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Good Indian Food in Atlanta: Sri Krishna Vilas
" Since we moved to Atlanta in 2006, we have been to all the Indian restaurants in the Alpharetta/Roswell area and have yet to find a better restaurant tan Sri Krishna Vilas. They have a good lunch buffet but what we like better is their ala carte menu in the evenings....Police puzzled by $170,000 Vancouver butter theft
I wonder what the criminals are going to do with the butter. I personally think the truck was stolen not knowing what was inside. Maybe they thought it was a truck load of the new iPhone, but I am sure they're going...Japan: Where has all the butter gone?
Unfortunately, worldwide food shortages are nothing new. It is not uncommon to hear such stories reported from developing countries, but now wealthier, more industrialized nations are feeling the effects as well....An eighth-grader boy charged of felony
"An eighth-grader (13 years old) from Morton Middle School is accused in putting crumbled cookies, made of peanut butter, into the lunch box of another eight-grader, suffering from severe peanuts allergy."Kernel-Loving Man Sues Over 'Popcorn-Lung' Disease
As we reported in September 2007, Wayne Watson was diagnosed as the first consumer known to have contracted "popcorn-lung," or bronchiolitis obliterans, due to consuming massive amounts of microwave...Dairy Farmers & Oil Barons: White Gold vs Black Gold.
North American Dairy Farmers control the worlds thirst for "White Gold" and the Oil Barons control the worlds thirst for "Black Gold" speaks volumes over the disparity between the two in terms of Global markets...Supermarkets fined £116m for dairy price fixing
After agreeing to co-operate with the Office of Fair Trading some of the supermarkets have admitted collusion whilst Lactalis McLelland, Morrisons and Tesco deny the allegations."Supermarket giant J Sainsbury has...Globalisation - Making China More Westernised
"Scored yet?' That was the first question from several young adventurers crowded around a table at a bar in Lhasa, Tibet's colourful capital city. Between sips of yak butter tea, they trade jokes and swap tales about their latest sexual encounters. These twentysomethings on...Feds Bust Marijuana-Laced Snack Factory
"SAN FRANCISCO — Federal agents said Thursday that they shut down a factory that made marijuana-laced barbecue sauce, chocolate-covered pretzels and other “enhanced” snacks intended for medical users of the...
Popcorn fumes cause cancer: study
Chemicals used in flavouring microwave popcorn may have caused the first case of "popcorn lung" (lung cancer from chemical fumes related to microwave popcorn production) in a consumer. The disease is already... Family sues over tainted peanut butter
Finally this family will receive some recompense for suffering allegedly caused by this young girl's favourite snack, in what might turn out to be another victory for consumers. "INDIANAPOLIS - When Krystina Brugh...Walk a Mile in These Shoes: Congress Reps Living on Food Stamps
US Congressional Representatives Tim Ryan and Jim McGovern have agreed to subsist on food stamps for one week: they will have only US$21 to spend on food to last them for seven days. This works out to a buck per... When Chocolate Isn't Chocolate
Looks like by "modernizing food standards", the US Chocolate Manufacturers' Association means "get away with foistinga substandard product upon the consumer". The less charitable would call it "ripping [us]... FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food
Sorry, but I'm on a major food safety thing today. Both this story from the Washington Post and the AP item about an overwhelmed FDA (see below) are growing evidence of a public that is growing increasingly restive...FDA Foreknowledge of Salmonella and E. Coli Health Threats
"The FDA knew for years about contamination at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks, documents and interviews show. Overwhelmed by huge growth in the number of food processors and imports, however, the agency took only...
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