Heart Attack Grill Owner Delighted That Diners Keep Heading to the Hospital
Joe Basso calls his diners "risk takers."
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Hold the Phone: Sam Wo Might Actually Reopen
The owners have a last-ditch hearing with the health department this week.
FDA Targets Two California Seafood Producers Over Toxic Finds
With salmonella recalls, rampant mislabeling, and toxic discoveries, it's been really a bad week for seafood lovers.
Sushi Groove on Russian Hill Closed After Bad Health Inspection
One of the two branches of Sushi Groove got in a little trouble.
Why Are Canada’s McNuggets Saltier Than America’s?
A new study on fluctuating sodium levels finally gives us something to brag about to our northern neighbors.
That Dover Sole L.A.'s Buying is Probably Just Sutchi Catfish
Over half of local seafood samples were found mislabeled in Los Angeles.
Local Egg Inspectors Find Some Gross Ones In Chinatown
You might not want to buy eggs at Produce Land on Clay Street in Chinatown.
The Complete History of the Life and Crimes of Pink Slime
The chemically-treated beef product and its makers have a long history of safety lapses.
More PA Raw Milk Linked to Salmonella; NJ Pushes For Legal Raw Milk Sales
Though many have been sickened in PA, NJ is pushing to make raw milk legal.
Japanese Fugu Chefs Say Newly Relaxed Laws Totally Blow
New laws are taking effect that would allow almost anybody to slice and serve the poisonous delicacy.
Study Shows Philly Is Pennsylvania's Unhealthiest County
Eating bad food is only one piece of the puzzle.
FDA Rejects Ban on BPA; Fast Food Linked to Depression
Do we need to start calling them "unhappy meals?"
60 Minutes: Sugar Is Everywhere and It’s Killing You Dead
Seriously, it's, like, really bad for you.
Wendy’s Congratulates Itself on Never Serving You Pink Slime
The burger chain ran an ad in eight papers today to brag that it never served you the scary meat filler.
Thyroid Treatments Blamed For Philly’s Radioactive Water; Starbucks Mashes Up Beetles For Its Strawberry Frappuccinos
Plus: The Quaker Oats dude is getting a makeover; and the U.S. nixes plans to send food to North Korea, all in our morning news roundup.
Pink Slime Producer Closing Three Plants, Wants You to Feel Bad About It
Jobs will be lost, and beef prices will (possibly) go up.
N.J. Gives Revel the Go-Ahead; Is Chocolate the Key to Staying Thin?
Plus: Alicia Silverstone chews her baby's food; and children may be harvesting our food here in the U.S., all in our morning news roundup.
Shocker Alert: Placenta-Eating Not All Its Cracked Up to Be
A writer shares her personal horror story after swallowing placenta pills.