Subject: The New York Times Company

• Chili's Big Mouth Bites Blow Big Macs Out of the Water; Midtown Lunch Founder Profiled

  Starbucks plans to launch a healthy new menu later this month that will feature baked goods without high-fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors, as well as salads and other items. The new menu will be advertised with the slogan "Real Food. Simply Delicious." [Reuters] If you think a Big Mac has a lot of calories, check out the foods at popular "slow food" chains, like Chili's and Applebee's. Red Lobster's Ultimate Fondue has 1,490 calories and 40 grams of fat, while Chili's Big Mouth Bites-

  June 3, 2009

• Spam Seen As Boredom-Busting; Hot Dogs as Diplomatic Protocol

  New Yorkers have barely recovered from the President dining in the West Village and already he is off to thrill Parisians with the experience of dining in their fair city. This time, date night was at a traditional French bistro with red-and-white checked tablecloths near the Eiffel Tower. A similar security setup blocked traffic around the 7th arrondissement, a neighborhood that could be characterized as Paris' West Village. [Bloomberg] Have hot dogs become diplomatic protocol? Ever since the

  June 8, 2009

• High Line Park Results in New Restaurant Row; Green Roofs Everywhere

  Mere months after reports claiming the exact opposite, a new study suggests that living near a fast food outlet actually does not increase weight in children, and that living near supermarkets, with their fresh fruits and vegetables, does nothing to lower weight. Go figure. [Science Daily] A survey of airline food reveals that US-based airlines offer the worst meals. American Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways scored lowest, while Continental was ranked as serving some of the best meals,

  June 17, 2009

• Tainted Cookie Dough; Bees In Brooklyn; A Car Made of Food

  The latest food safety debacle involves Nestle's refrigerated cookie dough, which was recalled after 65 people in 29 states got sick. Microbiologists and food safety investigators are stumped as to how the E. coli 0157 strain, a bacterium that lives in the intestines of cattle, managed to find its way into a product rather unlikely to contain it. [Washington Post] The Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement to include a federal menu-labeling law as part of new healthcare legislation, which wo

  June 22, 2009

• Witnesses: "Jackhammers" Used at Building the Morning It Collapsed

  The New York Times reports that on Sunday morning, hours before 493 Myrtle Avenue collapsed, neighbors saw jackhammer operators working at the scene. They are thought to have been trying to do something about the huge crack in the building that was cited in the DOB complaint filed in May and is thought to be the cause of the cave-in. WPIX says building inspectors were actually on the scene, investigating reports of falling bricks, when 493 collapsed. Residents said the building "constantly shook

  June 23, 2009

• Booze News--Beer Cocktails & Pimm's Cups-a-Go-Go

  EU officials in Brussels are blocking the sale of lower alcohol wines developed by New World wine regions. One method to make low-alcohol wine involves harvesting grapes which are immature and have a low sugar level, the second uses fully matured grapes to produce a normal wine, from which alcohol is extracted through techniques such as reverse osmosis. [Times UK] Tis the season of the Pimm's Cup, and many a mixologist is reinventing the summery drink this season. Jacques Bezuidenhout of Nios i

  June 23, 2009

• Beekeepers Swarm Water Taxi Beach; Toll House Recall A Wake-up Call

  Beekeepers swarmed Water Taxi Beach Monday night for the Beekeepers Ball, which kicked off Pollinator Week, a week dedicated to promoting beekeeping. Beekeeping is illegal in New York City, but a bill to lift the ban has been introduced and is currently awaiting a hearing. [NY Times] Fast-food chains face yet another difficulty: the latest minimum wage hike, which kicks in next month. Job cuts are possible, although this will be difficult to do without affecting customer service. Instead, chain

  June 24, 2009

• Under Review--Sietsema At An Choi; DiGregorio At Aldea

  This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppiness" has crept in to the kitchen. [NY Times] Restaurant Girl gets stuck at table 39 on every visit to Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar, while the balcony is reserved for the likes of Jon Bon Jovi, Betsey Jo

  June 24, 2009

• Healthier Ice Cream; Greener Coffee & A Dog Fight

  Mark Bittman points to an article in the SF Chronicle by his friend Marion Nestle about the benefits--or lack thereof--of organic food. Nestle answers such questions as "Aren't organics elitist?" [NY Times] "In the dog-eat-dog restaurant business..." Iconic Chicago hot dog stand SuperDawg is taking New York restaurateur Danny Omari to court for trademark infringement for his new joint SuperDog on MacDougal Street. SuperDawg is not letting up, even though Omari ended up opening the restaurant of

