Via Gusta - Sustainable Food and Travel

Roasting in New York

This summer has hit record high temperatures all over the U.S., and New York is no exception–so it seem like the wrong time to experiment in the kitchen with new cooking techniques that require a hot oven. (On the positive side, the oven preheats quickly when the air in my...

Coffee, kickstarting rural economies in Nepal

I know this website has been quiet lately… At the moment I’m in Nepal, investigating the burgeoning coffee industry. I was involved with a Nepali coffee program 4-5 years back, helping with the country’s first shipments of coffee to the U.S. market (thanks to a...

Good riddance, pig McCrates

McDonald’s just announced that they’re asking all suppliers to plan to phase out gestation crates, starting in June. Now, let’s face it, despite the popular (and somewhat disturbing) McRib, which seems to come and go from the restaurant’s menus in line...

On food and love

In the 1920s, an advertising campaign of the struggling U.S. avocado industry proclaimed indignantly, “There is absolutely NO conclusive evidence that avocados are an aphrodisiac!” Sales skyrocketed. Obviously we don’t need evidence to feed the human love...

Small farmers, Monsanto, and recent trends in transgenic crops

Manhattan seems an odd place for a protest by North America’s small farmers. But they were up in arms earlier this week, silently protesting in Foley Square that they’re unable to keep genetically modified, or “transgenic,” crops from their fields. The...

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Mission

Via Gusta was founded to introduce culinary enthusiasts and professionals to sustainably produced, local foods at home and around the globe. It is Via Gusta’s mission to help the global food community to discover, meet, and support each other locally and worldwide.

Vision

Reconnecting with the food we eat makes us better informed about the impact of the choices we make. Connecting directly with producers puts money in their pockets while giving us a voice about the foods we want to eat. The increasingly global economy creates tremendous challenges to local and traditional foods; it also uncovers unprecedented possibilities to explore, interact, and learn.

Experience

Via Gusta’s team explores traditional foods around the world, at every step from the field to the table. We believe in local feasts, hands-on cooking, support for small business, and direct interaction with the people and organizations who put food on your table.

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This summer has hit record high temperatures all over the U.S., and New York is no...

I know this website has been quiet lately… At the moment I’m in Nepal,...

Although we prefer to post only the most traditional recipes, this dish combines the best...

McDonald’s just announced that they’re asking all suppliers to plan to phase...

In the 1920s, an advertising campaign of the struggling U.S. avocado industry proclaimed...

Manhattan seems an odd place for a protest by North America’s small farmers. But...

On Thursday, the journal Nature published a brief comment about sugar by three faculty...