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"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." -Orson Welles

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  • May 2008

    • Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

      New York Times  |  May 4, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

      (Newser) - One of Japan's prized delicacies is having an identity crisis: fugu, the pricey puffer fish that's poisonous unless prepared correctly, now has a farmed cousin that's harmless, the New York Times reports. But gourmands looking forward to eating fugu liver—the most delicious and potentially deadly part of the fish—are being thwarted by the fugu industry, which is fighting to keep a ban on the livers, even from detoxed variety. More »

    • Save a Food From Extinction: Eat It for Dinner

      New York Times  |  May 1, 08 7:40 PM CDT

      Save a Food From Extinction: Eat It for Dinner

      (Newser) - Vanishing culinary breeds are getting a new lease on life, thanks to the efforts of an ethnobotanist with an interest in America's foodie past, the New York Times reports. While Makah ozette potato sounds like a "Final Jeopardy" answer, the once-endangered vegetable is one of the many culinary artifacts Gary Paul Nabhan aims to bring back to America's dinner tables. More »

  • April 2008

    • Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

      Der Spiegel  |  Apr 26, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

      (Newser) - If your idea of good eating doesn't stretch to yak's penis or duck testicles, then Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant definitely isn't the place for you. The exclusive restaurant's menu is made up almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes, Der Speigel reports. Well-heeled businessmen flock in for dishes such as "Jasmine Flowers with 1,000 Layers"—otherwise known as sliced donkey penis. More »

    • Silicon Valley Startup Craves Chocolate

      Economist  |  Apr 23, 08 11:18 AM CDT

      Silicon Valley Startup Craves Chocolate

      (Newser) - San Francisco startup Tcho has all the sweet Silicon Valley trimmings, the Economist reports; high-profile tech alums, online beta testing and stock options for all. But its product is even sweeter: top-quality chocolate. The company has developed a means to grade cocoa beans' complex nuances on a "flavor wheel," taking a cutting-edge approach to a timeless artisanal craft. More »

    • El Bulli Repeats as World's Top Restaurant

      Bloomberg  |  Apr 22, 08 1:15 PM CDT

      El Bulli Repeats as World's Top Restaurant

      (Newser) - For the third year in a row El Bulli, the restaurant-cum-chemistry lab outside of Barcelona, has been named the world's best restaurant. Feran Adrià's "gastronomic temple" got the top gong from a group of 700 chefs and critics. For Bloomberg's food writer El Bulli is "highly technically accomplished," but fundamentally "theater." More »

    • NY Stays Calorie-Count Law

      Village Voice  |  Apr 21, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      NY Stays Calorie-Count Law

      (Newser) - Today a New York judge delayed a law requiring Big Apple eateries to list calorie content on menus. Set to kick in today, the law is now slated to take effect Friday—which gives the city time to sort out a suit by New York restaurants, which are seeking yet another stay. Meanwhile, the Village Voice visits a few restaurants to chat up servers and reconsider TGI Friday's' 2,000-calorie ribs. More »

    • Behind Organic Labels Lurk Megacorporations

      Treehugger  |  Apr 20, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Behind Organic Labels Lurk Megacorporations

      (Newser) - Yes, your probiotic flaxseed Kashi cereal is still organic, but shoppers looking to stick it to the man by going green be advised: the nation's top 30 corporate food processors—think Pepsi, Kellogg, Kraft, General Mills—have been quietly buying up vast swaths of the organic aisle of your supermarket, Treehugger reports. More »

    • Civet-Digested Beans Yield $99 Espresso

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 17, 08 5:19 PM CDT

      Civet-Digested Beans Yield $99 Espresso

      (Newser) - You might look for a $99 espresso shot in a crowded Italian café before the second floor of a London department store. Yet it's the latter where you'll find the cup brewed from two of the world’s rarest coffee beans, one of which is sniffed out and, er, digested by an Indonesian civet, the Guardian reports. But is the java foodie paradise or marketing racket? More »

    • Bottoms Up! It’s Beer Fest Time

      Portfolio  |  Apr 10, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      Bottoms Up! It&rsquo;s Beer Fest Time

      (Newser) - They can’t promise German sausage or bonneted barmaids, but North American beer festivals pour pint after pint of terrific local brews. Portfolio lists the best in fests, from now through October. Mondial de la Bière (May 28-June 1): Try beer, cider, mead, and cheese over 5 days in Montreal. Oregon Brewers Festival (July 24-27): Enjoy free-admission tastings of more than 70 local beers at this Portland event. More »

    • Gourmet Tea: The New Coffee

      Portfolio  |  Apr 8, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      Gourmet Tea: The New Coffee

