Eat Different
July 13th, 2007 — article, health
“A lot of poor, transient people work in restaurants,” says Peter Francis, a co-author of industry exposé “How to Burn Down the House.” “They’re not giving up the $100 they’d make in a shift because they’re sick.”
Ands when you consider Bourdain reveals it’s even a point of pride among chefs to work sick…
March 9th, 2007 — article, health
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/dining/07tran.html?ref=dining
”But, in a twist of science, the law and what some call trans-fat hysteria, Mr. Reich and other wholesale bakers are being forced to substitute processed fats like palm oil and margarine for good old-fashioned butter because of the small amounts of natural trans fat butter contains.”
March 2nd, 2007 — article, food - misc, food politics, food writers, french, health
February 1st, 2007 — article, food - misc, food crimes, food politics, food writers, french, health
November 16th, 2006 — article, food - misc, health, organic, produce, sustainable
For food evangelists — consumers who might shop at a co-op or who can explain terms like eco-gastronomy, food miles and the food shed — a local label is sometimes more important than an organic one. That group, which market researchers say make up about 10 to 15 percent of food shoppers, are most likely to spend time in the store pondering whether an organic pepper from Chile is better than one grown in a nonorganic field less than 250 miles away.
October 24th, 2006 — food angels, health, produce
Elderly people who reported eating at least 2.8 servings of vegetables a day compared to people who ate less than one serving a day saw their rate of memory loss and other mental decline slow by 40 percent over six years, the researchers found.
