In Durham, N.C., the rich outlying soils that once grew tobacco now sprout peas, strawberries, fennel, artichokes, and lettuce. Chefs are also using local milk, cheese, eggs, pigs, chickens, quail, lambs, and rabbits.
[NY Times]
Tomato purists cry heresy as plant breeders offer hybrid versions of heirlooms that they claim have the distinct flavors and funky looks of heirlooms but are more disease-resistant.
[Wall Street Journal]
Burger King is testing a new brunch menu in select markets that includes several new items, like a Ciabatta Breakfast Sandwich and a non-alcoholic mimosa.
[Nation’s Restaurant News]
Private chefs dish on their famous clients’ eating habits, like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s penchant for boring food and John Travolta’s habit of sending food back.
[NY Post]
Jidori chicken, a type of free-range bird common in Japan, is now being raised on a handful of farms in California, fed all-vegetarian diets, without antibiotics.
[NY Times]
A new study reveals, unsurprisingly, that the less sugar you add to food, the better your blood-fat profiles and the lower your cardiovascular risks will be.
[CNN]
Does Jamie Oliver think his Food Revolution can bring about real change? “Reality TV… it’s like junk food, really. It’s a quick fix… But the TV route is so important in this country.”
[Washington Post]
A new study suggests that women who eat a fatty diet during pregnancy may increase the risk for breast cancer in not only their daughters, but even in their granddaughters.
[FOXNews]
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