Green is the New Black: Celebrating “Earth Day” Every Day

While we still have a long way to go before we adhere to the environmental mantra, “Make every day Earth Day,” most people now realize that their individual choices impact the entire planet. They are more aware of their consumer habits—and are trying to...

2008 Guide to Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants is Out!

For anyone living in San Francisco or traveling to the Bay Area for business or leisure, the 2008 Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants guide by Michael Bauer and his team at the San Francisco Chronicle which just came out is a big help.There are 19 additions including Ubuntu which is...

Cloned or conventional, meat is unsafe

 The Food and Drug Administration recently declared that meat and milk from cloned cows, pigs and goats and their offspring are "as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals." That's like saying that brand A cigarettes are as safe to smoke as brand B....

Detox on The Menu: Vegetarian Food, Alcohol Free Drinks in London

Still trying to be a better you in 08 as far as your drinking and eating habits are concerned at least, Nibbles gives us their pick of the To Your Health restaurants in London.  I could not help but notice their mention of "Pan-Asian restaurant Tamarai has lots of...

Super-sized sandwiches lead to plus-size pants

The Big Mac turns 40 this year. The oversized sandwich was invented in 1967 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, by McDonald’s franchisee Jim Delligatti, and it was introduced on McDonald’s menus across America in 1968. Today, approximately 550 million Big Macs are sold each year...

Beef: It’s What’s Rotting in Your Colon

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal (colon and rectal) cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. It has been widely linked to the consumption of red and processed meats. A study by the American Cancer Society (ACS), for...

Vegetarian Geniuses

"Is there a relationship between IQ and preference for vegetables? Apparently so. According to a new study released by British researchers, there is likelihood that a child’s taste for meat declines as his/her IQ rises. " Full Story