      (Newser) - Cappuccinos are commonplace, but new gourmands get their caffeine fix from tea. After falling out of favor during the Revolutionary War, tea is experiencing a comeback in the US; sales have tripled since 1990 and gourmet tea can cost thousands per pound. Portfolio pours a cupful of tips for would-be drinkers: Beware the bag: Bagged teas are usually considered lower-quality. More »

    • Venice Bar Uses Discount to Lure 'Poor Yanks'

      Reuters  |  Apr 8, 08 10:05 AM CDT

      Venice Bar Uses Discount to Lure 'Poor Yanks'

      (Newser) - Harry's Bar in Venice has offered hospitality to tourists and expatriates since the days of Ernest Hemingway. But in recent months Harry's has noticed a sharp drop in the number of Americans showing up at the home of the Bellini cocktail. So restaurant owner Arrigo Cipriani has a novel solution: a 20% discount to subprime-stricken Americans for everything on the menu. More »

    • Top New Chefs: Read 'Em & Eat!

      Food & Wine  |  Apr 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Top New Chefs: Read 'Em &amp; Eat!

      (Newser) - Food & Wine has posted its Best New Chef awards for 2008. Look for their profiles in the July issue, but take a peek at the winners here: Jim Burke: owner of James , a modern Italian restaurant in Philadelphia's Bella Vista neighborhood. Gerard Craft: owner and chef at Niche in St. Louis, where bacon and eggs sandwich and braised pork belly top the menu. More »

  • March 2008

    • Naked Chef Wants UK Cooking Like It's 1939

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 29, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      Naked Chef Wants UK Cooking Like It's 1939

      (Newser) - Inspired by WWII food rationing, a British celebrity chef has declared war on the UK’s poor eating habits. Jamie Oliver is encouraging families in one South Yorkshire town to shun takeout and ready-made meals in favor of home-grown food and other healthier alternatives. “People are really busy, they’re on tight budgets, and no one has bothered to teach them how to cook,” Oliver said. More »

    • Boston Dogs Best in the Land

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 29, 08 9:33 AM CDT

      Boston Dogs Best in the Land

      (Newser) - America's best hot dog is to be found in Beantown, writes Raymond Sokolov in the Wall Street Journal . On the eve of a new baseball season, Sokolov criss-crossed the country in a quest to find the top dog. Hollywood, New York, and (especially) Chicago offered strong contenders, but perfection in a bun was found at Speed's—a humble hot dog stand in a Boston parking lot. More »

    • Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella

      Reuters  |  Mar 28, 08 1:15 PM CDT

      Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella

      (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 had threatened a trade ban; South Korea and Japan have halted imports. More »

    • Dollar-Store Dining Possible in Big Apple

      New York Times  |  Mar 27, 08 5:42 PM CDT

      Dollar-Store Dining Possible in Big Apple

      (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 on-the-cheap ingredients, culminating in a 99-cent dinner party. More »

    • New Methods Help Make Beef Jerky Safer

      LiveScience  |  Mar 27, 08 3:08 PM CDT

      New Methods Help Make Beef Jerky Safer

      (Newser) - Good news for meat lovers in a time of massive beef recalls: Researchers at Kansas State have found a way to make beef jerky safer from E. coli and salmonella, LiveScience reports. They found that a longer drying time would eliminate the pathogens in contaminated beef samples, offering a low-cost way for producers to comply with federal standards. More »

    • Now Taking Reservations for Sometime Next Year

      Portfolio  |  Mar 22, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      Now Taking Reservations for Sometime Next Year

      (Newser) - Move over, French Laundry. The US' most in-demand dinner seat is in "flyspeck" Kennett Square, Pa., 35 miles from Philadelphia, Portfolio writes. Talula's Table takes reservations for its single, 12-seat table one year in advance. "My parents paid me $30 to stand out here," says one teen angling for a spot on a waiting list that commands an entire wall. More »

    • Star Chicago Chef's Mouth Cancer in Remission

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 18, 08 3:29 PM CDT

      Star Chicago Chef's Mouth Cancer in Remission

      (Newser) - Chicago chef Grant Achatz’s oral cancer is in remission, the Chicago Tribune reports. The culinary star endured nearly 6 months of chemotherapy and radiation treatments and says he is “happy to say I've had a clean biopsy.” Foodies can now find Achatz back at Alinea, his award-winning restaurant in downtown Chicago. More »

    • Pizza Police Pursue Posers

      The Smart Set  |  Mar 12, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Pizza Police Pursue Posers

      (Newser) - Think that pineapple-and ham-concoction is a pizza? Not according to Italian law, Julie Reno writes in the Smart Set. Only hand-kneaded dough, rolled to no more than 14 inches in diameter, topped with San Marzano plum tomatoes and baked in a brick wood-fired oven qualifies. La Pizza Polizia crown such authentic Neapolitan pies with Guaranteed Traditional Specialty status: Only two NYC pizzerias have made the cut. More »

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