  June 25, 2009

• Booze News--Ludacris Launches Cognac; Gastropubs Lag in Gastronomy

  The farm-to-glass movement parallels the farm-to-table movement, only the chefs are of the bar variety. Such bar chefs prefer to shop for fresh produce at farmers markets and organic-food stores, and shun pre-mixed syrups and bottled juices. [USA Today] Upscale gastropubs are getting the pub part right, but the gastro part wrong. Studio Square has great beer, but a bland burger. Pony Bar serves craft beer chilled from a cask, but the roast beef sandwich is tough. To pair beer with food the way

  June 30, 2009

• Food Cart Turf Wars & Fancy Food Favorites

  Artisanal honey, blood orange, and caviar were among the hot products at the Fancy Foods Show this year. Smaller packaging was another trend, sparked by this, our poor economy. [NY Times] Has calling 911 because you got your food order wrong become a trend? The woman TMZ branded McNut called 911 when McDonald's ran out of McNuggets after she'd already paid for her order. More recently, a man called 911 on McDonald's because food was missing from his order, claiming he'd been robbed $8. [Reuters

  July 1, 2009

• Booze News--Aussie Wine Now Cheaper Than Water; More on the Beer Cocktail Trend

  The Bermudan Dark 'n' Stormy cocktail is two ounces of Gosling's Black Seal rum layered with ginger beer, and that's official. E. Malcolm Gosling Jr., whose family has owned Gosling's since 1806, says two trademark certificates on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office define the exact recipe, which calls only for his rum. [NY Times] Australian wine prices have sunk lower than bottled water, due to oversupply, which has led to a fire-sale of unprofitable vineyards. Wine retaile

  July 7, 2009

• Open & Closed: Say Hello to Lucy Browne's & Goodbye to Smith's

  The Museum of the City of New York is getting in on the speakeasy craze with an outdoor speakeasy every Wednesday, set in a newly opened section of the museum that overlooks Central Park. Tell Them Jerry Sent You features drinks from the Prohibition era, although the point isn't to have a secret bar, but rather to make historically accurate cocktails. [NY Times] New Orleans-themed restaurant Lucy Browne's opened in the space formerly occupied by Steak Frites in the West Village. The menu includ

  July 17, 2009

• Get Ready for Super Size Me, the Comic Book; Black Currants Legal & Delicious

  Super Size Me's Morgan Spurlock has teamed up with Dark Horse Comics for a graphic novel entitled Supersized: Strange Tales From a Fast Food Culture, set for publication in the spring and inspired by real life fast-food tales, such as a fat man whose cremation made a mortuary smell like fries. [Reuters] As Manhattanites get thinner, Bronxites are getting fatter. More than 62 percent of Bronx residents are overweight, which is more than any other borough, while just over 42 percent of Manhattani

  July 22, 2009

• Filling the Buffet on a Carnival Cruise

  How much food do you need to stuff 3,000 people on a five-day cruise to Canada? If you headed over to the Carnival Triumph, currently docked in Manhattan on the Hudson, you could witness the loading of 160 tubs of vanilla ice cream, 16 cases of Lucky Charms, 1,000 pounds of boneless short ribs, and 2,000 pounds of bacon. (That's two-thirds of a pound of bacon for each person!) Plus, much, much more. Then there's the booze--crates of liquor, 50 cases of Heineken--and, inevitably, the bottles of

  July 23, 2009

• Bruni's Bike Gets Swiped; Now You Too Can Drink Tru Blood

  ​The food stylist in the film Julie & Julia played a critical role. Movies used to rely on plastic or otherwise inedible food, but nowadays almost always features real food. [NY Times] Fans of the HBO series True Blood will be able to drink a real-life version of the Tru Blood beverage from show come September. The carbonated drink will look like blood but will be flavored with blood-orange and not O negative, as in the show. [NY Daily News] Frank Bruni got his bike stolen during his pi

  July 29, 2009

• Whole Foods Goes Back to Its Roots; Racy Burger Ads Embarrass Those Who Actually Sell Burgers

