May 4, 2011 – 9:09 am
All those cities and elected politicians who want to ban, or have banned, the use of salt in restaurants? All the weenies how whine about the use of salt, and should really mind their own damned business, and let me get on with my own high blood pressure leading to a massive myocardial infarction? Yeah, […]
April 7, 2011 – 9:00 am
Better really, really, really late than never: Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed. But last year, 98 percent of cassava chips exported from Thailand, the world’s […]
February 28, 2011 – 7:44 pm
Considering the state of British food, they have to be really, really worried A restaurant which put breast milk ice cream on sale have had their supplies seized by council officials amid fears it is unsafe. The Baby Gaga ice cream will now undergo tests to see if it is safe for adult consumption. Viruses, […]
February 24, 2011 – 5:35 pm
I had a few posts set up for late day, but, I think this story trumps them all When a well-stocked ice cream parlour says they sell every flavour, there are usually limits. But one restaurant in London is selling breast milk ice cream which is being served to customers in a cocktail glass. Icecreamists, […]
February 18, 2011 – 12:07 pm
Lately, we’ve been hearing more and more about “food security” in relation to “climate change. No matter that it seems that cold weather (undoubtedly caused by someone driving an SUV) does more damage to crops quicker than hot weather, “food security” has quickly risen to overtake the previous attempt to make it all about “biodiversity” […]
February 7, 2011 – 4:39 pm
Because you’re just too stupid to know what is best for you After wrapping her arms around the retail giant Wal-Mart and trying to cajole foodmakers into producing nutrition labels that are easier to understand, Michelle Obama has her sights set on a new target: the nation’s restaurants. A team of advisers to the First […]
February 4, 2011 – 5:48 pm
They’re just like greasy, grainy bacon bits! James Traniello not only studies bugs, but he’s eaten them, too. “I’ve had dips made with crickets and ate a honeypot ant in the Arizona desert,†says the College of Arts & Sciences biology professor. The culinary experiment, “sort of a ritual†for ant researchers like himself, delivered […]
December 4, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Ummmmmmm, bacon Read the whole story with recipe here.
December 1, 2010 – 11:53 am
Alcohol laced whipped cream……slobber…….that is: Alcohol-Laced Whipped Cream Raising Concerns The alcohol-laced energy drink Four Loko has been stirring up a lot of controversy in the last month, and now there’s another concoction on the market that is raising some eyebrows. This time it’s alcoholic whipped cream. The products are sold under a few different […]
November 15, 2010 – 9:28 am
Time to break out the crystal balls again: Global Warming Could Lead to Vast Chocolate Shortage (via Steven Goddard) In a world that takes for granted the availability of delicious and affordable chocolate, it’s easy to forget that the popular product actually comes from trees — not magical elves or free-flowing cocoa rivers, sadly. But, […]
