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July 2008
- 'Whole Grain' Lawsuit Hits at Truth About Health Food
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Jul 23, 08 11:05 AM CDT
  
  The food industry is coming under pressure to start telling the whole truth about whole grain products, BusinessWeek reports. Sara Lee, facing a lawsuit from a consumer advocacy group, has agreed to change the labels on its Soft & Smooth bread to reflect that it's made from just 30% whole grains, with refined white flour making up the rest. More »
  
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  food • nutrition • food industry • bread • whole grains • food company
- NYC Not Eating Up Calorie-Count Law
  
  newser | MSNBC | Jul 17, 08 6:28 PM CDT
  
  As chain restaurants waddle their way toward compliance with a New York City law that requires them to post the calorie counts of food, the numbers behind the items have diners grappling with some unappetizing knowledge, MSNBC reports. The restaurant skinny is turning out to be anything but, from 630-calorie Dunkin' Donuts muffins to a pecan-crusted chicken salad at TGI Friday's, whose 1,360 calories trumped a burger and fries on the same menu. More »
  
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  health • New York City • food • Starbucks • Dunkin' Donuts • calories • calorie-posting law
- Brown-Bag Boom Makes for Stinky Office Fridges
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jul 16, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  A rise in brown-bag lunches is turning office fridges nationwide from a munchies Mecca into an oversized Petri dish—and workers are crying foul, the Chicago Tribune reports. Booming food prices and health concerns are increasing bring-your-own numbers, but the good stuff doesn't always get eaten. "I've found things like liquefied carrots," says one refrigerator cleaner. More »
  
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  health • food • bacteria • office • sandwich
- Tasty Morsels on Fried Chicken
  
  newser | Daily Green | Jul 13, 08 11:48 AM CDT
  
  You might be well acquainted with the Colonel and his famous fried chicken, but beneath the crunchy skin lie some lesser-known facts. The Daily Green sides its poultry with a six-pack of trivia. It's a place: After toying around with the name "Ptarmigan," one town's handful of residents settled on Chicken, Alaska. Where to get it: If you follow Bon Appetit's advice, you'll take your chicken craving to Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, Price's Chicken Coup in North Carolina, or Willa Mae's Scotch House in New Orleans. More »
  
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  list • food • Dalai Lama • fast food • chicken • KFC • vegan
- Rome Cracks Down on Revelers
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 11, 08 5:50 PM CDT
  
  Rome's residents and visitors had best behave themselves for the next 4 months: An experimental ordinance bans eating and drinking in the streets of the Eternal City, and cracks down on hooligans who want to "shout, sing or be noisy," Reuters reports. The newly elected mayor enacted the law, which applies through October in "areas of historic, cultural or artistic value." More »
  
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  food • Italy • wine • law • Rome • singing • drinks
- What to Do With That Skin? Get Crackin' on Cracklins
  
  newser | Gourmet | Jul 11, 08 3:38 PM CDT
  
  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
- China Takes Dog Off Olympic Menu
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 11, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  Beijing is asking restaurants and hotels to remove dog meat from their menus to appease squeamish travelers coming to town for the Olympics and Paralympics, Reuters reports. Beijing’s large Korean population often dines on man’s best friend, and the meat has become popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants as well. South Korea enacted a similar ban during the 1988 Games. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • food • dog
- To Cheat Death, Eat Less
  
  newser | LiveScience | Jul 9, 08 6:26 PM CDT
  
  Call it the Refrigerator of Youth: Eating less could add nearly 5 years to your lifespan, LiveScience reports. Even scholars dismissive of anti-aging hype concede that a more moderate eating approach could bear fruit. "There is plenty of evidence that calorie restriction can reduce your risks for many common diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart disease," one researcher says. More »
  
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  health • food • science • elderly • aging • youth • calories • lifespan • calorie restriction
- Food Diaries Help Dieters Shed Pounds
  
  newser | MSNBC | Jul 8, 08 6:15 PM CDT
  
  Dieters who keep a detailed record of their caloric intake in a food diary are more likely to lose weight, a major new study says. Out of nearly 1,700 participants, those who wrote down every snack and nibble of the day lost twice as much weight—and continued to lose weight after the study ended, MSNBC reports. More »
  
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  food • obesity • weight loss • overweight • dieting
- Snail Prices Shell-Shock French
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 6, 08 11:12 AM CDT
  
  The French may soon be shelling out big bucks for the 14,000 tons of snails it consumes annually. Most actually originate in Eastern Europe, where growing economic development means rural families aren’t as willing to take up the demanding task of snail-gathering without better wages. And that, reports the BBC, will likely mean the end of cheap escargot for the French. More »
  
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  France • food • Eastern Europe • gourmet dining
- Chestnut Top Dog Once Again
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 4, 08 1:26 PM CDT
  
