food Volcano-Fired Pizza Comes Out Hot, Crunchy and Delicious Former accountant Mario David García Mansilla gets up at 5 a.m. every day and heads to Pacaya, an active volcano near Guatemala City, Guatemala. There, Mansilla continues at the craft he has worked to hone for years: making the perfect pizza in a volcanic oven. LX News contributor Matt Dworzanczyk shows you Mansilla’s workday and his spot on Pacaya, where...
TikTok TikToker Rebrands Hot Dogs to ‘Sausage Tacos' and Calls Out Appropriation Daniela Rabalais has seen white creators on TikTok appropriate or rebrand foods and drinks from other cultures, and wanted to call attention to the harm that can cause. So she flipped the script, making a viral video while preparing a hot dog, giving the ingredients new names. Rabalais joins LX News to talk about culinary appropriation.
food How Does Lab-Grown Salmon Taste? Pretty Close to Fresh-Caught Overfishing and climate change are causing trouble for the world’s salmon population in oceans and rivers – but what if your salmon didn’t need to be fished or farmed? Wildtype is using “cellular agriculture” to grow sushi-grade cuts of salmon and help fisheries recover. Co-founders Aryé Elfenbein and Justin Kolbeck joined LX News to explain how it works.
food apartheid Why These Activists Use the Term ‘Food Apartheid' Instead of ‘Food Desert' Millions of Americans struggle to access fresh and affordable groceries every day. The areas they live in are most often called “food deserts,” but academics and activists use another term they say better reflects the systemic racism that created them. That term is “food apartheid.” Here’s how food apartheid plays out in Chicago — and how local community members are...
climate change How to Grocery Shop Like You're Saving the Planet What foods should you buy to help the environment? How should you use your dollar at the grocery store to vote for a better climate future? Author and Johns Hopkins University bioethicist Dr. Jessica Fanzo explains.
food A Couple Walked 7,000 Miles Through NYC to Find the Best Bagels NBC New York’s Kay Angrum talks about a new map of the best bagels in NYC, and pays a visit to Bo’s Bagels in Harlem, the business ranked seventh out of 200. A lot of hard work went into making the map: the couple behind it walked more than 130 miles a week for 13 months.
food Chef Cristina Martinez Escaped Abuse And Became a Voice for the Undocumented “I’m not afraid to be that voice, to say that we need papers, we need a life,” says Cristina Martinez. The South Philly Barbacoa chef is open about being undocumented, and uses her platform to call for change. Her activism and her cooking have led to multiple award nominations. Martinez tells 1st Look host Johnny Bananas about leaving behind an...
inflation Companies Used Inflation as an Excuse to Jack Up Prices, and She's Got the Receipts Many businesses have posted rising profits and 70-year-high profit margins since the pandemic. But executives have also talked openly in earnings calls about raising prices, and then saying the increases were due to inflation. And Lindsay Owens and her organization Groundwork Collaborative have the receipts to prove it. She joined LX News to talk about how many businesses are seeing...
Super Bowl 3 of the Most Cursed Foods People Used to Eat for the Super Bowl In 2022, homes across America usually eat chicken wings, onion dip or guacamole as they watch the Super Bowl. The old-fashioned alternatives are ... worse.
Super Bowl A Brief History of Popular Super Bowl Foods, from Sandwich Cakes to Chicken Wings As Super Bowl LVI between the LA Rams and Cincinnati Bengals approaches, look back at the most popular Super Bowl foods throughout the decades. Fair warning: What we eat now, like guacamole and wings, seems a lot tastier than savory Jell-O salads and sandwiches made to look like cakes!
