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July 25, 2008FDA about to get "smack-down" power
After the peanut recall, the spinach recall and the swine flu, it looks as if members of Congress are finally serious about overhauling the FDA. The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, introduced by powerful Congressmen Henry Waxman and John Dingell, would fix many of the problems that have plagued the agency for the past eight years. Among other things, the bill would give the FDA more quarantine power to prevent food from traveling across geographic areas, a problem in the peanut butter salm
June 1, 2009Guilty Pleasures: Eddie Crane
October 20, 2008Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 11/07
November 7, 2008Best Dinner Under $5
October 19, 2000Best Place to Revisit Your Childhood
October 19, 2000FDA assures public it's almost, nearly, pretty sure salmonella caused by peanut butter
The FDA botched the last big outbreak of salmonella when it issued a huge warning to avoid tomatoes based on the fact that people who'd eaten salsa were getting sick. Turns out salsa was indeed making people sick -- but that's because the jalapenos in it were alive with the salmonella bacteria, not tomatoes. The tomato industry was nearly crippled and people continued to get sick off of jalapenos. The FDA is well on its way to messing up another food supply with this latest salmonella outbreak i
January 16, 2009Don't touch that peanut butter cracker!
Until yesterday, I had never even thought of calling the Kellogg Consumer Response Center (but in case you do, it's 888-314-2060). But two days ago, that Michigan-based Kellogg's announced it was "taking the precautionary measure" of putting a hold on some of its best-selling snack crackers: those cellophane-wrapped Austin brand and Keebler brand Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly Crackers, Cheese and Peanut Butter Crackers, and Peanut Butter-Chocola
January 16, 2009Girl Scouts cookies still good to eat
I bought my first box of Girl Scout cookies very young (thank you Jill Eastwood, classmate and most likely top seller of whatever troop she was in) and so learned my lesson about Girl Scout cookies: They must be protected at all costs!
January 21, 2009Best Place to Try a Weird Omelet
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October 17, 2002Best Burger
October 17, 2002Predicting the next food that will cause an epidemic in America
The Peanut Butter Panic of 09 has caused the recall of many packaged products, not to mention several deaths. The FDA believes it has the one and only cause in Peanut Corporation of America (I'm not so sure) and they're working on containing products.That leaves the question, after the peanut butter panic passes, what potential foods might lead to illnesses the way tomatoes jalapenos and peanut butter has this year?Here's my five choices along with my personal odds that they'll be the FDA's next
January 29, 2009Three Dog's treats are safe
Barf Blog has a post about an elderly Georgian dog (Ozzie) being one of the salmonella outbreak's casualties. While the owner believes the bacteria was passed from peanut butter crackers meant for humans, plenty of doggie treats use peanut butter as an ingredient. The FDA says throw this dog food away. "Product recalls now include some pet food products that contain peanut paste that was made by [Peanut Corporation of America] PCA. While the risk of animals contracting salmonellosis is minimal,
January 28, 2009Salmonella scare: a personal story
You'd think with all the blogging Fat City's done about the peanut butter scare, I'd be smart enough to avoid tainted products. I'm not. In a combination of irony and schadenfreude, I clicked on Slate's article about what to do if you've eaten a salmonella-tainted product only to see a picture of a Clif bar, something I eat nearly daily. Clif Bars make excellent meal replacements or afternoon snacks. I particularly like the chocolate chip peanut crunch which just happens to be one of the Clif ba
February 2, 2009Best Sunday Brunch
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October 9, 2003Best Stupid Morning Show Craze
October 9, 2003Maybe FDA ain't so bad compared to our neighbors
Flickr: Sifu RenkaThe Peanut Corporation of America messed up big time when it sent out salmonella-contaminated peanut butter. To its credit, the FDA was quicker in identifying the source than it had been for the tomato jalapeno scare, but lots of people still became sick and nine have died. While the peanut butter scare has captured the attention of the media and Washington, Maple Leaf Foods in Canada has found itself in just as much trouble. But so far, attention in the States has been virtual
February 26, 2009Cashew chicken Springfield-style
Flickr: RoboppyI lived in southwest Missouri for several months but never acquired a taste for Springfield cashew chicken. I was definitely in the minority. Around Springfield, every restaurant has its own spin on the dish, and locals gobble it up like mad. Yesterday The New York Times featured the regional delicacy and was much too kind in describing it as "deep-fried chicken chunks in a brown slurry of soy sauce, oyster sauce and stock, scattered with green onions and halved cashews." In reali
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March 9, 2006China Feats
August 3, 2006Maple and Bacon Roasted Almonds
When I'm invited to parties, I never know what to bring. There's the usual suspects -- chips and salsa or Chex-Mix -- but I've always wanted something unique, a conversation-starter. I might have found it when New York Magazine recently named its best bar snack: almonds roasted in bacon and maple syrup, a specialty at the New York restaurant Buttermilk Channel. The magazine offered a rough guide on how to make it and from there it was trial and error figuring out my own version. This quick, easy
March 26, 2009The newest nut crisis: pistachio panic?
