Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Sweets Made Only for Christmas Are Spanish Town’s Gift to Itself - NYTimes.com
How many of these are there in the Mediiterranean?
Le "fait maison" au restaurant: "Un label obligatoire" pour Sylvia Pinel | Côte d'Azur | Nice-Matin
This could be really important and very positive.
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
When the opportunity presents itself......
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Review of Turmeric and Curcumin Supplements and Spices by ConsumerLab.com
Discussed on the Peoples' Pharmacy today.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Revoir en replay et en streaming "Made in France du 14/12/2013" - Télématin - France 2
Whole series on Made in France - with beer today.
Monaco ouverture du restaurant japonais NOBU au Fairmont Monte-Carlo | Cuisine
For those interested.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Le 20h de France 2 : journal télévisé du 17 décembre 2013 en replay
At 14 minutes, a new supermarket in UK focused on serving the needs of people needing assistance.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Forget Golf Courses: Subdivisions Draw Residents With Farms : The Salt : NPR
Perfect for Obey Creek!
Hedge Fund Presses Case for Breakup of Darden Restaurants - NYTimes.com
Long distance between this fork their plates.
Monday, December 16, 2013
In Florida, A Turf War Blooms Over Front-Yard Vegetable Gardening : The Salt : NPR
Banned anywhere in NC?
Vaste opération sur un trafic présumé de viande de cheval en France - rts.ch - info - monde
We really don't know what we eat, do we?
Vaste opération sur un trafic présumé de viande de cheval en France - rts.ch - info - monde
We really don't know what we eat, do we?
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Bottled Water vs. Tap Water: Can You Tell the Difference? | Video - ABC News
Such a scam - bottled water.
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers: David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg: 9780316234801: Amazon.com: Books
What can newspapers do to help us all understand whether this makes sense or not?
Sweetest Mayhem Inside the Cookie Jar - NYTimes.com
Cookies are such an important part of so many lives!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
William Koch, on Counterfeit Wine Crusade, Testifies Against Rudy Kurniawan - NYTimes.com
Really something I guess.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Is service work today worse than being a household servant? | Al Jazeera America
Excellent, sad, question.
Aides agricoles: Paris doit rembourser 160 millions d'euros à Bruxelles
The US and France have such complex financial relationship with agriculture.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
As Winter Nears, China Is Blanketed in Green - NYTimes.com
I am glad I don't have to think about this!
Visiting the Source | A Chef in the Field: Artisanal Cheese (and Crackers to Go With It) - NYTimes.com
Lots of people seem to be making a lot of cheese!
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Is Organic Milk Better for You? It Might Be - Businessweek
This is important and may force a lot of milk-buying and consuming actions.
Monday, December 9, 2013
AFP: Star wine dealer goes on trial for fraud in NYC
Big deal of this on France2 tonight on the 20h news.
Food Matters | In Paris, Two Bourgeois Butchers Duke It Out for Steakhouse Supremacy - NYTimes.com
What are the oldest restaurants in Nice and NC?
Food Matters | In Paris, Two Bourgeois Butchers Duke It Out for Steakhouse Supremacy - NYTimes.com
Who are the notable butchers of Nice and NC?
One-Thing Shops | Where You Can Find the Most Beautiful Brushes in Germany - NYTimes.com
Imagine just focusing on food shops.
Sysco to Buy US Foods for $3.5 Billion - NYTimes.com
We need to see this analyzed for its impact on food in NC.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
CBS Sunday Morning - Videos, Interviews, Arts, & Commentary - CBS News
Should be a piece here from today on Katz's deli in NYC.
Reviving Elaine’s Without Elaine - NYTimes.com
What are all the restaurants in NC that go by the first name of a person?
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Home-Style Restaurant in High Point NC, Winston-Salem NC & Clemmons NC | K & W Cafeterias
I must say - their pumpkin pies are very good!
