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NEWS ABOUT: eating

eating stories: 19 news summaries
IT'S OK AGAIN DEPT.

 You Not Only Can 
 Eat New Veal, 
 You Should  

Pasture-raised version of other, other white meat draws new fans

Oct 28, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some conscientious objectors to eating veal are not only reconsidering their stance, they are doing an about-face. The new hot product at top restaurants is “humanely raised” veal—calves no longer wrenched from their mothers and raised in cages, but brought to slaughter after an idyllic, if short, life... More »

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Iraq • food • beef • cows • eating • farm • rose veal • ethical • humane • pasture

OPINION

  Gone With Gourmet: 
 a Taste for Expertise 

There is no 'hard-won blood-on-the-floor kind' of editorial experience on the Web

Oct 8, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured... More »

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Internet • blogging • cuisine • eating • Conde Nast • magazine publishing • Gourmet • Julia Child • Si Newhouse • S.I. Newhouse

 How Thin People 
 Make Other People Fat 

New study shows we mimic habits of those whose bodies we aspire to

Sep 29, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Existing research suggests those trying to control their food intake should avoid dining with hefty companions with heaping plates. Not quite, says a new study. While the "I'll have what she's having" effect was confirmed in this experiment with college-age women, it was much more pronounced if the person... More »

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obesity • psychology • eating • portions • scientific study • thin • fashion model • aspirational

 Nighttime Snacks  
 Worse Than We Thought 

Mouse study shows weight gain more than doubles on opposite schedule

Sep 5, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eating when you should be sleeping—the proverbial midnight snack, say, or the meals of night-shift workers—could put you at higher risk of obesity, Time reports. A new study fed two groups of mice the same high-fat diet on opposite schedules; the group that ate during “normal”... More »

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obesity • hormones • eating • scientific study • circadian rhythms • lab mice • midnight snack • chemical imbalance

(Newser) - Enough about your diet already, Chloe Angyal writes on SpliceToday. It’s boring. “There is something about dieting that renders people unable to talk about anything but their diet, even to complete strangers who actually didn't ask and frankly don't care,” Angyal continues, and she knows what... More »

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weight • eating • healthy eating • fad diets • dieting • conversation • boring

GLOSSIES


 Why Exercise 
 May Not Erase 
 That Gut 

Rigorous exercise can make you eat more, and diet affects weight more than exercise

Aug 6, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite forcing himself to do a rigorous amount of aerobic exercise, John Cloud hasn't budged from 163 pounds—with gut fat. Shouldn’t all that exercise change something? Not necessarily, he writes for Time. Science has shown that exercise has much less effect than diet on overall weight. The problem,... More »

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weight loss • exercise • human • eating • aerobics

OPINION

 Slimming Down US 
 Won't Cut Health Costs 

Or reject 'collectivist thinking' and let people make own choices

Aug 5, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration claims the anti-obesity bent of its health care plan will lower overall costs by making America thinner. “It won’t,” Jacob Sullum writes in Reason. Even if the government succeeds in slimming down the US—unlikely in Sullum’s opinion—the longer-lived result will... More »

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obesity • eating • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • personal choice • Jacob Sullum • collectivism

GLOSSIES

 Chow Down on 
 the 'Gross-Food 
 Movement' 

Porkgasm and Bacone provide alternative to healthy eating

Jun 3, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new class of foodies is scoffing at calorie-consciousness and organic growing—what Robert Ashley dubs the Gross-Food Movement in Gourmet. A few tantalizing treats invented by the movement’s pioneers:
  • Porkgasm: a pig sculpture made from bacon, sausage, and ham, filled with smoked sausage, more bacon, and pork
... More »

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food • health • animal fat • eating • healthy eating

Obesity Genes Mainly Affect
Your Brain

DNA behind appetites, tastes, and how likely we are to feel full: study

Dec 15, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Overeating is all in your head, but you can blame that on your DNA, the Times of London reports. Of the seven gene variations connected with obesity, five affect the brain’s wiring, suggesting that an inherited tendency toward slimness has more to do with appetite and impulse control than... More »

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obesity • diet • eating • overeating • nature vs. nurture • genetic research • health research

WINE REVIEW

 Why You Should Drink 
 From the Bottom of the List 



Expensive wines can break the bank and cheaper ones may give off the impression of mediocrity, but they can save money without losing their taste

