tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9751619731448290802009-10-14T08:35:38.860-07:00Want to learn more about relevant issues surrounding the food you eat? Food in Print covers food news beyond the dining section. One topic per day, almost daily.lauranoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125FoodInPrinthttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-975161973144829080.post-23815341041956204782008-06-13T15:07:00.001-07:002008-06-13T15:10:42.215-07:002008-06-13T15:10:42.215-07:00

If yesterday's gardening post inspired you, Barbara Damrosch says it's not too late in her column this week for the Washington Post: "Too Late? Not for the Inventive."

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"Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the rampant inflation of the 1970s has there been such an uptick in interest in growing food at home."Marian Burros | New York Times | 11 June 2008 Click above to read more about people saving money by gardening, some who've just started and some who've been doing it for years.Previously on Food in Print:Victory Gardens to combat rising food

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"Along with a team of demographers and scientists, [Dan] Buettner spent seven years studying places where people were living longer and better, as outlined in his book, The Blue Zones."Terri Coles | Reuters | 05 June 2008Click above to read more about what Buettner found.Buettner's tips include include eating less meat and excess calories and more plants.Similar advice comes from author Michael

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"Nestle has been criticized this week for failing to be part of an industry-wide effort to limit junk food marketing to children."Laura Crowley | Decision News Media | 10 June 2008Click above to read more about the criticism.The Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative was created in 2006.Rep. Ed Markey wrote a letter to Nestle this week, asking the company to join the initiative.

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"Whether for reasons practical or psychological, even the most experienced cooks have an ingredient, technique or phrase that will make them bypass a recipe."Kim Severson | New York Times | 04 June 2008The author says one friend will not truss or lard. Curious?Trussing needle | Larding needle

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"A shutdown of salmon fishing along the U.S. West Coast, due to depleted stocks, and a light run so far this season have driven prices of Copper River salmon to near an all-time high, fetching as much as $45 a pound for the oil-rich fillets."Yereth Rosen | Reuters | 04 June 2008Click above to read about the salmon's journey, its transformation from "a high-quality product loved by locals into an

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"Are we making ourselves hungrier, dumber, shorter-lived, slow metabolizers by not eating a proper breakfast?"Amanda Fortini | New York magazine | 01 June 2008Click above to read more about the science of breakfast including what to eat and whether you have to eat breakfast at all.The latter part of the article focuses on glycemic index. To learn more, try this article from Prevention magazine."

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Mary Roach on some of the more surprising fruits in The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession: "Though I did not rank them, I would place the coconut more or less equidistant between the orange that tastes like chicken noodle soup and the exploding variety of pomegranate ('grenade means pomegranate in French'), but some distance below the miracle fruit, which makes

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"Back in 1961 an enterprising young ice cream maker named Reuben Mattus invented an exotic Danish-sounding name, put a map of Scandinavia on the carton, and America's first commercial 'super-premium ice-cream,' Häagen-Dazs, was born."Temma Ehrenfeld | Newsweek | 22 May 2008Newsweek's article includes a list of "six of the most fattening ice cream flavors"--click above to see if your favorite is

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Regarding the "miracle fruit," the berries of Synsepalum dulcificum: "The berry rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy."Patrick Farrell and Kassie Bracken | New York Times | 28 May 2008While the New York Times article focuses on the berry's newfound popularity today in tasting parties, Tom Mangold, writing for the First Post,

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"Ninety percent of consumers agree with the statement, 'I trust the meat, poultry and fish my grocery store sells is safe,' according to the Food Marketing Institute’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2008 report, released last week."Ann Bagel Storck | Meatingplace.com (reprinted by Down To Earth) | 14 May 2008Click above to read the article, which also quotes statistics for what consumers look at in

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"Anybody worried about the potential danger from plastic bottles and cups, especially for the very young, should take note. The Canadian government has announced plans to restrict the use of bisphenol-a, or BPA, a chemical used to make hardened plastics."Editorial | New York Times | 20 May 2008Concerned about plastics in your kitchen? National Geographic's Green Guide offers a straightforward

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"Geneticists at the California Institute of Technology announced Monday that they have developed a tomato with a 31 percent larger price tag than a typical specimen of the vine-ripened fruit."The Onion | 17 May 2008via GristThe Onion is a satirical publication.To those in the United States, have a safe, happy, and mindful Memorial Day weekend. Food in Print will be back on Tuesday.