Friday, December 6, 2013
Here & Now
They promoted on WUNC a segment today on country of origin meat labeling requirements. No sign of it here. This is not the first time WUNC has been wrong in what it has promoted in the morning for this show. Did they retract later? I'd be amazed if they did!
Origin of food?
"Consumers really do want to know where their food is coming from....." just heard on WUNC in promotion for program later today. Is that a true statement? Who has studied this?
Just think how little we know about almost all food.
Just think how little we know about almost all food.
A healthy diet really does cost more | Fox News
What could be more important than addressing this? What an opportunity for supermarkets and other food vendors to show us how to eat better for less.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
What's For Dinner? Try Brazilian : The Salt : NPR
I have always thought extremely highly of Brazilian food! Still do!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Enquête : filière des plats surgelés en replay - 4 décembre 2013
What we don't know is really scary.
These Days, School Lunch Hours Are More Like 15 Minutes : The Salt : NPR
Too many things are being sacrificed for results that are not good enough.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Télématin - 03/12/2013 - News et vidéos en replay - Télématin - France 2
Vitamin D news is new to me.
There’s no such thing as healthy obesity, new findings show - The Globe and Mail
Certainly did not need a study to tell me this!
Télématin - 03/12/2013 - News et vidéos en replay - Télématin - France 2
Segment on food in Brussels pretty interesting.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe: National Geographic: 9781426205071: Amazon.com: Books
Interesting but not a great value proposition.
Peanut Gifts: Buy Nut Gifts, Gift Peanuts, Peanut Gift Baskets, Nut Gift Tins, Peanut Gifts Online - Aunt Ruby's
How to turn something like this into more of a North Carolina gift to someone? The Aunt Ruby story needs to be told in NC terms, I think.
Chef Scott Conant Brings Restaurant Fare To New Cookbook | Here & Now
Is the cookbook market as vibrant as it appears?
BBC News - Caffeine energy drinks 'intensify heart contractions'
These drinks cannot be good for us.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
McDonald’s building second LEED-certified restaurant in Cary - Triangle Business Journal
Hard to argue with value of this.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
La Journée Portes ouvertes des Moulins des Alpes-Maritimes - Nice Premium
Sorry to have missed this.
Party Like It's 1799: Traditional Cider Makes A Comeback : The Salt : NPR
I wonder how this compares with France.
872 Fermented Foods for Flavor and Health (Archive) - The People's Pharmacy®
Lots to be learned here.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Special Events & Food Drives - Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Note the Feed4More program at Whole Foods. That's great, but $1 spent at Food Lion for others would buy a lot more.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Flavor, NC | UNC-TV -- Life-changing television
Not quite sure what this is all about, but may be promising beyond promotion.
Video: NC Now Special: Sweet Potatoes | Watch North Carolina Now Online | UNC-TV Video
Great show! Talks about Snow Hill, NC and sweet potato farmers. NC produces 42/43% of US sweet potatoes, according to HAM who was interviewed on his farm. Ham Farms. He noted a lot of NC sweet potatoes now going to Europe. Also showed Yamco which makes sweet potato purees for various customers who use it in products that we then consume. Not sure if a consumer can buy direct. Several sweet potato recipes shown, from cornbread to pancakes. And, finally, the Society of St Andrew which retrieves missed sweet potatoes in the ground. Expectation of huge potential growth in sweet potato growing and sales.
Modi attacks Congress, Gandhis for rising food prices | Business Standard
Few things more important than the price of food.
Pizza Hut reinstates manager fired after refusing to open Thanksgiving - NBC News.com
Guaranteed to get attention.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Sometimes You Can’t Beat the Postgame Spread - NYTimes.com
Why do I associate such places with the worst in food?
Grain Higher, Cattle Higher, Pork Higher - NYTimes.com
Not sure how all this translates.....into food prices, availability, etc.
