This pretty much sucks considering what you have to pay for a bottle of the stuff, but some olive oils frankly don’t match the label. What’s funny in the research, however, is that Rachael Ray’s “EVOO” sometimes isn’t so Extra.
Category Archives: Food News
Food Consumption in America
A hell of a graphic that details the American diet. Check it out here.

Refugee’s Concoction a Sizzling Success – Los Angeles Times
Here’s a classic article profiling the maker/creator of sriracha.
Apparently the author died recently. If this is a sample of his regular work, we lost a good reporter there.
Mild Peppers May Help Burn Calories – Shots – Health News Blog : NPR
For those too cowardly to eat the hot stuff, take heart. Even the mild stuff is good for you.
Beer with Dinner: The Basics of Pairing Beer and Food Beer Sessions | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn
Here ya go. Now you can eat AND drink instead of just surviving on beer alone.
World’s Hottest Pepper: The Perfect Weapon? : NPR
India is planning to weaponize the ghost chili. That’s right, the hottest chili known to man is going to be made into a smoke grenade.
This was covered earlier by both NPR as well as by HuffPo.
Check out this Man vs. Food episode regarding a ghost chili burger. Adam is hurting and it shows.
Hot Wings’ Pain Now Felt By Restaurants, Too : NPR

Only in America can we turn throwaway cuts of poultry into premium priced treats.
Yes, buffalo wings are a hot – and pricey – commodity.
Climate Change Presents A Burr For Coffee Growers : NPR
Well, you can’t get any of the rabid Republicans to admit there is such a thing as climate change going on, but they’ll soon know the problems it creates when their coffee changes due to the new environmental challenges created by the world getting warmer.
Bonus coffee story on why dark coffee is better for you.
Taco Bell: A gateway to acceptance | Marketplace From American Public Media
Gustavo Arellano lays down the cultural legacy of Taco Bell as he reflects on the death of it’s founder.
You Dropped Food on the Floor. Do You Eat It? – San Francisco Restaurants and Dining – SFoodie
Here is a fun graph related to dropped food.

