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Category Archives: Food News
Flags Made From Native Foods
This is an old link, but a damn cool one that I’ve been forgetting to pass along. Well, here ya go. Everything on each “flag” are foodstuffs from the nation it signifies. Cool, huh?
Brazil
India
Italy
Australia
Greece
Lebanon
South Korea
Switzerland
France
Spain
Japan
Vietnam
Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril, Nestle says – Yahoo! Finance
I forgot about this when mentioning the Eggo shortage, but apparently we might also have a pumpkin pie shortage as well. Seriously, why don’t we ever have Brussels sprout shortages?
Leggo My Eggo. There’s A Waffle Shortage
Yep, you read that right. We as a nation are low on Eggos and rationing is kicking in.
I heard this on the way in this morning and I almost turned around to stock up on some multigrain waffles.
Granted, it’s related to a weather event but I just can’t help feeling this is just another dark cloud of the recession.
Naomi Starkman: Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More
We made a conscious decision to keep Gabriel drinking from bottles and sippy cups without BPA in them.
Turns out we’re screwed anyway. Turns out the crap is already in our food.
School Meals Need A Nutritional Upgrade – NPR Health Blog : NPR
It seems there is a difference between Democrats and Republicans.
Ronald Reagan famously wanted to declare ketchup as a vegetable. Democrats want to remove juice as a fruit and vegetable and make our public school meals more nutritious.
This is exactly the kind of change we voted to have in this country.
Food Fight
Why Eggs Could Be Getting Harder to Peel | Wired Science | Wired.com
Apparently, our eggs might be too fresh, making them harder to peel.
And they say progress is a good thing.
Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle | Mother Jones
I’m sure all of our modern products have some kind of sordid backstory, but the one behind Fiji water is pretty bad.
Check out the associated links with in the same issue, including this list of how far water goes from it’s source to hit your supermarket, in this case in San Francisco.
The History of the Gyro, With a Dollop of Serendipity – NYTimes.com
Mmmm….gyros.
Somewhat on the unhealthy side, but nowhere near a burger, and much more tasty. We regularly hit a nice gyro shop near campus called Stephano’s, which is a much fancier manifestation of it’s old namesake, Daily Chicken.
Knowing how the meat is made takes nothing away from it, nor wanting to get some takeout soon.