Dec 10, 08 4:17 PM CST
(Newser) - While most people prefer choosing from the top of any wine list, it’s not where you get the best bang for your buck, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. He suggests starting at the bottom. While expensive wines are a must-have for any respectable restaurant, “the... More »

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cost cutting • wine • restaurant • cheap • eating • Food & Wine • NYC

OPINION

 There's Wild Food Missing Here

American cuisine should include wild game

Nov 26, 08 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Mark Twain’s Thanksgiving looked nothing like the meal you’re having tomorrow—or, for that matter, like the one the Pilgrims had with the Wampanoag. The difference? Those bygone American tables would have been filled with wild game, Andrew Beahrs writes in the New York Times. Twain wrote... More »

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food • wildlife • eating • Thanksgiving • Mark Twain

GLOSSIES

 20 Best New Places to Dine 

Esquire's picks from all over the US

Oct 23, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - After surveying restaurants across the US, Esquire gave the country props for its chops, proclaiming "the emergence of American cooking as the most diverse and most innovative in the world." It highlighted 20 favorite new restaurants of the year:
  1. L20 (Chicago): Overlook its Midwest locale; this place
... More »

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best restaurants • gourmet dining • list • restaurant • eating • dining

Eating Too Fast Makes You Fat

Men who scarf their meals are 84% more likely to be obese; women even more so

Oct 22, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - When your mom said to slow down and chew your food, she may have been more right than she knew: Speedy eating can double your risk of being overweight, according to a new study. Japanese scientists compared hundreds of food-savoring people to their sprinter counterparts, and found a striking correlation... More »

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obesity • eating • overweight • scientific research

 Hot Dog! Duo Shoots
for Title Tomorrow

With Kobayashi's power waning, East Village pair eyes Nathan's prize

Jul 3, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Takeru Kobayashi’s hot-dog hegemony in doubt at tomorrow's Coney Island throwdown, the Village Voice accompanies a pair of contenders as they train for the event. Roommates Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus hit an all-you-can-eat sushi bar in preparation for Nathan's July 4th institution, the 10-minute contest described... More »

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Takeru Kobayashi • hot dogs • Nathan's • eating • Fourth of July • competitive eating

TRAVEL

 11 Travel Faux Pas to Avoid 

Touching is too intimate in some Asian nations

Jun 21, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A great pleasure of this wide world of ours is the multiplicity of cultures and customs. That diversity can also get you into a heap of trouble. So, when traveling, here’s what not to do, and where not to do it, from Travel and Leisure.
  • Touching: Too
... More »

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travel • eating • hospitality • gaffe • tourists • ancient customs • tradition • misunderstanding

OPINION

 Pushy Waiters
 Should Put
 a Cork in It 

Overzealous waiters can kill an evening of good wine

May 28, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barbaric waiters are storming the dinner table, "butting in and pouring wine without being asked" and expecting diners to hurry up and pony up to replace the drained bottle, laments Christopher Hitchens in Slate. Leaving punchlines and evenings in tatters, their unsolicited interruptions aren't just a sign of bad... More »

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wine • eating • manners • customer service • etiquette • customs

commentary

Dollar-Store Dining Possible in Big Apple

Creative cooks can find big value, bigger flavor at bargain grocers

Mar 27, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grocery-shopping in New York City takes a hefty toll on one’s pocketbook, Henry Alford writes in the New York Times, but at 99-cent stores, more diamonds in the rough exist than one might expect. Alford embarked on a challenge: to craft a week's worth of meals made mainly from... More »

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food • budget lifestyle • New York City • eating • money management • save money • dining • groceries • grocery stores

10 Best Places to Pig Out

10 best gut-stretching meals around the country

Sep 10, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of picking at salads and counting out almonds?  Fill up your plate with the 10 "best-tasting, most gut-stretching" meals the Discovery Channel could find.
  1. Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, MO
  2. Eagle's Deli, Brighton, MA
  3. Seiad Valley Cafe, Seiad Valley, CA
More »

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food • travel • California • steak • list • contest • restaurant • Missouri • eating • burger • pizza

Picky Eating
May Be in
Their Genes

Kids inherit reaction
to unfamiliar foods,
new study says

Aug 21, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don't chide your kids for their picky eating habits—they may be as much your fault as the length of their noses. In a study of identical and fraternal twins, UK researchers found children inherited nearly 80% of their “food neophobia,” hinting that that tongue-out reaction to unfamiliar... More »

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food • twins • children • parents • diet • eating • Lucy J. Cooke • food neophobia

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