Could the U.S. run out of sugar? Yes, say major food corps, if the government doesn’t ease import tariffs. Kraft, General Mills, Krispy Kreme, Hershey, and Mars have together written a letter to the Agriculture Department demanding more tariff-free sugar be allowed.
[Wall Street Journal]
How does a hot vendor afford $53,558 in monthly rent? Vendors have long been willing to shell out for the spot outside the Met. Last year’s occupant paid $415,000 a year plus some $25,000 for supplies and labor, and didn’t go under.
[Slate]
Liz Thorpe, vice president of Murray’s Cheese Shop and author of The Cheese Chronicles, talks shop: Once and for all, no, there is nothing cheese-related in Cheez Whiz.
[Time]
Major food companies are worried about climate change legislation leading to higher food prices. A House bill passed in July, for example, doesn’t provide enough incentives for food companies to offset their carbon emissions using carbon credits.
[Wall Street Journal]
Is French cooking over? No, says Dorothy Cann Hamilton, founder of the French Culinary Institute. Sort of, says Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin, in that it has “evolved, thank God.”
[USA Today]