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NEWS ABOUT: cheese

cheese stories: 12 news summaries

Pregnant Woman Turned Down at UK Cheese Counter

Customer lies to get cheddar clerk said was bad for moms-to-be

Oct 6, 09 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a move many husbands might say verges on suicide, a British supermarket clerk refused to sell a pregnant woman cheese, saying she wasn’t allowed the unpasteurized cheddar for health reasons. Janet Lehain, 31, had to promise the female employee behind the Sainsbury’s deli counter she wouldn’t... More »

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pregnancy • United Kingdom • cheese • supermarket • cheddar • Sainsbury's

OPINION

 How We Get 
 bin Laden: 
 KFC's New 
 Double Down 

It's a bacon and cheese sandwich, except with fried chicken instead of bread!

Sep 27, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fed up with all haute cuisine? Foodie babble? An organic garden at the White House? KFC looks to have just what you need in the Double Down, a bacon and cheese sandwich in which the bread is replaced by fried chicken fillets! “Forget food porn,” Scott Gold writes... More »

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obesity • entertainment • Canada • socialism • cheese • Osama bin Laden • KFC • bacon • Kentucky Fried Chicken • tofu • salad

Prince Charles Milks Rocker for Royal Nibbles

Blur bassist will make 'poshest ****ing cheese in the world' for palace

Jul 17, 09 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Charles is turning to an unusual source to supply cheese for the royal table, the Times of London reports: Alex James, bassist for rock band Blur. James has won awards for cheese he’s made on his farm outside London. “It will be the poshest fucking cheese in... More »

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entertainment • organic food • Prince Charles • cheese • Blur • Jay-ZTV • Alex James • Duchy Originals

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

 Bush's Cheesy War 
 Cuts French Farmers 

Massive tariff amounts to ban on Roquefort

Jan 29, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - On its way out the door, the Bush administration essentially banned France’s prized Roquefort cheese from US shelves with a 300% tariff. The move was a tit-for-tat after the EU banned the import of US beef containing hormones, said a US trade rep. But residents of the cheese-dependent Roquefort... More »

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Bush administration • European Union • France • beef • cheese • tariffs

(Newser) - The CDC is investigating another salmonella outbreak. About 400 people in 42 states have gotten sick over the past three months, but investigators still don't know the source, Reuters reports. The usual culprits for this particular strain are cheese and undercooked poultry and eggs. Of those sickened, about 70 had... More »

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food poisoning • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • eggs • cheese • salmonella • poultry

Italy Bails Out Parmesan Makers 

Government spending $64M to save storied cheese industry

Dec 10, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - While the US bails out the auto industry, Italy is spending $64 million to save the makers of other wheels: parmesan cheese. Producers of the popular pasta topping have struggled for years to turn a profit, despite strong national and regional appetites. “It’s a tragic situation,” one... More »

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Italy • cheese • bailout • Parmesan • economy • financial crisis • Italian economy

opinion

 Preggo? It's OK 
 to Have a Little Vino 

Gourmet foods are safer than most assume

Oct 18, 08 2:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pregnant gourmands can stop panicking about sipping on the occasional—heck, daily—glass of wine, writes Lesley Porcelli in Gourmet. “The health people have not been talking to the food people,” and many warned-against drinks and dishes are fine in moderation. Porcelli’s research freed her to enjoy... More »

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pregnancy • coffee • wine • diet • caffeine • cheese • healthy eating • sushi

 Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella 

Fears that cheese contains carcinogen had prompted Korea, Japan to ban imports

Mar 28, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fear of contamination today forced Italy to recall its celebrated mozzarella cheese, Reuters reports. Rome is withdrawing the cheese of 25 companies in the Campania region near Naples, source of the country’s best buffalo mozzarella, after a garbage crisis is thought to have spread cancer-causing dioxin. The European Commission... More »

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food contamination • Italy • cheese • recall • European Commission • mozzarella • Campania

Beer and Pizza Getting Pricey

Rising fuel and ingredient costs affect traditional cheap eats

Mar 1, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Even cheap foods like pizza and bagels are getting pricey these days over a mix of inflationary pressures, MSNBC reports. Last year's shocking 4% food price hike was driven by more than gas prices, one analyst says: It's diesel that fuels the trucks and trains that transport goods. "It's... More »

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food • ethanol • beer • fast food • hot dogs • cheese • gas prices • consumer prices • pizza • food prices • wheat prices

Only Italians Can Call It Parmesan

EU's high court rules against German
cheese makers

Feb 26, 08 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Europe's high court ruled today that only Italians can call their cheese Parmesan, Bloomberg reports. The judges shot down an argument by German cheese-makers that the term is generic. "This is absolutely wonderful news," said the author of an Italian cheese guide. "There is no more risk... More »

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Germany • European Union • Italy • cheese • judge • High Court • Parmesan • ruling

Cheez Whiz Redoes Rushmore

Jun 30, 07 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troy Landwehr of Little Chute, Wisconsin has carved a block of cheese weighing over 600 pounds into a replica of Mt. Rushmore.  The project was commissioned by Cheez-It snack crackers, on whose products the mountain of cheese will eventually be served.  Troy hits the road shortly to promote... More »

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Wisconsin • cheese • sculpture • Troy Landwehr • Cheez Whiz • Cheez It • Mt. Rushmore • publicity

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