Turkey is famous for its elaborate breakfasts, featuring a huge spread of a wide variety of foods that can take hours to eat. Critics say the traditional breakfast is indulgent and leads to food waste. Others say it’s part of the culture and here to stay.
Bulk food bins have been around for a while. But an entire store devoted to selling everything in bulk, eliminating packaging and asking shoppers to bring their own containers is relatively new. The Fillery, a new store due to open in Brooklyn later this year, wants to be that store.
Researchers figure that roughly a third of all the food we produce is never eaten. In Paris, a new restaurant is taking a small slice out of all that waste by salvaging discarded food from a local market, cooking it up into fine cuisine, and serving it on a “pay-what-you-can” basis to a clientele that includes some of the city’s neediest residents.