In Bangladesh, Pumpkin Plus transforms rural lives through the innovative technology of growing crops on sandbars. They are a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. KURIGRAM, Bangladesh – Bangladesh sits on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, crisscrossed by the Padma, Brahmaputra, Meghna and Karnaful rivers. Though rivers have long been lifelines for the communities setting up shelters along their shores, the past decades have brought about destructive change. Riverbank erosion has cost the local population their homes and agricultural lands threatening their food security, and livelihood. Mosammad Apruza is one of those locals. Married at 16, and now mother to three…

In Tanzania, NovFeed is transforming the country’s compost into a source of cheap and nutritious feed for farmed fish. NovFeed is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – When Diana Orembe was growing up in Northern Tanzania, her uncle worked as a fish farmer. It was a difficult profession, where high costs and low profit margins were the norm. He put a lot of money into the fish farm, but expensive fish feed meant minuscule returns. Orembe’s uncle tried to reduce the money spent on feed but didn’t have any real alternatives. The only…

Ahead of our League of Travelers trip to northern Vietnam, R&K’s Charly Wilder caught up with Daniel Nguyen, an activist, distiller, researcher, and our host for this fall’s journey into the highlands and beyond. How has K-Pop influenced the dining scene of Hanoi? What can a red rice noodle dish in the mountains of northwest Vietnam tell us about the origins of phở? If you want to understand Vietnam’s present-day culinary landscape, you’d be hard pressed to find a more knowledgeable guide than Daniel Nguyen. Raised in California by Vietnamese parents, Nguyen came to the country a decade ago to…

As much as I love hostels, there is something nice about the luxuriousness of a hotel: the clean room, comfy bed, desk, iron, strong shower, and bottled soap for the taking (errr…I mean borrowing). They are a quiet, relaxing respite from the world. But luxury comes at a price. Hotels aren’t cheap and I hate spending money on a room I am only going to be in for a few hours. Often, even at my age, I would much rather stay in a hostel (private room though!), which costs less, has more social interaction, and doesn’t make you feel as…

The beer is cheap and the larb is fresh, but Chiang Rai is more than all that. These 10 bits of local wisdom will help get you started. The northernmost major city in Thailand, Chiang Rai lies between two mountain ranges on the Kok River plain southwest of the border with Laos and Myanmar. Older and quieter than its bustling neighbor Chiang Mai, both the city and Chiang Rai province at large offer a gateway to authentic northern culture and cuisine, from the mist-covered rice fields and mountain villages of Doi Mae Salong to the Buddhist temples and steaming food…

Posted by Riley Wilson on Thursday, September 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment  The best way to prepare for a meal at Fleet Brunswick Heads is to prepare in no way at all. It’s best to be malleable, ready for whatever delight chef Josh Lewis conjures from the best local produce and his vivid imagination. This flexibility makes the experience ”“ for that’s what a meal at Fleet is: an experience, in the most generous and least vogue sense of the word ”“ all the more spectacular, especially as Astrid McCormack (floor aficionado, all-round superstar, and co-owner) tells the story of the farmer behind this oyster…

Let’s get cozy around the campfire with hot drinks that warm you from the inside out!  We absolutely love hot drinks for winter. There’s just something about chasing the chill with a comforting, piping-hot mug of mulled cider, hot cocoa, or—especially!—a strong hot toddy. Fall and winter might have plenty of dark, dreary, and cold days, but if that gives us an excuse to load up on the warm winter drinks and hot fall cocktails, we’re in! There’s not much better than wrapping up in a blanket and heading out to the backyard bonfire with a hot drink in a…