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FTC Proposes Regulations on Foods Marketed to Children
The Federal Trade Commission last week released recommended guidelines for marketing food to kids. These guidelines will be open for public comment and soon sent to Congress for consideration. What do you think? Should foods marketed to children have healthiness standards? Does this mean no more Cap'n Crunch mascots?Video: The Elegant Guide Episode 5: American Cuisine
In the latest episode of The Elegant Guide, host Ella Morton shows us how to make a quick and simple American meal. It's got everything Americans crave: Pop Tarts, Easy Cheese, Twizzlers, sugary breakfast cereal, and Twinkies. Each bite is like getting punched in the face with sweet American freedom. Watch the video after the jump....Should Junk Food Help Pay for Health Care?
Congress is considering a ten percent "fat tax" on junk food to help pay for the expansion of health care coverage. But as the Economist points out, defining junk food is tricky. While sugary drinks, fries, and burgers might be lumped under this umbrella of fatty foods, they vary on the junky spectrum. Should it be based strictly on fat, calorie, or sugar content? Others have suggested a more direct, though controversial, approach to the tax: charging people based on BMI or body fat content. One Economist reader had the following to say: The common denominator among smokers is cigarettes, so we tax cigarettes. The common denominator among alcohol-abusers is alcoholic beverages, so we tax alcoholic beverages. The common...A Comic About Junk Food and Flintstones Vitamins
A great comic about childhood obsessions with junk food, from "A Naughty Little Girl" by artist Lucy Knisley. Related A Comic About Eating at Alinea Phoood: The Junk-Food Blog In Videos: Mackenzie Phillips Sings 'Junk Food Junkie' on 'The Jacksons'...In Videos: Mackenzie Phillips Sings 'Junk Food Junkie' on 'The Jacksons'
Today is supposedly National Junk Food Day. In honor, here's a video of Mackenzie Phillips singing Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" on the short-lived Jackson family variety show. And, yes, that's Jackson as in Michael, Tito, Jermaine, et al. Kids, this video (after the jump)is what happens to your brain after too much junk food. Think of what has become of those starring in it. Let it serve as a cautionary tale....Snack Foods That Sound Like Sex Acts
Life Savers Fruit Splosions, Double Creme Betweens, and Spitz sunflower seeds from paulandstorm. Doesn't a creme-filled chocolate cookie sandwich just put you in the mood? Eh, never did before, but now that Flickr user paulandstorm mentions it, maybe the Double Creme Betweens wrapper should include a "Parental Advisory" sticker. Shoot, no wonder kids these days are growing up so fast. Think of all the other double entendres in the snack aisle: Skor, Lays, Corn Nuts, Poppycock....Junk Food Costs Less Than Fruits and Vegetables: Are We Surprised?
Junk food is cheap, cheaper in fact than fresh, healthy food! Junk food has more calories than its cheaper, healthier counterparts, so poor folks gravitate to junk food to fill up. These sad, obvious, and true findings are contained in a study conducted and released by researchers at the University of Washington. Serious Eaters, what can we as a society do if anything to deal with this? Healthy eating really does cost more, the New York Times reported. According to the paper, "That's what University of Washington researchers found when they compared the prices of 370 foods sold at supermarkets in the Seattle area. Calorie for calorie, junk foods not only cost less than fruits and vegetables, but junk food...Junk Food Fed Livestock
The growing demand for corn-based ethanol is pushing up the price of corn, causing some livestock producers to supplement their animals' diets with more affordable human food: Dwight Hess, a cattle feedlot operator in Marietta, Pa., is located in the heart of snack country, near Hershey and Herr Foods Inc., a maker of potato chips, pretzels and snack mixes. His cattle ration consists of about 17% "candy meal," a blend of chocolate bars and large chunks of chocolate; 3% of what he calls "party mix," a blend of popcorn, pretzels, potato chips and cheese curls; 8% corn gluten; and the remainder corn and barley he grows. He says the byproducts save him about 10% on feed costs. Still, it costs...Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich
I love all things ice cream and have a soft spot for Pop Tarts, but I don't know about this Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich that Rakka made by squishing a scoop of peppermint ice cream between two cookies and cream Pop Tarts. She says it was "so very wrong but so disgustingly, deliciously right." (Oh, who am I trying to kid? I would totally eat it!)...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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