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The USDA Says Americans Only Eat Three Kinds of Vegetables
Almost two-thirds of our total vegetable consumption is in the form of potatoes, tomatoes, and lettuce—a.k.a. French fries, ketchup, and sad side salads.
This Is Why You Should Stop Eating So Much Salad
Salad greens—that is, iceberg lettuce, leaf lettuces, and the like—don’t do a damn bit of good for you nutritionally, and are also a huge waste of water and energy.
Why You Should Still Rinse That Pre-Washed Lettuce
You may feel safe going to town on "triple-washed" greens without a second rinse. But here's why that could land you a nasty case of food poisoning.
Arugula and Endives Are Being Farmed Under Japan's Subway System
Tokyo Salad is actually a hygienic hydroponics farm of sorts, located directly underneath Tokyo’s vastly jumbled subway system.
Astronauts Are About to Eat the First Vegetables Grown in Space
Today, astronauts aboard the International Space Station will sample the first vegetable ever to have been grown in space: red romaine lettuce.
Colombian Hallucinogenic Tea Taught Me a Lot About Myself
Inside the temple, the gnostic Shamanists had all their bases covered. Glittering posters of the Hindu deity Krishna hung next to paintings of Jesus Christ and drawings of creaturesque statues from a pre-Incan civilization. I took a sip of the yagé tea...
Keep Your Helmet On When You Prepare the Herring
Phu Quoc Island is a fishing village famous for Vietnamese fish sauce—an item that airlines have banned for its stench. I came here expecting to find a wide variety of seafood dishes, but the underdog of all fish, herring, kept finding its way onto my...
Gang Members Are Feeding New Zealand’s Hungry Children
One in four children live below the poverty line in New Zealand. The Tribal Huks, a gang that's made headlines for violent assaults and robberies in the country's North Island, is trying to help feed 70,000 hungry kids.
I Fertilized My Salad with Period Blood
Blood contains three primary plant macronutrients—nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. So, as a poor gardener and menstrual-cup enthusiast, I decided to collect my next cycle to help grow some lettuce.
My Mother Does Not Believe Arugula Exists
No matter how many salads she's had with it, my mother always seems to forget exactly what this pedestrian salad green is. "Ohhh...I love this!" she says, every time upon this recurring discovery. Hell, who am I challenge her?
My Doritos Locos Taco Gave Me a Boner
Months before it came inside my mouth, the flavor powder of my Doritos Locos taco lay in a 50 pound bag of chemical funk inside a Frito Lay factory in Killingly, CT.