  ​To offset falling sales, Whole Foods is planning to return to its natural-foods roots. The chain will launch a "healthy eating" initiative this fall with cooking demonstrations and recipes, shifting its focus from gourmet eating. [Wall Street Journal] Fast-food chains have embraced racy advertising, but franchisees of chains like Burger King and Hardee's are refusing to run some of the more risque ads, such as Hardee's commercials that talk about "goodie balls" and "A Holes." [USA Today]

  August 5, 2009

• Tempest In a Haggis: New York Times Op-Ed Weighs In

  Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!​ If you have missed the biggest scandal of the summer, let us catch you up: The earliest known haggis recipe has been discovered an 1615 English cookbook, and now claims are being made that haggis, that oats-and-offal pudding cooked in a sheep's stomach, is not Scottish, but British in origin. Former haggis-maker of the year Robert Patrick, told the Guardian that ""I am sure the customers will be as upset as me to think that England will steal our reci

  August 7, 2009

• Mad Men Has the Right Stuff (to Drink); A Good Year for Peaches

  ​Late-night revelers are still "discovering" the halal food cart at 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue, which was started in 1992 by Mohamed Abouelenein, who wanted to serve taxi and limousine drivers sick of hot dogs. [NY Times] Cocktails are a vital element of the AMC series Mad Men. Drinks historians and experts, such as Dale DeGroff, formerly of the Rainbow Room, say the portrayal of 1960s drinking culture in high-powered New York has mostly -- minus a blunder or two -- been accurate on the

  August 12, 2009

• Losing Money, the 'Times' Hits the Bottle

  The New York Times Company announced yesterday that it's starting a wine club. An un-bylined article in the Times' business section today reports that the new business, called (suprise) the New York Times Wine Club, is one of several ventures the company has been exploring as its advertising sales have dried up. The club will be run independently of the paper's food and wine sections, and will deliver wine priced at two levels in six-bottle shipments to members every one to three months. As the

  August 14, 2009

• Booze News: Good Beer for Tough Times; Dry Vermouth for a Globalized Palate

  ​Emily Wines talks about her life as a master sommelier. It involves lots of flights, sometimes getting caught with a corkscrew in her purse, and occasionally having to recite transportation security laws to customs agents to get through airport security with all her beloved bottles. [NY Times] No. 7 in Fort Greene has garnered much attention since Bon Appetit recently listed it as one of its top 10 new restaurants of the year nationwide. Matt Suchomski, a co-owner and the beverage direct

  August 18, 2009

• Fast-food Chains Spreading Like Wildfire in New York; Men Cooking More Now than in 1961

  ​The five largest chain stores in the city have grown this past year, despite the recession. Dunkin' Donuts opened 88 outlets, Subway went from 335 to 361, McDonald's from 248 to 258, Starbucks ended up with 23 more locations even with widespread closings, and Duane Reade is up to 229 from 216. [NY Times] A new British study says men are spending more time in the kitchen now compared to 1961 -- an average of three times more time spent cooking, in fact, from just 12 minutes per day to mor

  August 19, 2009

• Foods Go High Fiber; Taco Bell Gets a First Meal

  ​In a response to consumer demand for more nutritious foods, food companies are putting out fiber-rich products once again. Danone, Kellogg, and General Mills are among those that have added extra fiber to some of their product lines. [Wall Street Journal] Food equals ratings on networks like Food Network and Travel Channel. According to audience analysis, food shows are comforting in a poor economy, whereas shows about, for example, real estate have fallen by the wayside. [Bloomberg] Th

  August 20, 2009

• Food Bloggers Everywhere; Child Cookbook at No. 1

  ​A New Hampshire lobsterman caught a rare, cobalt-blue lobster last Wednesday. The 1 1/2-pound lobster will not be boiled alive, but will instead live out its days at the Seacoast Science Center. Only one in 5 million lobsters are blue. [NY Daily News] In these times of do-it-yourself cooking and gardening, the proliferation of food bloggers and twitterers can make it hard for diners and grocery shoppers to get what they traditionally sought from food writing: advice on what to eat. [Bus

  August 25, 2009

• Vets At the Met Get Ticketed; What Is 'Normal' Eating?

