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Entries from October 2011

Food Safety and Food Inspection and Food Labeling: Forget the Fish

October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Commentary

A few years back, Florence Fabricant, writing in The New York Times, had a long piece on the mislabeling of wild salmon at grocers in Manhattan.  Only one or two stores that had labeled their salmon as “wild” were …

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Mickey D’s, Critics, and The Perfect Slice

October 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Commentary

In the Business section of the NYT this week it was reported that quarterly global sales of McDonald’s increased by 9% on average.  Take that, fancy-pants chefs and sustainable, organic, naturally raised, humanely slaughtered animals!  The world has spoken: Give …

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Group On Group On: 50% Off!

October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Commentary

I don’t know if you noticed it, perhaps you were way too busy discussing the merits of cellared cheeses, where to find the best Bolognese sauce, or what’s the latest & greatest gastropub downtown, but, as usual, the best Food …

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The Neurology of Food

October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Commentary

A great piece in today’s NY Times: On the Op-Ed page, Frank Bruni, one of the paper’s former restaurant reviewers, inveighs against Romera.  Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/opinion/bruni-dinner-and-derangement.html?ref=opinion

Back in the Spring, a P.R. person from a very well known …

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