Stonyfield
"To "The folks at Stonyfield",
You should put all of this information on your website
where you give us customers a chance to enter an address to see who sells your
products near us. As I recall, you ask us for specific product information in
doing that search and then give us a list of everyone selling at least SOME of
your products. You ought either to make the search work better through
gathering more information from distributors and, heaven forbid, retailers
AND/OR explain the limitations of the search before someone like me wastes a
lot of time OR delete the whole functionality from you site. You need to make a
choice, and if you don’t see the value in doing so, you don't understand
customers. We have a problem, mention to some friends, and then to their
friends, and so on. Pretty soon you get a reputation for providing misleadingly
frustrating functions on your site.
Good luck.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 9:01 AM
Subject: Stonyfield Farm
Hello Terry,
Thanks for reaching out to us with your question about
our Minty Chocolate Chip organic frozen yogurt. We're sorry to hear you're
having a hard time finding it. We’re going to look into it at our end. Whether
or not to carry a product is up to the individual store, and since we primarily
sell to distributors who then sell our products to stores, we don't always know
exactly what stores are ordering. To help these stores we engaged help from a
company that gathers information off of cash register sales and refreshes it
every 2 weeks.
I realize that you check our store locator, but it is
still the only way we know which store our selling our products. It is
refreshed every 2 weeks and is based on cash register sales:
You can also help us get on the shelves by asking your
store's dairy manager about carrying your favorite flavors. Sometimes all it
takes is a request from a yogurt lover like you!
Thanks again for reaching out.
Sincerely,
The folks at Stonyfield
Stir everything you love about Stonyfield into everything
you make. Find delicious ways to cook with yogurt at our updated recipe site,
and be the first to rate your favorite recipes: http://www.stonyfield.com/recipes"
Nigella Lawson used cocaine and pot daily for a decade, court docs say | Fox News
Lots of stuff is not what it seems.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Mission and Goals | TABLE
I wonder how we can be sure of what is said here? And for the Mediterranean Deli event, what does the word "proceeds" mean?
Cow FLATULENCE, gas emissions MUCH WORSE than thought - boffins • The Register
A big price we all pay.
DailyMenu.fr - moteur de recherche des menus du jour de vos restaurants
Where this works, might be good.
Jean Banchet, Chef Who Translated French Cuisine, Dies at 72 - NYTimes.com
Sad to see people leave us, even before their deaths.
As Homeless Line Up for Food, Los Angeles Weighs Restrictions - NYTimes.com
Raleigh figures prominently in this story.
Monday, November 25, 2013
North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition
I was wondering who all the dietitians in NC are - supermarkets, schools, etc. This might provide a route to them?
Wal-Mart Stores names new CEO, effective Feb. 1
He will make a lot of decisions that affect the stomachs of a lot of people.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Vanities, and Hungry New Yorkers - NYTimes.com
Money has always seemed to me to be the better option.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
An Upscale Bounty, and a Thankful Shopper - NYTimes.com
We should be seeing a lot more of this. Spending money is important, even to readers of the NYT!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Unrelenting Poverty Leads To 'Desperation' In Philly Schools : NPR
Hard to imagine anything much more important than this.
The Atlantic World Research Network, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Trying to assess the value proposition here.
Un pompier meurt en percutant un barrage d'agriculteurs dans le Val-d'Oise
The overall situation with farmers in France remains very tense.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
What's Trending In Food Magazines? Thanksgiving Classics : The Salt : NPR
For some the trend is more important.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Insomnia Cookies | Insomnia Cookies
What's really irritating about this operation, now in Chapel Hill, is that in order to "find" a store, you have to give them a full address. A zip code should more than suffice, but they want to suck you into telling them a lot about yourself. I refuse.
VIDEO. La mode des "Food Trucks" gagne la Côte d'Azur | Côte d'Azur | Nice-Matin
NC can surely identify with this, at least Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Wines for Thanksgiving - Mixing Without Trying to Match - NYTimes.com
I think far too much time gets wasted on this stuff.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Harris Teeter frozen food
The manager at a local Harris-Teeter confirmed my impression today that frozen foods are growing, not shrinking. Where is the loss in the US?
