The Hidden Costs of Hamburgers

Not only does everybody eat, but there's a downside. It's not just recipes, healthy eating and going to the farmers market. Sustainability is not just about us: it's about the whole planet.


This story was produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Americans love hamburgers – we each eat an average of three a week. But what are the hidden costs? It turns out that industrial beef creates about as much greenhouse gas pollution as cars, planes and other forms of transport. It also takes a heavy environmental toll on land and water worldwide. How can we reduce our impact? Learn more in this animated short from the Center for Investigative
Reporting.

Credits:
Carrie Ching – Director/Producer/Reporter
Sarah Terry-Cobo – Reporter/Narrator
Arthur Jones – Illustrator/Animator


The Hidden Costs of Hamburgers

Reese's Ice Cream Cake

…it's still National Ice Cream Month. Ice cream, cake, chocolate. Win-win-win. Besides, I wanted to make sure I didn't miss posting a cake something before the fmonth ran out. This is not from a high end cake site that makes you think, too much trouble, I'll never do that, but from *Instructables (the any and everybody can do site), submitted by kristylynn84 who writes...

The Reese's Ice Cream Cake. Brownie. Better than cake and better than ice cream. Occasionally, this sinfully sweet, rich, soft, chewy, flavorful and chocolaty cake arrives on our birthdays.  Your favorite bite will be a cool slide of the cake from your fork, into your mouth, crunch through the magic...

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How to make ice cream in a coffee can

…because it's still National Ice Cream Month. Step-by-step instructions to make ice cream in a coffee can. I kid you not. 

40 Best Ice-Cream Desserts

…because July is National Ice Cream Month. We're starting late, so you will have to eat more ice cream to catch up... do your best.

40 Best Ice-Cream Desserts Scoop up these delicious recipes for homemade ice cream and ice-cream cakes, pies, and sandwiches for your next summer party. Cakes and Pies Homemade Ice Cream No-Cook Ice Cream Ice-Cream Sandwiches BONUS: 86 Top-Rated Desserts Follow SouthernLiving.com

Dreamy Vintage 7-Up Cake

The recipe is vintage, not the cake. Do you remember 7-up cake? I haven't it mentioned in ages but remember my father talking my mother into creating a root beer cake. Better than beer milkshake, which was (or so they said at Sud's and Olga's) better than it sounds. But that's another story. Make it with lemon ice cream and call it shandy shake. Still another story. Back to with the cake. I'm naming the cake section, "Just for Jude," not that she'd have much truck with a "lo-cal" cake/

Cool and refreshing, this 7-Up cake has the makings of a perfect ending to a summer supper. Thanks to Foodista member: Nancy Fox, the citrus flavors are ramped up a bit more by the addition of 7-Up. What a fun way to make this low cal dessert!

Vintage 7-Up Cake

Nancy mentions that this delight is actually from the 50's; a time when dessert was on every table. She makes a lovely decorative finish, with the pretty glaze and lemon/lime slices. So lovely.

Dreamy Vintage 7-Up Cake from Foodista