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• With the ranks of food snobs swelling, is ice snob-ism the next frontier? Judging by the existence of gourmet ice, perhaps! [New York Times] • Oh noes! First the spinach, then the tomatoes, and now ground beef! Yet another...
• With the ranks of food snobs swelling, is ice snob-ism the next frontier? Judging by the existence of gourmet ice, perhaps! [New York Times] • Oh noes! First the spinach, then the tomatoes, and now ground beef! Yet another...
• A Chicago cop is suspended after allegedly demanding a free coffee from Starbucks. [Chicago Tribune] • Today's a lucky day for the Chinese. You'll need luck getting a reservation in a restaurant, church, event hall, or any other place...
• Monsanto wants to sell their dairy hormone business, presumably to focus on their many other monopolies. [New York Times] • The latest victim of unsafe food stuffs? Boy Scouts. [Washington Post] • When will people learn that pre-made sandwiches...
• California strawberries will be shipped to China for the first time ever for the duration of the Olympics and Paralympics. [NYT] • New at this Olympics: etiquette classes for all American athletes that include things like "don't spear food...
• A U.S. food aid shipment has arrived in North Korea; it's just one load out of 500,000 tons of food promised. [AP] • Potato chip and french fry manufacturers are lowering their levels of acrylamide, a possible carcinogen, to...
• Airplane food used to be fine china, silver, an extensive wine list, and good food. How times have changed! [NYT] • A recent study reveals that the kids' meals at fast food chains are loaded with calories. Is anyone...
• Shockingly, Miller Lite's craft beers were not so successful. [Chicago Tribune] • Are there are too many blueberry growers? And if so, could Whole Foods stop charging four bucks for a pint? [Boston Globe] • Congressman John Dingell thinks...
• New Yorkers are taking their dining rooms to the streets this summer. [NY Times] • A Chicago coffeehouse serves up conservative politics with its lattes. [Chicago Tribune] • Investigators are closing in on the farm that produced those pesky...
• Rice costs triple what it used to in North Korea, which the World Food Programme warns is on the brink of a serious food crisis. [The Guardian] • The Whole Foods-Wild Oats merger is stuck in court for the...
• Produce gets sunburn? Apparently so — and now sunscreen, too. [IHT (AP)] • L.A. chefs forced to become "food police," journalistic puns ensue. [LAT] • There's $1.6 billion in food and beverage advertising targeted at kids. [NYT (AP)] •...
• Iowa workers protest conditions at a kosher meatpacking plant. [New York Times] • A DC raw foods restaurant will be nation's first "crowdsourced" restaurant, offer oat-hemp balls. [Washington Post] • Users of Los Angeles food banks are hungry. [LA...
• EPA bans carbofuran residue on domestic and international foods, food safety advocates rejoice. [Washington Post] • The New Orleans Times-Picayune is reviewing restaurants for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. [New York Times] • McCain sees Obama's trip to...
• Slow Food is hoping to put on the "Woodstock of food" in San Francisco this Labor Day. [NYT] • Grocers are now pulling jalapeno peppers from shelves in the next salmonella scare. [LA Times] • Lack of preparation, poor...
• Finally! One lone salmonella-tainted pepper has emerged in Texas. But the mystery continues... [Discover/80Beats] • Poor regulation of Chinese food production has U.S. Olympians worried about what they eat in Beijing. [ABC News] • L.A. wants to close 400...
• Global warming is killing the oysters. [Boston Globe] • Oh good! "Fish Ebola" has been found in Lake Michigan fish. [Washington Post] • Middle East dilemma: food or water? [New York Times] • Where is Haiti's promised food aid?...
• The FDA has finally lifted the ban on tomatoes. Um, does this mean we shouldn't have been buying them for the past few weeks? [New York Times] • Jalapeño and serrano peppers, however, are still dangerous. [Chicago Tribune] •...
• A big huge study seems to support a low-carb diet and "Mediterranean regime." Screw that, though. Bread still rules. [AP/Yahoo] • Though a bread habit can be dangerous when Subway employees apparently bake a knife into your loaf. [Reuters]...
• Food pantry and soup kitchen usage is up 9 percent over last year in New York City. [NYT] • The head of the World Bank says we're going to need $10 billion to offset the effects of food inflation...
• Vertical farming is (a) quite possibly the solution to the food crisis, (b) SO COOL. [IHT] • California becomes the first state to ban trans fats across the board. [SF Chronicle] • 400,000 Japanese fishermen staged a one-day strike...
• It's a DC burger extravaganza. [Washington Post] • Rocky Aoki, may you rest in a heaven where Japanese chefs with sharp knives entertain fat midwesterners. [New York Times] • If you're going to rob a house, you might as...