Narrow Leaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Narrow Leaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) The narrow leaf plantain is a very common 30 to 50cm plant, which you can find on many meadows...
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Feb 23, 20222 min read
Fonio Grain (Digitaria exilis)
Under-utilised Ingredients: Fonio Grain (Digitaria exilis) Walking through central Berlin you can recognise more and more cafés, offering...
Feb 23, 20223 min read
Hungry for algae III
Hungry for algae III After the last two articles about algae, in which we wrote about the potential of algae for human nutrition and as a...
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Damiana: (Turnera diffusa)
Damiana: (Turnera diffusa) The Damiana plant is an up to 2 meters tall shrub, which indigenous to Latin America and which leaves are...
Aug 16, 20214 min read
Detecting food fraud
Detecting food fraud The history of food fraud is probably as old as the trade of food products itself, as there has always been people,...
Aug 10, 20211 min read
Soursop (the fruit of Annona muricata)
Soursop During my trip to Barbados, spending some time talking with local farmers and cooking with some regional produce I passed by this...
Aug 6, 20213 min read
Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium)
Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) Growing up in New Zealand I often started my day with a nice slice of bread with Honey, deriving from the...
Jul 28, 20212 min read
Sugar reduction / alternatives
Sugar reduction / alternatives There has been a lot in the media about sugar reduction and implementation of sugar taxes, but do taxes...
Jul 16, 20211 min read
The avocado Leaf: (Peresea drymifolia)
The avocado Leaf: (Peresea drymifolia) The Avocado tree is partially self-pollinating and is most commonly known for their fruit, the...
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Inonotus obliquus - Chaga
Chaga When I wrote the Article about the chicken of the woods last week, another interesting mushroom popped in my mind, which is used...
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Laetiporus sulphureus – Chicken of the woods
Laetiporus sulphureus – Chicken of the woods During a hiking tour last weekend I came across this wonderful fungi variety and thought it...
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Dissecting the sunflower:
Dissecting the sunflower: Helianthus annuus As the spring has now finally arrived in Berlin and I started planting the first plants and...
Jun 10, 20212 min read
Hop asparagus: Humulus lupulus
Hop asparagus: Humulus lupulus As due to the long winter the asparagus season has started a little bit later this year in Germany I think...
May 20, 20212 min read
Kawakawa (macropiper excelsum)
Under-utilised Ingredients for Innovation: Kawakawa (macropiper excelsum) in Europe, this is a rather unknown New Zealand shrub is...
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