Friday Faves No. 151

our favorite finds from the front lines of food

How Alabama is Farming its Way to an Oyster Revolution A group of farmers and scientists are stabilizing the Alabama oyster industry by creating their own aquaculture infrastructure. (Civil Eats)

Bring on the beans: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which declared 2013 the International Year of Quinoa, has declared 2016 to be the International Year of the Pulses (IYP). The ambitious goal: feed, and simultaneously save, the planet. (Restaurant Hospitality)

Is the only way to fight sexism in the kitchen to set up an all-woman shop? One sushi restaurant in Japan has tried it. (Jezebel)

Is cooking school a rip-off? Le Cordon Bleu shuttering North American schools. Heightened federal scrutiny of for-profit programs cited in the decision. (Restaurant Hospitality)

See you all in 2016!

Friday Faves No. 97

our favorite finds from the front lines of food

Lego sushi, above, almost good enough to eat.  (via Laughing Squid)

Eco-conscious fast-casual chain Chipotle makes it's TV production debut with a new series, Farmed & Dangerous which "explores the outrageously twisted world of industrial agriculture."

Feel the Churn: a workout that makes butter (The Kitchn)

Trend meets trend as Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has released a limited edition smoked beer – Smokin’ Gunn – onto the market. (Drinks Business)

Saving an Endangered British Species: The Pub  "New legislation is letting people petition to have a pub designated an “asset of community value,” a status that provides a degree of protection from demolition and helps community groups buy pubs themselves, rather than seeing them get snatched up by real estate developers eager to convert them for other uses or tear them down." (New York Times)

Sing Along Snacks: Sushi Dancing

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

This week's snack is a dance along line up, Nordic-style. Feel the Sprockets...