Flickr: Lolo_ Many radio and TV broadcasts this morning led with this story: a major recall of roasted pistachios because of fears of potential salmonella contimation. The good news: No illnesses have been reported, thus far, due to a reported salmonella strain discovered during routine tests by Kraft at a California food processing plant. But the peanut crisis, earlier this year, has food manufacturers going nuts over the possibility of potential lawsuits. The tainted peanut problem that
March 31, 2009Pistachios recalled
Flickr: Molly AliAnother day. Another nut recalled by the FDA. Yesterday the FDA said it was recalling pistachio products from the California-based Setton Pistachio. The company has issued what is so far a voluntary recall but it could get ugly quick. From the FDA: "Because the pistachios were used as ingredients in a variety of foods, it is likely this recall will impact many products. In addition, the investigation at the company is ongoing and may lead to additional pistachio product recalls.
April 1, 2009Pistachio recall expands (plus conspiracy theory)
Flickr: Molly AliThe two million pounds of pistachios recalled last week weren't enough. Now that number has doubled. California-based Setton can't rule out the possibility of salmonella in its entire 2008 crop, so it's recalling all roasted pistachios and raw shelled ones. Previously only in-shell roasted ones were recalled. (Got that straight?)The FDA's Web site keeps adding recalled "pistachio-containing products." When this ordeal was announced last week, only seven products were listed; now
April 8, 2009Cantina del Ray feels comforting in tough economic times
October 30, 2008Gordon Biersch Brewery aspires to bar-food greatness but stumbles along the way
June 19, 2008Little Feat
May 8, 2008Fool Proof
Tomfooleries doesn’t mess around when it comes to food.
February 7, 2002TV Dinner
The Drop's jukebox can play 10,000 videos, but the food's probably more interesting than most of them.
February 1, 2007Made in Missouri
August 10, 2006Bonnie Prince Billy
January 5, 2006Original Zin
At Zin, executive chef Jeffrey Scott creates his own works of art.
August 11, 2005Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Sunday, July 10, at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.
July 7, 2005Peanut Butter Wolf
Friday, January 21, at The Granada.
January 20, 2005Laissez Fare
The food is as good as ever at the new Hannah Bistro -- but the service is c'est la vie.
July 22, 2004Troc With Me, Baby
Cafe Trocadero heats up 31st Street.
August 21, 2003All American
Punk stars and frat rock stripes unite.
July 3, 2003A Shiraz Thing
At Shiraz, a plate tells a thousand words.
April 17, 2003A Polished Heirloom
The Raphael Hotel is the city's most refined hotel dining room.
June 20, 2002Big Mama's House
Pachamama's -- named after Mother Earth -- is out of this world.
August 24, 2000Beware of pine mouth
As a salad topping, a pesto ingredient and a healthy snack, the pine nut is popular. But it's left a bad taste -- or, in the worst-case, no taste at all -- in the mouths of thousands of people worldwide.While people have ingested pine nuts for thousands of years, only in the past decade has "pine mouth" started occurring. The cases all follow a similar pattern: A couple of days after eating pine nuts, raw or in pesto, people notice a bitter, metallic taste they can't get rid of. The problem ling
June 23, 2009Straw Hat Saturdays
June 25, 2009FDA recall your pistachios? No problem -- just repackage them and sell them again
Setton Pistachio was the second-largest pistachio producer in the U.S. when, in the beginning of April, it had to issue a "voluntary" recall of its entire 2008 crop of roasted shelled pistachios and roasted in-shell pistachios.The company was caught off-guard, with one of its chief officers admitting that, before the recall, they hadn't known salmonella was in raw pistachios. Still, Setton insisted that the recall represented a brief bump and that no bad pistachios reached the public,When all of
June 25, 2009We'll all soon be drinking coconut water
​If you were sitting there during Cast Away wishing you could have a sip of coconut water instead of your 128-oz. Diet Coke -- boy are you excited about the latest potential growth market for Coke and Pepsi! As demand for bottled water has shrunk, beverage makers are trying to boost their market share by turning to new offerings, the latest of which appears to be coconut water. In the past two weeks, Pepsi has purchased Amacoco -- Brazil's largest producer of coconut water -- while Coca-Cola h
September 3, 2009Burger Bite: Red Robin's Wise Guy
​The Wise Guy Burger at Red Robin is a smorgasbord of Italian ingredients surrounding a hamburger patty. Before we get into the mouth-stretching, genre-bending meal that is the Wise Guy Burger, I think it's important to acknowledge one small fact: The burger served in the restaurant bears a striking resemblance to the one in its advertisements, which is not always the case with chain restaurants. Easily three inches tall, this burger is best dissected from the top to the bottom. Beneath a sesa
October 9, 2009Start eating pumpkin seeds
​If you're going to be scooping out pumpkins in the next few weeks, it's time you were rewarded for using a safety knife when you accidentally give your jack-o'-lantern a unibrow.And while it's fine to roast pumpkin seeds with a bit of salt, you don't just have to stop there. Chow has a list of 10 ways to spice them up. Take a look at the jerk pumpkin and the wasabi and coriander seeds -- both sound like the kind of snack mix that's different in a good way. If you need a primer on how to clean
October 19, 2009Yes we pecan
​November is National Pecan Month -- so, it's your obligation to give pecans a try in either all their raw glory or via the traditional intake: pecan pie.Earlier this year, pecans were the inspiration for a limited-edition Ben & Jerry's flavor, the Obama tribute Yes Pecan! This January featured flavor consisted of "amber waves of buttery ice cream with roasted non-partisan pecans." Here's how you can make your own butter pecan ice cream at home.Even though they work well in ice cream, peca
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