The New And The Next: Food Delivery, Chess And Health Care : NPR
For those impatient and wealthy or foolish souls...
Mashed Potato Casserole - Video - NYTimes.com
Mashed potatoes are something I equate with growing up!
Product Development: Frozen Food Sales' Decline Paves the Way for Fresh Food Innovation
I was not aware of the frozen food decline.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Quelles modifications des taux de TVA en 2014 ? - service-public.fr
The increase from 7% to 10% for restaurants is causing pre-pain.
What's The Most Important Thing Food Labels Should Tell Us? : The Salt : NPR
One of the most important food stories I've discovered.
Welcome | Tiffin Trove, Indian Grocery Delivery
This is in interesting proposition but nowhere on the site is there an explanation of who is offering this service!
Thursday, November 14, 2013
RALEIGH: Buyer apparently has plans for development, giant farm on NCSU's Hofmann Forest | Education | NewsObserver.com
A lot of controversies involving land arising lately.
High-end restaurant's scraps feed barnyard animals - Orlando Sentinel
I hope we see a lot more of this.
Chapel Hill, Durham Chefs Respond to Lack of Women in Time Magazine's 'The Gods of Food' - Chapel Hill Magazine
An unusually good story from this outfit.
Stand-Alone Food Section Faces Demise in Bay Area - NYTimes.com
A strategic blunder by the Chronicle. The debate is not about sustainability of food sections; it is about how the Chronicle can remake its array of food content and services so as to make them essential for the people of its market. I see none of that in this story, and would be surprised if exists anywhere.
Good Eggs, a Virtual Farmer’s Market, Delivers Real Food - NYTimes.com
Really interesting and the challenges of adapting this are immense.
As Climate Warms American West, Iconic Trout In Jeopardy : NPR
Our food supply is in motion, that's for sure.
Afghan Farmers: Opium Is The Only Way To Make A Living : Parallels : NPR
Pretty terrifying situation.
McDonald’s Frozen McRib Photo Stirs Web, Not Appetites - ABC News
It does not affect my non-existent McDonald's appetite.
In Moscow, a little exercise earns you a free subway ride
What a great program! Saw it reported today on Telematin on French television.
Food and Fuel Prices Push Indian Inflation Higher - NYTimes.com
Food price inflation is bad, but perhaps inevitable.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) | Food and Nutrition Service
I was not aware of this.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
What's In It: Pumpkin Flavor - Video - NYTimes.com
Over the pumpkin patch by a longshot. No pumpkin!
North Carolina Sweet Potatoes | Sweet Potatoes – The Vegetable with Super Food Powers
May be a new and improved version.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Herb-Roasted Turkey Breast - Shop Chapel Hill | WholeFoodsMarket.com
Looks good but about SIX times the price of the turkey!
Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts > Atherstone Foods Voluntarily Recalls Salads and Wraps Because of Possible Health Risk
I hope news of the recall reaches the people who bought this stuff.
Company Recalls Tons of Salads, Wraps for E. coli - OzarksFirst.com
Communicating this is as much of a challenge as it was 40 or more years ago when the US Consumer Product Safety Commission was created, for example.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Tablette QooQ V2 10,1" Série Limitée Jaune Citron 8 Go - Fnac.com
In France, the Qooq would cost over 500 USD!
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Short List Submissions — The Best Place For A Micro-Brew - Chapelboro.com
How about one at Obey Creek?
Almunajem, ce groupe saoudien qui est prêt à voler au secours du volailler Doux
How much of the world's food supply is effectively in Saudi hands?
Friday, November 8, 2013
Veterans Day: Restaurants offer free meals, deals to military personnel | Latest News | Columbus Ledger Enquirer
Too bad that these are places where it is too easy to eat something that you really should not!
Expérience : le tout "made in France" en replay - 7 novembre 2013
Note the food segment at the beginning.