Recipes
6 points by Tomte 12 days ago | 0 comments
How refrigeration changed our food (nytimes.com)
In “Frostbite,” an exploration of the vast system known as the cold chain, the journalist Nicola Twilley follows the banana through a “seamless network of thermal control.”
Food, Technology, History, Science
76 points by whocansay 12 days ago | 85 comments
Nobu Matsuhisa: 'I'd watch my mentor making sushi and copy him under the table' (theguardian.com)
The chef and restaurateur, 76, shares his boyhood inspiration, losing everything in a fire, and saying no to Robert De Niro.
Food, Interviews, Restaurant Industry, Biography
6 points by andsoitis 13 days ago | 0 comments
Hunger shifts attention towards less healthy food options, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
New research suggests that when people are hungry, they focus more on the tastiness of food and tend to ignore nutritional information, which may contribute to poor dietary decisions.
Nutrition, Psychology, Food, Health, Research
67 points by PaulHoule 13 days ago | 19 comments
The Ten 'Commandments' of Sushi. (2015) (medium.com)
My first lunch at Yajima Sushi, in Tokyo, felt more like a kidnapping.
Food, Japan, Culture
11 points by Tomte 14 days ago | 5 comments
Why Tap a Wheel of Cheese? (cheeseprofessor.com)
Behind the approximately 4 million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano produced annually, there is a tiny team of 24 battitori responsible for ensuring the quality of each one.
Food, Cheesemaking, Italy
210 points by speckx 16 days ago | 156 comments
Yakult Lady (wikipedia.org)
A Yakult lady (ヤクルトレディー; Yakuruto redi-), also known as an Yakult auntie (ヤクルトおばさん; Yakuruto obasan),[1] is a woman who sells Yakult products as an employee or delivers the products door to door[2] to individuals at their homes.
Japan, Sales, Culture, Food, Beverages
3 points by nyodeneD 17 days ago | 2 comments
The Original Girl Scout Cookie Recipe from 1922 [video] (youtube.com)
Food, History, Girl Scouts, Video
5 points by gmays 19 days ago | 0 comments
Choviva: Chocolate replacement with less CO2 emissions (choviva.com)
We’ve reinvented chocolate by cutting CO₂ - emissions
Food, Sustainability, Climate Change, Innovation
23 points by bill38 19 days ago | 65 comments
Protein is being added to yoghurt, bread, coffee – is it beneficial? (theconversation.com)
Protein intake dominates fitness advice. Whether you want to build muscle, improve your fitness or watch your weight, the common advice handed out by everyone from fitness influencers to doctors is that we need more protein.
Nutrition, Food, Health, Fitness
4 points by gnabgib 21 days ago | 0 comments
'Exploding' Tunnock's teacakes cleared by tests to fly again (bbc.co.uk)
Food, Safety, News, UK
67 points by zeristor 21 days ago | 35 comments
RAF clear 'exploding' Tunnock's teacakes to fly after 60 years (bbc.co.uk)
The story goes that 60 years ago, Tunnock's teacakes were banned from RAF flights after a cockpit marshmallow explosion.
Military, Food, Aviation
4 points by edward 22 days ago | 0 comments
Why Smartfood Popcorn Doesn't Hit Like It Used To (eater.com)
Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn is the only snack I ever want. I mean this. I do not often crave sweets, and while I will happily accept chips and Cheetos and various Haldiram’s mixes, Smartfood is the only one that sends me into a focused stupor. I have regularly eaten entire bags of it — big ones, the ones meant for a whole family — while watching a movie.
Food, Snacking, Personal Opinion, Nostalgia
5 points by ctoth 24 days ago | 0 comments
Senate Bean Soup (wikipedia.org)
United States Senate Bean Soup or simply Senate bean soup is a soup made with navy beans, ham hocks, and onion. It is served in the dining room of the United States Senate every day, in a tradition that dates back to the early 20th century. The original version included celery, garlic, and parsley. One of the two versions used today includes mashed potatoes.
Food, History, Politics
5 points by donnachangstein 24 days ago | 0 comments
It’s not mold, it’s calcium lactate (2018) (thephcheese.com)
Two weeks ago, one of my best friends and ex-cheese comrades, Chelsea, brought our old mentor/boss-lady, the illustrious Kim Martin, into the shop.
Cheese, Food, Science
409 points by ilikepi 26 days ago | 224 comments
The return of Sicily's ancient 'white gold' (bbc.com)
It's mentioned 17 times in the Bible and was harvested in the Mediterranean for more than a millennium. Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood".
Agriculture, History, Food, Italy
14 points by andsoitis 28 days ago | 1 comments
The coming food crisis in the United States (mastodon.online)
Food, United States, Crisis
14 points by ChuckMcM 28 days ago | 7 comments
The Physiology of Foie: Why Foie Gras Is Not Unethical (2019) (seriouseats.com)
I haven't always been comfortable with foie gras, though I've spent a good chunk of my life working with it.
Food, Animal Welfare, Ethics
5 points by Tomte 29 days ago | 5 comments
Why Smartfood White Cheddar Popcorn Doesn't Hit Like It Used To (eater.com)
Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn is the only snack I ever want. I mean this. I do not often crave sweets, and while I will happily accept chips and Cheetos and various Haldiram’s mixes, Smartfood is the only one that sends me into a focused stupor. I have regularly eaten entire bags of it — big ones, the ones meant for a whole family — while watching a movie.
Food, Snacks, Nostalgia, Consumer Goods
6 points by coloneltcb 30 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Recipe Search Engine for Cooking Enthusiasts (chefcodex.com)
The search engine for serious home cooks.
Cooking, Search Engines, Food, Recipes
10 points by losincos 31 days ago | 5 comments
Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds (acs.org)
SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a pilot study, researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into saliva and potentially be ingested.
Microplastics, Health, Science, Food, Environment
37 points by giuliomagnifico 32 days ago | 14 comments
63 Chinese Cuisines: The Complete Guide (2024) (chinesecookingdemystified.substack.com)
One country, one cuisine.
Food, China, Cuisine, Guides
202 points by mastax 33 days ago | 61 comments
Short-term dietary changes can lead to obesity, shows research (theconversation.com)
After a long, stressful day at work, or when pressed for time, the temptation to have a quick, satisfying snack – like crisps or a chocolate bar – can be strong. Research shows that these ultra-processed, high-calorie foods play a significant role in the development of obesity, but the lasting effects these foods have on the brain was not clear – until now.
Obesity, Nutrition, Research, Health, Food
3 points by PaulHoule 35 days ago | 0 comments
High Frequency Food: Better Cutting with Ultrasonics (hackaday.com)
You’re cutting yourself a single slice of cake. You grab a butter knife out of the drawer, hack off a moist wedge, and munch away to your mouth’s delight. The next day, you’re cutting forty slices of cake for the whole office. You grab a large chef’s knife, warm it with hot water, and cube out the sheet cake without causing too much trauma to the icing. Next week, you’re starting at your cousin’s bakery.
Food, Technology, Ultrasonics, Cutting
47 points by zdw 35 days ago | 22 comments
It's Weird That Eggs Were Ever Cheap (theatlantic.com)
Imagine telling someone five years ago that a carton of eggs would cost more than a pound of salmon fillet or a whole rotisserie chicken. Somehow, today, it does.
Economics, Food, Inflation
27 points by handfuloflight 35 days ago | 22 comments