January 2010
23 posts
Song of the Day- Bad Habits by Maxwell
Song of the day - Creole by Charlie Hunter Quartet...
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Steve Ells: The Man Behind Chipotle!- A Must Read
It’s a classic variation of the American success story: An aspiring entrepreneur starts a hole-in-the-wall restaurant serving food that’s quick and unpretentious. Pretty soon, he starts a second restaurant, and then a third. Investors flock to the company, attracted to the owner’s relentlessly perfectionist style. Before long, identical versions of that hole-in-the-wall have...
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The 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating!
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Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy...
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A Sri Lankan Underdog Battles Global Tea Giants
NY TIMES by Vikas Bajaj
“All the brands without exception sell as white tea either 99 percent black tea or green tea with one piece of white tea,” Mr. Fernando, 79, said ruefully. “This is what we are up against. This is what the consumer is up against. But this is part of normal trade, and I have begun to accept it.”
Twinings said it used a Chinese white tea variety known as Bai Mudan in its...
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Not the Strawberries!
January 7, 2010
In Cold Snap, Floridians Shiver, and Pray for the Strawberries
By DAMIEN CAVE
DOVER, Fla. — Icicles hang from the thermometer: 25 degrees, at dawn, and the strawberries that should be on cereal sit suspended beneath hard ice, shiny and clear as lacquer.
Michelle Williamson smiles. The ice, she says, did its job of keeping all but the ripest berries safe, and the worst has...
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Happy New Year Foodists!
I’m back for the new year! www.knika.com should be up soon. Meanwhile, my show Funmi & Friends is progressing. We are still in post production. Check out the updates on the Facebook page.
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WatchMichael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and Food Rules.
Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned
December 31, 2009
Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned
By MICHAEL MOSS
Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia.
The company, Beef Products Inc., had been looking to expand into the hamburger business with a product...
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funkadelicer:
D’Angelo - Me and Those Dreamin’...