Apparently, those scruffy guys and gals selling pickles, cheese, and chocolate at the flea market aren’t just solitary foodies. According to the Times, they’re part of a “new culinary movement” in Brooklyn where 20 and 30 somethings are making and selling their own foodstuffs “the way others form bands and artists’ collectives.”
[NY Times]
Jonathan Benno, chef de cuisine at Per Se, frowns on molecular gastronomy.
[Black Book]
Health officials say the outbreak of salmonella in peanut products has thus far sickened 666 people, despite one of the biggest food recalls in U.S. history.
[Reuters]
In the past four months, grocery coupon usage has increased about 10%, and customers are increasingly doing their coupon clipping digitally.
[WSJ]
According to a new study, British researchers say 13% of the country’s breast, liver, rectum, mouth and throat cancers can be blamed on alcohol consumption.
[BBC News]