Koji Bird

The bird owes its name to an umami-rich marinade made from Reed & Co Distillery’s own koji, Japan’s flavour-unleashing fungus ...
Chefs predict 2026 will be defined by intentional dining, global flavors with specific roots, sauce-forward dishes, live-fire ...
The dishes I loved most this year were channeled through Italy, Portugal, Greece, Iran, China, Korea, Mexico. I loved cafe sandwiches, tasting menu inventions, and everything in between. The takeaway ...
Last year turned out to be freaking good for filmgoers, with movies like Zootopia 2, Weapons, Thunderbolts* (now The New ...
I ate a lot of tasty things in 2025. Some of them were new to me; others were old favorites. And there was one that I shut ...
The parasitic fungus ophiocordyceps sinensis is a popular traditional medicine and essential source of income for some of China’s poorest citizens. But now climate change and capitalism spell an ...
In a remarkable twist of science, researchers have transformed a fungus long associated with death into a potential weapon against cancer. Found in tombs like that of King Tut, Aspergillus flavus was ...
A fungus known to cause severe multi-drug resistant illness is on the rise in Michigan. The state identified more than 110 cases of Candida auris in residents in October, marking the highest one-month ...
Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...