  American Joey Chestnut today reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island. After tying archrival Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in a 10-minute chow-down, the Californian triumphed in a five-dog eat-off. The men defeated 19 others in tying at 59 frankfurters in regulation before going to the tiebreaker. More »
  
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  food • sports • contest • hot dogs • Takeru Kobayashi • competitive eating
- 101 Cool Summer Dishes
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 2, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  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
June 2008
- Chicago Watchful for Second Helping of Tainted Taste
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 27, 08 1:56 PM CDT
  
  With news still coming of people stricken by tomatoes tainted with salmonella, health officials say they're taking full precautions to prevent another outbreak at this year's Taste of Chicago, the Tribune reports. Booths will be inspected four times a day for sanitary conditions at the event, which begins today—though authorities warn they don't test actual dishes for safety. More »
  
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  Chicago • food • public health • tomatoes • salmonella • bacteria • Taste of Chicago
- Chinese Menus Retranslated for Olympics
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 25, 08 11:05 AM CDT
  
  The Chinese government is issuing a list of revised names for some of the country's more obliquely translated dishes in preparation for the wave of tourists the Beijing Olympics will draw this August, the New York Times reports. A disconcerting plate of “husband-and-wife lung slices” will be rechristened as a slightly more appetizing "pork lungs in chili sauce" The bizarre "ants climbing up a tree" will now be a more straightforward “sautéed vermicelli with spicy minced pork” More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • food • Chinese food
- Spam Thrives in Tough Times
  
  newser | Advertising Age | Jun 17, 08 8:34 PM CDT
  
  Americans have gobbled up Spam for 71 years, despite Monty Python parodies and countless jokes about the spongy stuff. But Spam's sales have spiked 10% over the past 12 weeks, as the economy has gone sour and soaring gas prices have been gobbling up household income. In fact, it's no cheaper than real meat, dollars-per-ounce. But its one of those things, like ramen noodles, bus transit and lipstick, Advertising Age reports, that people associate with belt-tightening. More »
  
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  food • business • marketing • advertising campaign
- Are Tomatoes From Local Farms Safer?
  
  newser | Newsweek | Jun 15, 08 10:02 AM CDT
  
  Salmonella-tainted tomatoes that sickened 228 people in 28 states may be a boon to the local-food movement, but Newsweek takes a look at whether "locavores" should be so smug. Equating smaller farms with safer practices—and long-distance shipping with more time for bacteria to infect food—more produce-lovers are turning to farmers’ markets. Sales rose almost 20 percent in recent years, but scientists warn that local doesn’t guarantee safe, and mistakes can be made at any size—or distance. More »
  
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  food • tomatoes • salmonella • food contamination • Food and Drug Administration • local produce
- The Perils of Opening an Indian Restaurant—in India
  
  newser | Gourmet | Jun 12, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  Modern Indian restaurants bent on messing with millennia-old recipes must "coax Indians into accepting the changes they make with beloved dishes," or continue to face the wrath of the "Authenticity Police," writes Shoba Narayan in Gourmet after an evening spent analyzing the paneer at Bangalore's upscale Masala Klub. More »
  
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  India • food • gourmet dining • traditions • dining • spicy food
- How to Cut Back on Meat
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 11, 08 9:40 AM CDT
  
  Curbing the meat craving can be a challenge in a culture that sees it as the main course—so Mark Bittman offers seven ways to ease the shift in the New York Times : Don’t worry about protein. By varying your veggies, you can get the amino acids you need. Buy less meat. The USDA calls 4 ounces per person a serving. Don’t let it define the dish. Design your meal around what you think of as side dishes, like vegetables and grains. More »
  
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  food • cooking • meat • vegetables • vegetarianism
- Cancer-Beating Achatz Hailed as Top US Chef
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 9, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  Just months after beating a cancer that nearly cost him his sense of taste, Grant Achatz was named America's top chef last night by the James Beard Foundation at the culinary world's equivalent of the Academy Awards. "I look at the award as the point of starting over," said the 34-year-old Achatz, who helms four-star Chicago eatery Alinea. More »
  
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  Chicago • food • restaurant • chef • Grant Achatz • Alinea
- Not Your Grandfather's Hot Dog Stand
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 8, 08 11:26 AM CDT
  
  From a perfect crab salad sandwich at AT&T field in San Francisco to a dreadful crab cake at Camden Yards in Baltimore, the New York Times charts the range and quality of foods available at America's ballparks. Crab isn't the only departure from the ubiquitous hot dog: During his quest, Peter Meehan found sushi, subs, strawberries, and more. More »
  
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  MLB • baseball • food • Yankee Stadium • hot dogs • Shea Stadium • Wrigley Field • Dodger Stadium • PNC Park • AT&T Park • Miller Park • Safeco Field • Citizens Bank Park

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