By Nicholas D. Kristoff (NY Times) Every year in the United States, 325,000 people are hospitalized because of food-borne illnesses and 5,000 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s right: food kills one person every two hours. Yet while the terrorist attacks of 2001 led us to transform the way we [...]

(AFP) A US vegetarian magazine has defended its use of pictures of meat to illustrate vegan dishes as a necessity brought about by cooking up a publication on a tight budget. “Yes, from time to time, after exhausting all options, we have resorted to using stock photography that may or may not be vegan,” VegNews, [...]

By Jeanne Sager (The Stir) Everything about a restaurant called Chandler’s Heart Attack Grill screams wrong to me. It’s poking fun at something that’s not in the least bit funny. And now the company is realizing how serious it is to joke about eating yourself to death. Blair River, their 29-year-old “model,” is dead. It’s [...]

(Very Vietnam) According to the Korean-language “Weekly Hong Kong” (which many Vietnam websites are referencing as well), Singapore media claim that fake rice is being distributed in the Chinese town of Taiyuan, in Shaanxi province. This “rice” is a mix of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and plastic. It is formed by mixing the potatoes and sweet [...]

By Elizabeth Weise (USA Today) Last week in a series of morning TV interviews, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told consumers that they should reject over-easy eggs and avoid “runny egg yolks for mopping up with toast.” Carol Tucker-Foreman, an assistant secretary of agriculture under President Carter who’s worked on food policy at [...]

By Sarah De Heer (SlashFood.com) Just when we thought Times Square had it all — Pop-Tarts introduces Pop-Tarts World, a 3,000 square-foot sugar metropolis, which opened Tuesday. The store has Pop-Tarts merchandise, a custom T-shirt creation station, the “varietizer” machine and a Pop-Tarts Cafe. The centerpiece of the store, the Cafe, lists about 30 menu [...]

(ScienceDaily) Although caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug worldwide, its potential beneficial effect for maintenance of proper brain functioning has only recently begun to be adequately appreciated. Substantial evidence from epidemiological studies and fundamental research in animal models suggests that caffeine may be protective against the cognitive decline seen in dementia and Alzheimer’s [...]

(ScienceDaily) Although caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug worldwide, its potential beneficial effect for maintenance of proper brain functioning has only recently begun to be adequately appreciated. Substantial evidence from epidemiological studies and fundamental research in animal models suggests that caffeine may be protective against the cognitive decline seen in dementia and Alzheimer’s [...]

By Dulcie Pearce (The Sun) Abi Blake, 30, uses her own breast milk in recipes to create a complete breast milk menu, which includes tarts, smoothies and even lasagne. The married mum-of-one shares her creations with friends and even sells the food to strangers at food festivals. Abi, who uses a breast pump to express [...]

By Peter Eisler (USA TODAY) Beef containing harmful pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them, a federal audit finds Even when the inspection service does identify a lot of beef with high levels of [...]