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NEWS ABOUT: onions

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 Worst Food Trends 
 of the Decade 

From onion blossoms to overhyped chefs, these things need to go away

Oct 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Asked to name the decade's worst dining trends, chefs and other food experts couldn't shut up. There were too many (including "mache, water sommeliers, organ-meat entrees, unisex bathrooms, bacon tattoos on chefs, over-flaunted kitchen burns, chefs tables") for Christopher Borrelli to list them all, but he hits the... More »

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food • reality TV • Internet • fast food • restaurant criticism • restaurant • online review • KFC • dining • onions • Jay-ZTV • food trends • hamburger • women's issues • celebrity chef • Hardee's • Carl's Jr.

Men Smell Like Cheese, Women Like Onion

Find an animal that smells like tomato
and voila—pizza!

Jan 29, 09 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Working out at the gym may stimulate your appetite—or maybe it's the enticing scent of the person next to you. Sweaty men smell of cheese, and sweaty women smell like onion or grapefruit, New Scientist reports. Body chemistry accounts for the difference, say Swiss researchers who based their conclusions... More »

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gender • study • Switzerland • cheese • smell • sweat • body odor • onions

Don't Cry: Onions Reduce Heart Risk

Red wine, tea, and apples also thwart artery inflammation

Nov 4, 07 7:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Onions and red wine can help reduce the risk of heart disease, researchers say. Both, along with tea and apples, contain a type of flavonoid compound called quercetin, which stalls chronic inflammation of the arteries. In one case, a lower dosage of the compound actually had a larger effect, the... More »

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heart disease • diet • tea • flavonoids • red wine • quercetin • onions • Institute of Food Research • inflammation • arteries • apple

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