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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Street Cart, Are You Ready For Your Close-Up? |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 4:43 pm |
| Tags: Food News |
| Some folks were mighty disappointed when a Daisy May's BBQ cart on Park Avenue and 52nd Street turned out to be a tease. According to Midtown Lunch, the cart was set up outside the Seagram Building for the filming of the next Adam Sandler movie, You Don't Mess With Zohan. The Hollywood Reporter says You Don't Mess With Zohan was written by |
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| Interrogation by banana? |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:15 am |
| Tags: Odd, Food, News |
| Indian police forcefed a suspect fifty bananas, as well as rice, chicken, and bread, in order to make him excrete a stolen necklace. To add insult to injury, the police made the suspect wash the necklace clean before giving it back to the victim. |
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| New: Progresso Light Soups with Zero Points |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 5:30 am |
| Tags: Food News, Healthy Soup, Progresso Light, Weight Watchers, Zero Points |
| news for anyone following Weight Watchers... Progresso Light, the only nationally branded light soup in the category, has teamed up with Weight Watchers to bring a canned soup with a POINTS value of zero to consumers nationwide this August. With only 60 calories and a whooping 4 grams of fiber per serving, Progresso Light is the first |
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| Processed Food: News Roundup |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 5:00 am |
| Tags: Citrus Sodas, Food Additives, Junk Food, News Round Up, Popcorn Lung, Processed Food |
| health food nut arch enemy has been in the news a lot lately. Yep, I am talking about processed food. In this day and age, with our busy lives, it is hard to live without some processed foods. Here are three news stories that might just sway us to make a little more time when it comes to food and nutrition. A microwave popcorn |
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| Sugar Alert: Magnolia Moves to Upper West Side |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 6:55 pm |
| Tags: Food News |
| Eater confirmed that cupcake confectioner heavyweight Magnolia Bakery is opening its first branch location on Columbus Avenue and West 69th Street. Magnolia owner Steve Abrams, an Upper West Sider, told Eater, "My friends who know I own Magnolia keep asking when I'm going to open them a bakery up here. So I think it's time." Well, it's |
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| Slurp! There Go the Oysters |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 1:46 am |
| Tags: Science, Food, News |
| farm, as many a Bay Area foodie knows. It’s been there for over 100 years, and many environmentalists laud it as an example of sustainable stewardship, illustrating that gentle human use can coexist with an ecosystem’s native plants and animals. The National Park Service, however, says no use is good use, and wants to shut it down |
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| 1,524-Pound Pumpkin |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 9:28 am |
| Tags: Food, News |
| An Oregon man squashed the competition at the Half Moon Bay, Calif., annual pumkin contest. Thad Starr’s 1,524-pound veggie set a record for the event — and also won him $9,144, or $6/pound. “It’s the fruition of a year’s work,” Starr said. (Photo credit: AP Photo / Paul Sakuma) |
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| Be careful of Frozen Pot Pies |
| Published: October 12, 2007, 6:06 pm |
| Tags: Pies, Food News |
| reports: ConAgra Foods Inc. faces a purported class action suit filed on behalf of all people who purchased and/or ate the company's pot pies subject to Thursday's recall as well as all people who ate the pies and suffered physical injuries, according to two law firms.Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler LLP and Janet, Jenner & |
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| Oprah gained weight, the world is still shocked |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 7:39 pm |
| Tags: Food News, Oprah |
| Oprah went public with her 20 pound weight gain and revealed that she has an "out of balance" thyroid condition. I think she ran out of excuses and had to put to blame on something. Oprah, we see right through it. Three words for you- check out our Winter Diet Mantras"My body was turning on me," she says in the October issue of O, the Oprah |
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| Heidi Montag eats Tacos to support World Hunger Relief Week |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 7:34 pm |
| Tags: The Hills, Food News |
| and A&W All-American Food brands, all will participate in some way, according to a news release. Restaurant managers and employees are being instructed to dedicate one day next week to holding fund-raising drives or food collections.Yum's chairman and CEO, David Novak, will volunteer at a food bank in Louisville, the release said. The Yum |
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| Controversial Chocolate Jesus |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 5:52 pm |
| Tags: New York, Food News, Chocolates |
| Associated Press and Yahoo reports that the Controversial Chocolate Jesus is returning to New York City on Oct 27. Created by Cossimo Cavallaro, this chocolate sculpture is an anatomically correct nude rendering of Jesus titling "My Sweet Lord"."There is nothing offensive about this," Cavallaro said of his controversial confectionary work. "If my |
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| Beware of Bovine Growth Hormones |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 4:24 pm |
| Tags: Dairy, Food News |
| The Humane Farming Associations wrote an article about the dangers of prevalence of nasty growth hormones in the dairy industry. Poor cows and poor us for drinking it unknowingly.This is good to know. Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH), also known as Bovine Somatotropin (BST), works by interfering with a cow's natural physiology. Lactation is |
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| Wednesday Food News: Early Edition |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 11:53 am |
| Tags: Food News |
| John Schaefer), finds the food straightforward yet sophisticated. In the NY Sun, Paul Adams goes to Spitzer's Corner on the LES, says of the gastropub the gastro-part of the equation seems to be a distant runner-up to the beer. Uh-oh. He finds the food hearty and pleasant yet tasty as it is, [it] is not particularly riveting. |
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| Do You Recall... |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 4:30 pm |
| Tags: Food News |
| Holy S**t, what kind of news is this to get on a Friday? SFist reports that 5 million General Mills frozen pizzas have been recalled, apparently the "pepperoni" (their quotes, not ours) had e-coli in it, which infected a few people. We're reprinting the danger list, but you should check out the SFist story anyway. Your dangerous Totino's code: |
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| Restoration Farm: Local, organic farm opens in Nassau |
| Published: November 4, 2007, 5:40 pm |
| Tags: Environment, Food, News, Organics, Ecology, Sustainability, Sustainable, Vegetarian, Community Supported Agriculture, Csa, Farm, Nassau County, Old Bethpage, Vegetables |
| Located on the grounds of Nassau County’s Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Restoration Farm is an independent operation producing vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs for sale to the public. It uses organic growing practices and adheres to the Farmer’s Pledge of NOFA-NY, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. |
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