Blacklock: The plant-rich diet or the win-win diet
Content of the article When it comes to their eating habits, you would never know that my two children were raised in the same house. Kid #1 is a committed and amateur vegan chef, who loves her beans and lentils. Child #2 (much to the…
A mental patient who had been in and out of hospitals is now charged with a fatal push on the subway
In late December, BronxWorks, a nonprofit that operates seven homeless shelters for the city, including one for 200 men with mental illness, sent out a draft report, "Inpatient Psychiatric Care for the Homeless mentally ill shelter in New…
Recipes for Success: A Policy Guide for Transforming African Food Systems (by Layih Butake)
By Dr. Layih Butake, Director of Communication and Outreach at AKADEMIYA2063. Africa's trajectory towards emergence and self-reliance has seen significant progress in achieving global and continental milestones such as the Sustainable…
Cook County doctor provides safety tips for residents still digging after snow storm
Winter safety tips: Cook County doc provides tips for staying safe while shoveling Doctors say that with so much snow in the Chicago area, people could injure themselves shoveling and suffer anything from cold exposure to muscle…
The revival of the ebony test kitchen, a home for the black kitchen
One morning in January 2020, a group of curators and officials from the Museum of Food and Drink traveled to the industrial outskirts of Queens to assess the status of their most high-profile acquisition to date: the Ebony Test Kitchen.…