As always, war and drought are driving the terrible conditions. And, as always, Europe, US and China keep selling (and giving) more and more military equipment to the...
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East Africa food crisis becoming urgent
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Calorie counts on the menu
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Yes I saw the counts today on the breakfast menu in New York City. Being a silly man, who is easily prone to violating the independence of irrelevant alternatives,...
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Pinkberry Mandarin Citrus Juicer Sparks Outrage
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Chai Park and Jin Hee Lee, a law student and a lawyer, were stuck on line at a Manhattan Pinkberry the other day when they spotted the product seen here, an Alessi...
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TreeHugger Tip: Christine Lepisto on her Small Refrigerator and Bio Foods
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As part of our ongoing TreeHugger Tips project our very own Christine Lepisto has provided us with a great eco-tip on her small refrigerator. Not only did she choose a...
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Grimaldi's Pizzeria Seized By Taxman
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Newsday is reporting that beloved coal-oven pizza institution Grimaldi’s was shut down today by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. The paper's...
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Country Restaurant Draws Fire from DOH for Sous Vide
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There was some surprise when Geoffrey Zakarian’s three star restaurant Country (pictured) was shut down by the Department of Health last Friday. But it turns out that...
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Super effective Pokemon bento
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Filed under: Fan stuff Some people are just gifted, like the Japanese mother who is responsible for these brilliant Pokémon-themed lunches. We've seen some neat...
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Brooklyn Bowl Teams Up With Blue Ribbon
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Earlier this month news of Brooklyn Bowl opening in Williamsburg started to spread. The bowling alley, located over by The Gutter and right next to the Brooklyn Brewery,...
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Midweek Special: NYC Restaurant Review Roundup
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The Sun’s Paul Adams is the latest critic to get around to Hundred Acres (pictured), the meticulously-sourced, farm-to-table restaurant which used to be Provence. While...
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Reefer Madness: The Footprint of Refrigerated Food
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We often talk about the benefits of local, fresh food, but here is another we have not thought about before: the footprint of refrigeration. So many processed foods move...
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Downside-Up Spiced Peach Pots
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Jenn at Indie Fixx kicks starts her new column "What's so Indie About Food?" with this delicious looking recipe for Downside-Up Spiced Peach Pots by her friend Laura...
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Jeff Griffiths: Places to go in Vancouver this weekend
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As promised while chatting to the MozDev guys at OSCON, here are some of my favorite places to go for food and drink in Vancouver: Fish and Chips ( and Salmon Tacos! ):...
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Waste Not, Want Not: Buying Organic Economically
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been lambasting the nation for wasting food--apparently the British throw out 4.1 million tons of good food each year--spending an average...
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StarF*#ked. (or, how not to handle forgotten password recovery flow during a massive promotion)
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StarFUCKs.Originally uploaded by davemc500hats to whomever can promise i never have to enter forgotten password flow ever again: PLEASE ENSLAVE ME NOW. (screen...
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Food Waste Turned into Pig Feed in Japan, Results in Sweater Meat
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photo by Max Jackson We’ve reported before on how much food gets wasted: Most recently on the $20 billion wasted every year in the UK. In Japan, 20 million tonnes of...
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HOW TO - Efficiently Remove Watermelon Seeds
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Over at instructables, user cokecola has an interesting technique for slicing up a watermelon which results in easy seed removal. Warning: you may come away from the...
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Why Do We Waste So Much Food?
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Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the UK, gave a speech during the G8 summit to exhort Britons to stop wasting food. In a time of global food shortages and dramatic...
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Red Hook Food Vendors Worth the Wait? Not for Line-Cutting Senator Schumer
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Yesterday’s notice about the long-overdue return of the Red Hook ball field food vendors elicited comments from disgruntled eaters who were disappointed by the new...
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Lady Bunny Stands Up For Chickens
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Lady Bunny is the latest to join the ranks of Team PETA, and has unveiled the organization's newest billboard, which features the drag queen (image here). Located at the...
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Salmonella Suspicion Shifts from Tomato to Jalapeno
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It was the jalapeno all along. Yesterday the F.D.A. announced that after a three month investigation into a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 1,251 people in...