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  • September 2008

    • Top-Secret KFC Recipe Flies the Coop for a Day

      Associated Press  |  Sep 9, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      Top-Secret KFC Recipe Flies the Coop for a Day

      (Newser) - Usually guarded like Fort Knox, KFC’s 68-year-old recipe is being whisked away from company headquarters today while its vault gets a top-secret security upgrade, the AP reports. The yellowed document —handwritten and signed by Colonel Sanders himself —is stored with vials of the 11 herbs and spices."The smell is overwhelming when you open it," said one of only two finger-lickin' execs allowed access. More »

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      security  • recipes  • KFC

  • August 2008

    • Food Makers Tweak Recipes to Cut Costs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 23, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      Food Makers Tweak Recipes to Cut Costs

      (Newser) - Food manufacturers are adjusting their recipes to cut costs as ingredient prices climb, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hershey is replacing some of its cocoa butter with vegetable oil, while General Mills is dumping pecans for walnuts in one cookie. McCormick, McDonald's, and other companies are making similar moves. But prices are staying the same—or rising—for consumers. More »

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      food  • economy  • food prices  • McDonald's  • recipes  • Hershey  • General Mills

    • Tasty Hint of Coke Secret Pops Up in Ad

      New York Times  |  Aug 7, 08 4:44 AM CDT

      Tasty Hint of Coke Secret Pops Up in Ad

      (Newser) - A new Coca-Cola ad campaign focuses on the drink's “no preservatives or artificial flavors,” revealing a tantaiizing hint about Coke's closely guarded secret recipe, writes the New York Times. The blend of “the best spices from around the world” hasn't changed since 1886—a fact the company is highlighting in the new ads. More »

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      advertising  • recipes  • Coca-Cola

    • I Say! Brit Chef 'So Sorry' for Pushing Poison Plant

      BBC  |  Aug 5, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      I Say! Brit Chef 'So Sorry' for Pushing Poison Plant

      (Newser) - A British celebrity chef has dished out a heartfelt apology for recommending in a magazine interview that readers use a poisonous plant that's "great on salads." He intended to push the wild herb fat hen, not henbane, which is a "very toxic plant and should never be eaten," the magazine has since warned. More »

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      food  • chef  • cooking  • poison  • recipes

  • July 2008

    • What to Do With That Skin? Get Crackin' on Cracklins

      Gourmet  |  Jul 11, 08 3:38 PM CDT

      What to Do With That Skin? Get Crackin' on Cracklins

      (Newser) - Faced with a heaping pile of chicken skin and fat after using the rest of the bird in some healthy dish? Those squishy, sallow leftovers, Francis Lam writes in Gourmet , present the perfect opportunity to cook up "the noblest form of chicken byproduct": cracklins. With that extra skin and fat all crisped up, Lam drools, "imagine … sneaking the best part of fried chicken into everything." More »

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      food  • cooking  • recipes  • gourmet  • chicken

    • 101 Cool Summer Dishes

      New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      101 Cool Summer Dishes

      (Newser) - With the summer picnic season heating up, Mark "The Minimalist" Bittman of the New York Times checks in with his semiannual list of quick, easy dishes. He calls for fewer tomatoes than you might expect, and many, many lemons. Some high points: "Take cold pizza and lemon. Squeeze lemon over pizza. Really." More »

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      food  • tomatoes  • summer  • recipes  • Mark Bittman  • picnic

  • June 2008

    • Cooks Dish Up Recipes for Distress

      New York Times  |  Jun 5, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Cooks Dish Up Recipes for Distress

      (Newser) - Obscure ingredients, tedious techniques, and absurdly complex prep—cooks say some recipes push them to the boiling point. Any step too impractical, time-consuming, or just plain unpalatable can make even the most accomplished cooks hang up their aprons, writes Kim Severson in the New York Times . Even food critics balk when told to harvest sea water or handpick fresh grape leaves. More »

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      cooking  • recipes  • dining  • gourmet  • top chefs

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • McCain Recipes Cribbed From Food Network

      Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      McCain Recipes Cribbed From Food Network

      (Newser) - Rachael Ray tells Us Magazine she’s “flattered” John McCain’s website passed off some of her recipes as belonging to wife Cindy. An aide was embarrassed that dishes like Passion Fruit Mousse and Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw were lifted from Food Network sites, and blamed an intern—joking that Ray had been unwittingly appointed an advisor to the “department of gourmet.” More »

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      Cindy McCain  • The View  • recipes  • tuna  • Rachael Ray  • Food Network

  • December 2007

    • Chefs Dish on Fave Cookbooks

      Slate  |  Dec 14, 07 7:42 PM CST

      Chefs Dish on Fave Cookbooks

      (Newser) - What to get the foodie or chef who already has all the classic cookbooks? Slate compiles offbeat favorites recommended by Mollie Katzen, James Oseland and other standout chefs, food editors, and more. Ethan Becker: Cookwise— Less a cookbook than a bible of general cooking knowledge. Dan Barber: The River Cottage Meat Book— "A carnivore's manifesto." Melissa Clark: The Mensch Chef —Traditional Jewish recipe perfection. More »

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      list  • food  • chef  • cooking  • recipes  • gifts  • French cooking  • cookbooks

  • July 2007

    • 101 10-Minute Meals

      New York Times  |  Jul 21, 07 6:54 AM CDT

      101 10-Minute Meals

      (Newser) - Move over Rachael Ray: Minimalist Mark Bittman, in the  New York Times, offers 101 ideas for summer meals that get you out of the kitchen in 10 minutes or less . A few examples: Grilled cheese with prosciutto, tomatoes, thyme or basil leaves Wraps of tuna, warm white beans, a drizzle of olive oil and lettuce and tomato More »

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      list  • health  • food  • cooking  • recipes  • Mark Bittman

  • June 2007

    • Tastiest New Chefs of 2007

      Food & Wine  |  Jun 28, 07 2:13 PM CDT

      Tastiest New Chefs of 2007

      (Newser) - Here are Food & Wine's picks for the 10 best new chefs—up-and-comers who are deploying their culinary talents in intimate and stylish restaurants around the country. April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig, New York, NY Gabriel Bremer, Salts, Cambridge, MA Steve Corry, Five Fifty-Five, Portland, ME Matthew Dillon, Sitka & Spruce, Seattle, WA Gavin Kaysen, El Bizcocho, San Diego, CA   More »

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      list  • food  • Washington DC  • restaurant  • chef  • recipes

    • Chefs Get Into Food Fight

      New York Times  |  Jun 27, 07 4:46 PM CDT

      Chefs Get Into Food Fight

      (Newser) - Rebecca Charles, chef/owner of the famed Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan, is taking her former sous-chef to court, claiming he knocked off her menu and decor for his own New York eatery. Lawyers for Charles, who is seeking unspecified financial damages, said that the owner of Ed's Lobster Bar had stolen her intellectual property, the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • food  • restaurant  • chef  • intellectual property  • recipes  • cuisine

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