In the News: Brewski Labeling, Cooking Class for the Blind, Latino-Food Madness
Treasury Department proposal would require "serving facts" on beer packaging. Alcohol containers currently aren't required to list alcohol content, calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein, etc. "Tastes great" would still be debatable, but at least you could garner a hint at whether a brew was "less filling." [Washington Post]- A recipe calls for melted butter. If you couldn't see it, how would you know when it was liquefied? A class arms the blind with cooking tips and tricks. [ScrippsNews]
- Americans going loco for Latino food. Ruth Reichl talks about the trend and Gourmet magazine's Latino-food issue. [Reuters]
- Food critic grumbles about reviewing chain restaurants, procedes to write about them anyway. Panera Bread, Romano's Macaroni Grill, Stanford's Restaurant & Bar. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
- China tells the World Health Organization that its food is safe. [Forbes]
- Hospitals strive to upgrade foods: "The trend, according to Todd Foutty, a chairman of the culinary competition, is consumer-driven. Gone are the days when sick people were considered patients rather than customers. Now, they have a choice about where they will get their treatment. 'Nobody wants to go to a hospital and eat hospital food,' Foutty said."
- Wal-Mart gives $1.5 million toward university sustainability program. [PR Newswire]
- Bon appétit!: "A 'perfect storm' of ecological and social factors appears to be gathering force, threatening vast numbers of people with food shortages and price rises...." [The Guardian]
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4 Comments:
I like this food news round-up feature. Always a wide variety of food related topics that we may have missed out on---thanks!
JEP at 7:20PM on 08/29/07
Thanks, JEP. That's exactly the idea—food stuff you may have not read during the day. I'm still playing with the format, regarding length of items, number of items, etc.
Adam Kuban at 8:01PM on 08/29/07
Ah, so I'm not the only one with a new love for Chimichurri. Go on, Ruth!
mattbites at 10:38PM on 08/29/07
Oh, I forgot: yea, I'm totally digging this round up. As always, you rock Adam.
mattbites at 10:38PM on 08/29/07