  ​The police cracked down on the veterans operating food carts outside the Met on Wednesday, ticketing seven of the vendors. The city says only one vet can operate in front of the museum at a time. [NY Times] The mental health site PsychCentral.com asks: What does it mean to eat "normally?" With 60 percent of the population overweight, it's not an easy question. A dietitian was cited as saying normal eating is "going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied." [NY Times] Rest

  August 27, 2009

• Fried Pickles Take Manhattan (& Queens); Whole Foods UWS Opens with a Protest

  ​The Fruit Hunters by Adam Leith Gollner will be turned into a movie. Yung Chang, who directed the 2007 film Up the Yangtze, is adapting the book as part of a program at the Canadian Film Center. [NY Times] Fried pickles are cropping up on menus around the country. In New York, you can find fancy versions of them at Bobo, Joe Doe, 5 Napkin Burger, and Wilfie & Nell's new sister bar, Sweet Afton, in Astoria. [NY Times] Apple grower-shippers in New York and Pennsylvania are stepping up th

  August 28, 2009

• New Tavern on the Green Operator Named; Get Your GMO-Free Foods Now

  ​The Non-GMO Project is an industry group that has started a campaign to test products that claim to be free of biotech ingredients. Those that test successfully will get to sport a label saying they are GMO-free. [NY Times] Some 512 restaurants have closed this past year, including Upper West Side mainstay Cafe des Artistes, Upper East Side brasserie La Goulue, and Greenwich Village newcomer Elettaria. [NY Daily News] The new Tavern on the Green operator has been announced: Dean J. Poll

  August 31, 2009

• Upscale Restaurants Reinvent Themselves; Where to Eat in Ocean Hill

  ​Fine dining establishments must adapt to the new economic climate by offering "excellence and indulgence at a really low price." Those that are surviving the downturn have reinvented their menus and concepts. [NY Times] Meanwhile, other restaurants are recycling themselves completely, bringing in new chefs and turning to more casual styles of food. Lever House will become Casa Lever, and Jeffrey Chodorow's steakhouse Center Cut will become Ed's Chowder House. [NY Times] Dining in Ocean

  September 2, 2009

• Under Review: Sietsema at East Harbor Seafood Palace; DiGregorio at the Standard Grill

  This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema gets a hill of dim sum and then some at East Harbor Seafood Palace, while Sarah DiGregorio manages to wrangle a table at the Standard Grill. Julia Moskin samples shojin ryori, or "devotion cuisine," at Kajitsu, where "vegetables... are twisted and turned, salted and seasoned, spun and cut and carved into jewels." [NY Times] Meanwhile, Betsy Andrews eats veggies that are "fattening and good," like "garlicky summer squash and mushroom-rich green bean with

  September 2, 2009

• 'Smart Choices' Not So Smart; Bruni Trashes Ninja

  ​President Obama told Men's Health magazine that taxing soda and other sugary drinks is an idea worth exploring. "Every study that's been done about obesity shows... a correlation between increased soda consumption and obesity," he said. [NY Daily News] The proposed Kraft Foods takeover of Cadbury has the residents of the small Quaker town of Cadbury in central England up in arms. "I think they'll destroy what Cadbury brought up," said a former employee. [Bloomberg] The Smart Choices cam

  September 9, 2009

• Michael Pollan on American Obesity and the Healthcare Debate; Tavern on the Green Files for Bankruptcy

  ​Following last night's speech by President Obama on healthcare reform, Michael Pollan pens an op-ed pointing to the "elephant in the room" of the health-care debate: the way Americans eat. [NY Times] Tavern on the Green has officially filed Chapter 11, listing assets and liabilities of as much as $50 million each. The lease on the site of the second-highest-grossing restaurant in the U.S. last year was awarded to restaurateur Dean Poll last month. [Bloomberg] City Chicks: Keeping Micro

  September 10, 2009

• A Presidential Lunch in Greenwich Village; 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' Opens Friday

  ​ President Obama and former president Bill Clinton had lunch at Il Mulino in Greenwich Village yesterday afternoon. The two men were inside the restaurant for about an hour and a half. Clinton said they ate "fish, pasta, and salad." [NY Times] Two managers at Shanghai's Coca-Cola bottling plant have been detained by police on suspicion of accepting bribes or kickbacks. The first was detained in a bribery investigation, and the second one is charged with embezzlement. [NY Times] The movi

  September 15, 2009

• Booze News: A Beer Chewed First; What Is Natural Wine, Anyway?