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Two writers sing the praises of fresh dried beans this week, one of beans from the garden and the other of beans from Rancho Gordo, #2 in this year’s Saveur 100:“Beans Get Stubborn with Age,” Barbara Damrosch | Washington Post | 22 May 2008“Good Mother Stallard Bean Stew,” Suzanne Lenzer | Bitten (New York Times) | 20 May 2008

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"You may have seen 'organic salmon' on the menu in your favorite seafood restaurant or counter. Guess what? It's not organic, according to the USDA."Andrew Sharpless | Grist | 20 May 2008"Some 'organic' salmon on the market may come from Europe, where organic standards have been established (but may not measure up to the strict standards contemplated in the United States). Other 'organic' salmon

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Tara Parker-Pope looks several studies and offers some surprising—and not-so-surprising—advice for preparing and eating vegetables: “A growing body of research shows that when it comes to vegetables, it’s not only how much we eat, but how we prepare them, that influences the amount of phytochemicals, vitamins and other nutrients that enter our body.”Well (New York Times) | 20 May 2008See the USDA

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Of "100 wines $15 and under that scored well in the trials," Eric Asimov, chief wine critic for the New York Times, wrote in his "closer look" at the new book The Wine Trials, "These are all bottles that should be widely available without having to find a specialized store. They represent a cross-section of mass-market wines that many people who don’t spend all that much time thinking about wine

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“Nitrites and nitrates, much maligned additives in processed and cured meats, may help protect the stomach from damage, suggests research from Sweden.”Stephen Daniells | Decision News Media | 15 May 2008“Nitrites are added to meat to retard rancidity, stabilise flavour, and establish the characteristic pink colour of cured meat,” the article states.Nitrates and nitrites, particularly those in

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Mike Steinberger, Slate's wine columnist, recommends good wines that can be bought outside the city for under $15: “Twenty-two bottles and $298.21 later, I can report that I discovered some good wines and had an unexpectedly edifying experience.”14 May 2008In 2006, Steinberger took on “good wine in strange containers”: “There is, however, one form of wine snootiness that has long been not just

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“A wealth of edibles ripe for the kitchen -- spearmint, watercress, wild garlic, wineberries and more -- grow in areas rural and urban.”Andrea Sachs | Washington Post | 14 May 2008Much of the article is a recount of a day spent stalking morels—enlightening if you’ve never done so and perhaps a bit depressing in its descriptions of the successes of its participants if you have—a mushroom delicacy

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“Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC, the Kansas-based meat producer, shouldn't be allowed to test beef for mad-cow disease on its own because it could hurt the U.S. cattle industry, a government lawyer told an appeals court.”Cary O’Reilly | Bloomberg | 09 May 2008At issue, Creekstone Farms says, is the money it loses from curbed Asian imports of its beef. From the same Bloomberg article: “Japan,

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“When Mark Whitacre blew the whistle on a price-fixing scam at Archer Daniels Midland Co., this company town turned on him. Now, more than a decade later, he's being played by A-list movie star Matt Damon, and the good people of Decatur can't get enough of him.”Greg Burns | Chicago Tribune | 12 May 2008From a 1996 Fortune article: “Lysine, a synthetic amino acid added to pig and poultry feed, is

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Writing for Grist, Roz Cummins quotes her friend, chef Didi Emmons, on the pleasures of olive oil: “You get so into this oil," Didi continued, "that you begin to think of it as a solution to all of your problems. You want to use it everywhere ... you begin to think that it might taste good on top of your cereal in the morning. It's like falling in love with a really good cheese that you want to

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“Some food and beverage manufacturers may switch from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to sugar as a result of high corn prices, but this is only likely to be the case for relatively small scale users, according to a consultant.”Linda Rano | Decision News Media | 07 May 2008Previously on Food in Print:HFCS is not 'natural', says FDA—includes a 2007 article from the L.A. Times: “More U.S. food

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“Our past provides important lessons on how to meet the challenge of rising food costs. We believe that the federal government should immediately allocate Homeland Security funds to promote school, home and community gardening efforts on a nationwide basis.”Daniel J. Desmond and Rose Hayden-Smith | Ventura County Star | 04 May 2008via thefoodtimesThe AP reported yesterday: “Hundreds of youths

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