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The Food Lab: Great Chile Verde Without Hatch Chiles

We all know chili: thick, rich, spicy, meaty, complex, and red, right? But what about green chili, that equally complex, fresher, porkier cousin common to many Southwestern states? Is it possible to make without fresh Hatch chilies from New Mexico?

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42 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, January 28, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: chile verde, chilis, hatch chiles, Southwest, The Food Lab

Reform Groups to FCC: Get Rid of 'Advertainment'

More than two dozen public-interest groups are calling the Federal Communications Commission to address what they call "advertainment": TV programming they say is chock full of product placement. Led by the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC), the movement aims to prevent TV programs from becoming "Trojan horses, carrying messages that would otherwise be criticized by the public or even deemed illegal": These organizations cite as cause for concern a Nielsen report indicating a 13 percent boost in product placement spots on network TV last year—over 25,000 placements in the top ten shows. If you watch American Idol on a regular basis, you saw over 4,000 product placements in 38 episodes this year, CCFC says. In May 2007, the...

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5 Comments | Posted by Emily Koh, June 24, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Tagged: advertising, branding, Burger King, Chili's, Coca-Cola, product placement