  ​On the heels of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times launching wine clubs, USA Today has launched its own wine club. Subscribers will receive six bottles of wine each quarter for $69.99 plus $11.99 shipping. [PR Newswire via Reuters] Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales attempted to make a batch of chicha, a traditional Latin American corn beer. Following an authentic Peruvian recipe, the corn was milled and moistened in the brewer's mouth. [NY Times] Surprising to those who are no

  September 15, 2009

• The USDA Gets Locavore Fever; The How-to-Stay-Regular Cookbook

  ​The USDA has launched a new campaign entitled Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, that includes a close to $65 million handout to help connect small -- especially sustainable -- farms to people seeking local food. [NY Times] To help fight obesity, universities are posting caloric information in their dining halls, but emphasis on calorie counts can backfire and lead to disordered eating, even among students with no history of food issues. [Newsweek] The Un-Constipated Gourmet: Secrets to

  September 16, 2009

• Booze News: Anheuser-Busch Launches Wheat Beer; Lonely Men Like Gin & Whiskey

  ​ Following in the footsteps of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, Zagat has launched its own wine club in collaboration with Direct Wines. The Zagat Wine Club will deliver a new specially selected mixed case every three months. [Zagat] With wineries being hit just as hard by the economic downturn as everyone else, a number of deals are available. Pinot Noir grapes, for example, that once fetched $5,000 a ton now sell for $2,500. And the savings are being passed o

  October 6, 2009

• 10 Brooklyn Restaurants Worth Going To; Eater Founders' Favorites

  ​Daniel Boulud reportedly raced back from the Epicurious.com Entertains NYC event last week when he heard that a very recognizable Sam Sfton was at his flagship Restaurant Daniel. [NY Post] Costco has struck a deal with Tyson for testing for the pathogen E. coli. Costco will start buying beef trimmings for making hamburger from Tyson, and will be allowed to test the meat before it gets mixed in with other suppliers' meat. [NY Times] BlackBook rounds up 10 Brooklyn restaurants worth waiti

  October 8, 2009

• A New Food Network On the Way; Julia Child Contemporary Charlotte Snyder Turgeon Dies

  ​Scripps Networks has plans to launch a cooking-focused TV channel next year, called the Cooking Channel, that will replace Fine Living. The company has a growing appetite for food programming following a joint venture to bring the Food Network to Europe. [Wall Street Journal] New Jersey can now use their federally subsidized food checks for whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. Hispanic mothers can now buy tortillas with the vouchers, and mothers with children with allergies can

  October 9, 2009

• Carly Simon Sues Starbucks; Are Burgers Bad?

  ​Should Americans banish burgers? Ground beef contaminated with E. coli bacteria has sickened, paralyzed, and even killed people. Bill Marler, an expert on foodborne illness litigation, has been trying to rid the American diet of burgers since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak of 1993. [CNN] Carly Simon is suing Starbucks for poor record sales. Just days after she signed with Hear Music, the Starbucks label, the coffee chain scaled back its involvement in the music business. [NY Times]

  October 13, 2009

• Cracker Jack Still Strong; Like Yukon Golds? Try Keuka Potatoes

  ​Gourmet staffers have been invited to attend the annual Great Gathering of Chefs at the Mandarin Oriental on Sunday, where each will receive a Golden Fork Award and get to rub elbows with Emeril Lagasse, Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Michael Psilakis. [NY Post] Cracker Jack has been a ballpark mainstay since 1908, and continues to be a bestseller despite gourmet food entering stadiums nationwide. Baseball fans can buy bull testicles in Denver and crab cakes i

  October 14, 2009

• For Viagra Soup, Head to Brooklyn & Queens; Connecticut Attorney General Doubts 'Smart Choices'

  ​Mayor Bloomberg is not only in the midst of an election, but has now placed himself smack in the middle of the bagel wars. He recently raved about an onion bagel he ate during a visit to Fairway market in Red Hook, claiming it was "one of the best bagels" he'd ever had. [NY Daily News] The new film, Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution, tells the story of a small school in France that went organic. The Times calls it "cheerfully one-sided," with its "health-based approach, buttress

  October 16, 2009

• Angus Third-Pounder Boosts Mickey D's Sales; Snyder's to Buy Utz

  ​Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet involves eating six prepackaged cookies a day, plus one healthy "real" meal. Some 500,000 people have lost weight on the plan -- and how can you not on 800-1,000 calories a day? [NY Times] Snyder's of Hanover is planning to acquire potato chips producer Utz. Snyder's, known for its pretzels, says no job losses are expected in the course of the takeover. [BizJournals] Sweden is starting to list the carbon dioxide emissions involved in a food's production on the p

