5 Best New Places to Eat on Oahu
One of our top buzzy destinations for 2012, Oahu never lacks for a consistent crop of new and interesting eateries to try, serving everything from inventive tapas, to Asian comfort food, to sweets that burst with More...
Controversial Bill Would Limit Food For Poor
If Republican State Senator Ronda Storms gets her way, Florida residents may soon be prohibited from purchasing “nonstaple, unhealthy foods” like chips, cookies and soda with funds they receive from More...
UN: World Lacks Enough Food As Population Soars
The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.N. report warned More...
USDA Office Closures Raise Safety Concerns
The U.S. Agriculture Department announced Monday it will close nearly 260 offices nationwide, a move that won praise for cutting costs but raised concerns about the possible effect on food safety. Agriculture Secretary More...
2011 In Food: Bye-Bye Gluten, Hello Meatballs?
2011: The year I officially became the last American to still eat gluten. Or did it just feel that way? Because though only a tiny fraction of Americans suffer sensitivities to this wheat protein, the multibillion More...
New York City Schools Overspent $400,000 On Food
A new audit conducted by City Comptroller John Liu reports New York City schools overspent more than $400,000 in food last year. Most of the overspending was traced back to markups as high as 890 percent for food More...
Five More Strains Of E. Coli Could Soon Be Illegal
One strange facet of discussion of this summer’s unprecedented series of E. coli outbreaks has concerned the U.S. government’s byzantine web of regulations of the bacteria. The bottom line seemed to More...
New Preservative Could Make Food Last For Years
This summer’s rash of E. coli outbreaks have not come at an opportune time for prevention. Mandatory future cuts in federal spending threaten to slash the budget for food safety inspection, leaving the food More...
Bagged Lunch Could Lead To Food Poisoning
Brown-bagging has long been considered the quintessential method for school lunch since the days most parents roamed the halls themselves, but according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics, how More...
Applebee’s Food Truck Kills Mobile Dining’s Street Cred For Good
It was a little embarrassing for food truckdom when Jack in the Box opened its own food truck this March. But at least the JATB truck tried to mask its corporate origins with a relatively gnarly Lisa Frank-inspired More...