Beginning in December, diners in Hong Kong will receive a discount for asking for less rice than usual. Sure, it’ll only be one day a month, but it’s still a neat idea. As the South China Morning Post (log in required) reports:
From December, the first Wednesday of each month will be designated “Less Rice Save Money” […]

Last night I spoke to a local group of young professionals about food waste. As much as I like blogging to you discerning readers, the talk was a nice opportunity to converse with an audience that could and did ask questions and challenge some assumptions. 
Some attendees were curious about the statistic that we don’t eat a quarter of the food […]

Specialty breads are the most frequently wasted baked goods. We’re talking about hamburger and hot dog buns, mostly.
When planning a barbecue, it’s hard to know how many packages to buy and, often, we get too many for fear of running out. Then you don’t cook all the meat or people aren’t eating carbs, etc. For a variety of reasons, you’re […]