  October 23, 2009

• Complaining About the Park Slope Co-op; For Goodness' Sake: A 'Cocktail' Musical

  ​A 70-year-old lobster weighing in at a hefty 11 pounds was spared from becoming a $275 dinner at Oceana recently. The staff had grown fond of the crustacean, nicknaming him Peter. [NY Daily News] Is the Park Slope Co-op a haven of low-priced organic and local foods, or a super-strict Soviet-style institution with its stiff work requirements of 2.75 hours per month? Some members are surprised to have been blacklisted for missing shifts. [NY Times] Rachael Ray's "sizzling soft tacos" will

  October 26, 2009

• Calorie Info Makes a Difference After All; Yet Another Cheese Steak v. Cheesecake Wager

  ​Nickel deposits will be imposed on bottled water starting at the end of the month, which means that all water bottles under a gallon will have a five-cent refundable deposit, like beer and soda bottles and cans. [NY Times] The Post takes a look at hidden rich people, like Dushan Zaric, bartender and owner of Employees Only and Macao Trading Co., who pulls in between $150,000 and $200,000 a year. He started mixing drinks under the tutelage of Dale DeGroff at Pravda in the '90s. [NY Post]

  October 27, 2009

• The Nation's Newspapers Slammed By Circulation Plunge

  October 27, 2009

• Study: Junk Food Is Like Heroin; FDA May Ban Mexican Oysters

  ​A new study reveals that the brain responds to junk food the same way it does to heroin. According to researchers, "this is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings." [Grist] Meanwhile, Paul Rudnick, the author of I Shudder, a book about his strange eating habits, practically lives on sweets. The 51-year-old is 5' 10" and a lean 150 pounds, and has barely touched a vegetable in nearly a half-century. [NY Times]

  October 28, 2009

• Open & Closed: Say Hello to Tipsy Parson; Goodbye to Xunta

  Tipsy Parson, the new venture by the owners of Little Giant, has finally opened in Chelsea. Expect oyster service in the parlor and a charcuterie bar stocking all-Southern cheeses. [Daily Candy] The West Village gastropub Highlands has arrived with its menu of single malts and bar snacks only. Haggis won't be served until mid-November due to kitchen delays. [NY Times] The Pulp and the Bean, a new coffee shop in Crown Heights, is serving pastries and coffee from Gillies in Park Slope, including

  October 30, 2009

• Newark Grocers Push Fruits & Veggies; Jonathan Safran Foer Asks, 'Why Not Eat Dog?'

  ​Costco will start accepting food stamps nationally after it started to accept them in New York earlier this year. The program should be operational in half the company's 407 warehouse-style stores by Thanksgiving, according to company officials. [NY Times] Small corner grocery stores in Newark are being approached by public health organizations and economic development agencies with offers of new equipment and marketing expertise to encourage them to stock more fresh produce and other he

  November 2, 2009

• More Tainted Meat; Illy Serves Starbucks

  ​ A new study reveals that half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20. One in five will live on food stamps for years, while a number of kids will live in families who have to turn to food stamps during a short-term crisis. [USA Today] Spoiled meat alert: Two people have already died from eating ground beef tainted with E. coli, and more than another two dozen are sick. The beef in question came from a company in western New York State, Fairbank Farm

  November 3, 2009

• Sam Kass Acts as Presidential Chef & Advisor; First Lady on 'Iron Chef America'

  ​Apparently, we've all been eating sushi the wrong way. You shouldn't use chopsticks -- it's finger food. And keep the wasabi out of your soy sauce. For more tips, attend The Story of Sushi author Trevor Corson's sushi appreciation class at Jewel Bako. [NY Times] White House chef Sam Kass is not just responsible for what the first family eats. He also advises the president on child nutrition legislation, funding streams for the school lunch program, and the best tactics to fight childhood

  November 4, 2009

• BPA Found in Cans; Sushi Chain Sells to Potheads

  ​Kraft says it's still interested in purchasing British confectioner Cadbury, but stresses that it would "maintain a disciplined approach." The conglomerate has been beating sales estimates, but acquiring Cadbury would help it grow even more. [NY Times] Bad news for those who replaced plastic containers with aluminum: recent tests of canned foods found measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA), which has been linked to reproductive abnormalities, heightened risk of certain cancers, diabetes,

  November 5, 2009