Category Archives: Food

Boy finds a piece of finger in Arby’s sandwich

By doris | Published: May 18, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com JACKSON, Mich. — A Michigan teen made a gristly discovery after biting into an Arby’s junior roast beef sandwich. Ryan Hart said he had nearly polished off his sandwich last Friday when he bit into something tough to chew that tasted like rubber, so he spit it out. Turns out it [...]

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Coke, Pepsi make changes to avoid cancer warning

By doris | Published: May 16, 2012

Full Story at USATODAY.com Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label. The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their [...]

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“Crab” chips, fruity Oreos? They’re big overseas

By doris | Published: May 8, 2012

Full Story at seattlepi.com NEW YORK (AP) — Russians prefer their Lay’s potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold milk. Americans might get squeamish at the thought of [...]

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New beef brouhaha: Should you be grossed out by ‘meat glue?’

By doris | Published: April 30, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com Still reeling from the specter of “pink slime,” beef industry officials on Friday fought off another culinary creep-out: “meat glue.” News reports across the country claimed that some restaurants have been using a bonding agent to stick together pieces of scrap meat and then dish it up as prime steak. “This [...]

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7 Healthy Mother’s Day Gifts

By doris | Published: April 22, 2012

Full Story at Health.com This Mother’s Day, skip the flowers and give your mom something she really needs—the gift of good health. No, you don’t have to buy her a treadmill. There are many other things you can do to give your mom a boost in terms of her physical (or mental) well-being. Most moms [...]

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Warren Buffett’s son tackles hunger in rural America

By doris | Published: April 20, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS News) DECATUR, Ill. – Billionaire Warren Buffett is well known for his charity work and so is his son Howard. On Thursday, Howard Buffett announced a new partnership to feed the needy with the food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland and Feeding America, a national hunger charity. Howard Buffett owns [...]

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Caffeinated potato chips aim to boost snack time

By doris | Published: April 18, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS News) Need a caffeine boost? A company suggests you consider snacking on a bag of chips or grabbing granola. But, these aren’t just any snacks it sells – they’re packed with the same caffeine that coffee and energy drinks provide. Arma Energy Snx foods are made with salt, spices, B [...]

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Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella risk

By doris | Published: April 17, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com Dole Food Co. has recalled 756 cases of bagged salads in 15 states, including Maryland and Virginia, because they could be contaminated with salmonella. The fresh vegetables division of Dole Food Co. recalled the cases late Saturday because a random sample tested by the State of New York came back positive [...]

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Label tenderized beef? Recall renews worries

By doris | Published: April 14, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com On the eve of summer grilling season, the recall of more than a ton of beef potentially contaminated with dangerous E. coli bacteria — including mechanically tenderized sirloin steaks — is renewing calls for better labeling. Connecticut Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro said that the Wednesday recall involving some 2,057 pounds of [...]

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Eat more ‘superfoods’ to lose weight

By doris | Published: April 10, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When you’re on a diet, food consumes your life. You can’t eat carbohydrates, so you think about them constantly. You can’t dig into your co-worker’s candy drawer, so M&M’s float across your computer screen like a desert mirage. You skip the bar after work because that’s where the margaritas [...]

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Ammonia used in many foods, not just ‘pink slime’

By doris | Published: April 5, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com Surprise rippled across America last month as a new wave of consumers discovered that hamburgers often contained ammonia-treated beef, or what critics dub “pink slime.” What they may not have known is that ammonia – often associated with cleaning products – was cleared by U.S. health officials nearly 40 years ago [...]

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Vegans bash Starbucks for beetle coloring in frappuccinos

By doris | Published: March 29, 2012

Full Story at USATODAY.com Starbucks has the vegan community seeing red over what it recently began using to color its Strawberry Frappuccinos: beetles. That’s beetles as in ground up cochineal beetles — mostly found in Mexico and South America. Gross as that may sound, it’s a common, government-approved food coloring used widely throughout the food [...]

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More grocery chains drop “pink slime” from shelves: What about Wal-Mart?

By doris | Published: March 24, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS/AP) The “pink slime” saga continues, but is the meat byproduct soon on its way out? Several of the largest supermarket chains in the country announced this week that they would drop the ammonia-treated meat with the colorful nickname from their shelves. The beef with “pink slime” continues as supermarkets, schools [...]

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Some sausage products recalled for possible listeria

By doris | Published: March 23, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com ELGIN, Texas — Southside Market & Barbeque in Texas has recalled more than a ton of ready-to-eat sausage products due to possible listeria contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says no reports have been received of anyone getting sick from eating items recalled by Southside Market & Barbeque of Elgin, about [...]

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Thai billionaire who founded Red Bull dies at 89

By doris | Published: March 17, 2012

Full Story at World News – Thai billionaire who founded Red Bull dies at 89 BANGKOK — The self-made Thai billionaire who created the renowned Red Bull energy drink three decades ago has died, state media in Thailand reported Saturday. He was 89. Thai state television broadcaster MCOT said that Chaleo Yoovidhya died of natural [...]

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Red Meat Tied to Increased Mortality Risk

By doris | Published: March 12, 2012

Full Story at ABC News.go.com Eating a single serving of red meat per day may raise the risk of early death, a new study found. The study, which followed more than 120,000 American men and women, linked daily consumption of unprocessed red meat with a 13 percent increase in mortality risk. A daily serving of [...]

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‘Pink slime’ panic grows online: Are we overreacting?

By doris | Published: March 10, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com Updated March 9: An online petition urging the government to stop the use of “pink slime” — the scrape and waste meat products that are treated with ammonium-hydroxide — in school food has collected almost 20,000 signatures over the last several days. After reports that school districts around the country were [...]

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Sweet satisfaction: Diet Pepsi chocolate chunk cookies

By doris | Published: February 28, 2012

Full Story at Bites.today.msnbc.msn.com We know, dear readers, how much you love melding your soda and snacks into oh-so-decadent creations (remember these Coke and Ruffles cupcakes?). So when we came across chef Hedy Goldsmith’s recipe for Diet Pepsi chocolate chunk cookies, we had to feature it. Goldsmith, the celebrated pastry chef from Michael’s Genuine in [...]

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Paula Deen on diabetes backlash: Some ‘were kinda mean about it’

By doris | Published: February 25, 2012

Full Story at Bites.today.msnbc.com When Paula Deen revealed to Al Roker that she had type-2 diabetes in January, response from the public was fast, furious and largely negative. Now, just over a month later, Deen says that she was taken aback by the reaction. “I think it was from a few people that were kinda [...]

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Months later, deaths from cantaloupe outbreak continue to climb

By doris | Published: February 23, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com Five months after the first report of listeria infections tied to contaminated cantaloupe, victims of the outbreak continue to die. But just how many isn’t clear. A lawyer representing those sickened says four more people have died after lingering illnesses linked to eating the tainted fruit last summer. But officials with [...]

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