Cannibal chef given life sentence

A former Mr. Gay UK who cooked and ate a lover has been sentenced today to life behind bars. The man had won the London contest in 1993. "A chef who stabbed his lover to death before cutting flesh off his thigh and cooking and eating it has been jailed. Anthony Morley, 36,...

Horse Whisperer author poisoned by mushrooms

The author of the best-selling book "The Horse Whisperer" is in the hospital in Scotland after eating some poisonous mushrooms. He had cooked the mushrooms himself after finding them in the woods."Bestselling...

Woman found guilty of microwaving baby

"DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney's claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible. ...

Advances in cooking 200,000 years ago made humans smart, researchers say

Humans' evolution into the smarty pantses of the animal world may have resulted from advances in cooking 200,000 years ago, researchers say, a development that made a whole lot of brain food available to us. The...

Doping-free roast ducks guaranteed in famous Beijing restaurant

If you like your roast duck doped, do not ask for one at the Quanjude restaurant in Beijing this summer. Having been founded in 1864, Quanjude restaurant has a longstanding culinary heritage and is famous for its...

Mandela calls on world leaders to fight poverty

" Mandela has urged world leaders to address global poverty July 18, 2008, 12:45 Former South African president Nelson Mandela has called on world leaders...

Spuds less toxic if soaked before cooking

"Good news for chips lovers everywhere - new research in SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that pre-soaking potatoes in water before frying can reduce levels of acrylamide....

Surrey BC: Serving Up Fries and Jail For DUI

Local Drive Thru's are the eyes and ears for Police in spotting those under the influence who make their way to burger joints, RCMP officers stationed as plainclothes officers inside the Drive Thru's take their...

Gordon McEwen, A Veteran Chef Allergic To Fish

"Gordon McEwen could be forgiven for wanting to cry into his kilt at times. The veteran chef, who has cooked for some of the diplomatic community's most powerful members, is acutely allergic to fish. But the former Wellington restaurateur hasn't let what many would consider...

Woman tosses boyfriends salad, Police arrest

A Crestview man called 911 after his live-in girlfriend threw a bowl of salad at his face. The man, 38, had been eating the salad on June 5 when his 32-year-old girlfriend picked the plastic bowl up and struck him in the face with it, according to a Sheriff’s Office...

Performance artist 'eats corgi'

You can see the video here; it's not as gross as you might think."Performance artist Mark McGowan has eaten what he claims was a cooked corgi in a protest over the Royal Family's treatment of animals. McGowan...

The Hamster Lazarus

Other reports are calling him "the Jesus hamster," but if you know your biblical references, it's more like the fireman was Jesus and the hamster was Lazarus...that the hamster's name is Christmas is just, well,...

Show Me The Intelligence - by Ray McGovern

"Show Me The Intelligence by Ray McGovern Have you noticed? Neither President George W. Bush nor Vice President Dick Cheney have cited any US intelligence assessments to support their fateful decision to send 21,500 more troops to referee the civil war in Iraq. This is a far...

Raw versus Cooked Vegetables and Cancer Risk

"This review of the medical literature from 1994 to 2003 summarizes the relationship between raw and cooked vegetables and cancer risk and examines whether they may affect cancer risk differently. Twenty-eight studies examined the relationship between raw and cooked...

Weird, But True

"Dogs, bats and rats will grace dinner tables across Asia this Christmas, where the holiday is feted with lots of cheer and very little turkey. Christmas Day is seen as a foreign festival in many countries in Asia, but that doesn't stop millions of people from cooking up...

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