| Eat To Live: Are food agencies healthy?
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- Remember the contaminated spinach health scare? How many of you are still suspicious enough of the stuff that you haven't gone back to buying it? Another incident has so far involved more than 300 people in 39 states who got salmonella poisoning from Peter Pan peanut butter and Wal-Mart's Great Value brand. The warning affects jars with the product code 2111, manufactured at ConAgra's Sylvester, Ga., plant. If we relied more on local producers we could look in the eye while buying their wares, chances are we would be less in danger of falling sick from food. (Of course, it would mean giving up peanut butter unless you made your own -- not hard with a batch of peanuts in their shells, a food processor and some nimble-fingered children, but time consuming).
A taste of home away from home
Quick: What does Boston taste like? Clam chowder? Baked beans? Every place has its native flavor. But sometimes it's not until you leave that you know what you'll miss. Just ask Denyce Wicht. A Bostonian for almost five years, she hails from Milwaukee, where much of the fare draws on the native food of German settlers. To celebrate her home state, Wicht recently hosted a "Wispride" night featuring bratwurst boiled in beer and browned on the grill, with sauerkraut and German potato salad, all washed down with one of Milwaukee's many regional brews. The spicy sausage makes Wicht think of summers at her family's Wisconsin farm with her father manning the grill. "Other people have hamburgers and hot dogs," says Wicht. "We have hamburgers and brats." Wicht isn't alone as a transplant with taste memories of home.
Hot Sake - Food News You Can Use
- A lovely family story, centered around the casual Puebla Mexican Food restaurant in the EV, was recently told in the The Villager. Some of the food is quite good, we are partial to the roast pork tacos served just as they should be, simply dressed with cilantro, onion and a bit of tomatillo salsa. - A glimpse of early spring from Zoe Singer at Grub Street; early Greenmarket favorites – rhubarb and spring garlic - have started arriving from far flung growing regions at your local high-end grocers. - If you don't have time to read On Food and Cooking cover to cover, and following up with the works of Hervé This and other assorted cooking gurus, this page of kitchen myths is for you. Among the questions answered, the age old does hot or cold water boil faster? (via Megnut) - Following up on two of the hot topics recently bubbling around in the food blogosphere, we find that former times critic Mimi Sheraton provides some color over at Slate for the Bruni-Chodorow public dustup, and there appears to be an off the record response from the Food Network to the hubbub Anthony Bourdain started with his skewering of the networks often unappealing on-air talent.
Talk of the bay: Condo's first step will mean big traffic jam
A big building demands a big pour. Pinellas County's most expensive building, the $125-million, 36-story Signature Place condominium tower at 100 First Ave. S, will gum up 11 city blocks Saturday morning to make room for 147 concrete trucks. How much of the stuff will feed the tower's foundation Saturday? Let's say it's enough to lay a sidewalk nearly 5 miles. Signature developer Joel Cantor said the glass, sail-shaped building should open in March 2009 with condos costing about $700,000 apiece. Growing company to pump out jobs Like a healthy heart, business at Oscor Inc. keeps on beating. The Palm Harbor company, which designs and manufactures components for implantable medical devices like pacemakers, has announced plans to create 55 new, skilled jobs within the next two years.
Johanna Foods Expands CHEP Program to Yogurt Lines
FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Johanna Foods, a state-of-the-art food manufacturer, has announced that it is transporting its line of yogurt products on pallets from CHEP, the global leader in equipment pooling, effective immediately. The company's popular La Yogurt and Sabor Latino yogurt lines are being shipped on CHEP pallets to supermarkets, warehouse club stores, convenience stores, wholesalers, dairy distributors, and independent grocery store organizations across the country. Johanna Foods, which also manufactures products for numerous leading retailers and brands, has been using CHEP pallets for its beverage business since 2005. Johanna's decision to use CHEP pallets for the shipment of yogurt was made following validation of the pooling system at CHEP's Innovation Center in Orlando.
Appetite for big game: Where to celebrate
For the past couple of weeks, I've been on the hunt for a great sports bar, and halfway through the search it occurred to me that I had no idea what I was looking for. The reason for my quest, of course, is the Super Bowl. I wanted to have a few places to recommend to you for watching the game Sunday.
I found some, yet I somehow wanted more. But more what? I was pretty sure a good sports bar would have lots of televisions, including at least one mega-screen TV; it should have decent food, which should include your basic bar treats, such as wings, burgers and ridiculously large piles of nachos; it should have an aura of camaraderie and inclusion -- acceptable to have a preferred home team and to promote it with all the attendant banners, pendants and neon beer signs but welcoming of supporters of opposing teams.
FCI-GAS Middle East Service Center Opens
San Marcos CA, USA -- Fluid Components International (FCI) in partnership with its local distributor Gas Arabian Services (GAS) announces the opening of its new FCI-GAS Middle East Service Center in Al-Jubail, Saudia Arabia, to meet the needs of its rapidly growing customer base across the region. FCI and Gas Arabian Services are pleased to expand operations that will provide superiorsupport for our customers with the opening of our Middle East Service Center. This new center demonstrates our strong commitment to our customers throughout the region. The center expands our services for these customers with a local presence to provide factory authorized support, spare parts, repair services and more. said Shawakt Alam, FCIs region manager. The new FCI-GAS Middle East Service Center is located in a modern industrial facility and will serve customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudia Arabia, UAE and Yemen.
Will ‘Frankenflowers’ take over your garden?
Petunias that survive frost. Impatiens that shrug off drought. Disease-free geraniums. They sound like dream plants for gardeners. But they also present a major challenge for the gardening industry. That's because these "miracle" flowers — now in the works, thanks to a new alliance between a German plant company and a California start-up — are the product of genetic engineering. Ornamental plants that have had their DNA juggled could spark the same backlash created by genetically altered food crops such as corn and soybeans. The broader debate over genetic engineering touches on science, politics and deeply held beliefs. And the last thing the horticulture business needs is accusations that it is selling "Frankenflowers." Sales by the U.S. garden industry have been flat to down the past few years, despite all those new houses with unlandscaped lawns.
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