Research chefs have invented a new way of cooking fries that supposedly made them taste so much better.
The cook next vacuum-dries the pretreated potato sticks to adjust the water content of the exterior
The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with meticulously controlled light, temperature, humidity, air quality and nutrition.
may be an answer to the worlds food problems. In order to keep a planet thats worth living on,
Food prices, currently soaring, are buffeted by droughts, floods and the cost of energy required to plant,
herbs and house plants in enclosed and regulated environments where even natural light is excluded. In their research station, strawberries, yellow peppers, basil and banana plants take on an eerie pink glow under red and blue bulbs of Light-emitting diodes
or LEDS. Water trickles into the pans when needed and all excess is recycled, and the temperature is kept constant.
After that, they envision growing vegetables next to shopping malls, supermarkets or other food retailers. Meeuws says a building of 100 sq meters (1,
075 sq. feet) and 14 layers of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams (7 ounces) of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch,
Their idea is not to grow foods that require much space, like corn or potatoes.
Despommier argues that city farming means producing food near the consumer, eliminating the need to transport it long distances at great costs of fuel and spoilage and with little dependency on the immediate climate.
and other ailments#A wooden chest discovered on board the vessel contained pills made of ground-up vegetables, herbs and plants such as celery, onions, carrots, cabbage,
alfalfa and chestnuts#all ingredients referred to in classical medical texts. The tablets, which were sealed so well that they miraculously survived being under water for more than two millennia,
also contain extracts of parsley, nasturtium, radish, yarrow and hibiscus. They were found in 136 tin-lined wooden vials on a 50ft-long trading ship
They would have been taken with a mouthful of wine or water, or may have been dissolved and smeared on the skin to treat inflammation and cuts.
#With initiatives such as using otherwise idle school buses to take seniors grocery shopping, the World health organization recognizes New york as a leader in this movement.
On the Upper West side, seniors snapped up a report card of grocery stores deemed age-friendly because they offer deliveries,
have public bathrooms#a rarity in the city#and sell single portions of fresh meat, poultry or fish,
Now, as part of a $1. 5 million economic revitalization project, an industrial kitchen in the building will train low-income women to start their own food businesses.
It joins the fish and butcher shop, a farmers market, and a high-end food importer#and busing in the seniors once a month boosts the still thin customer traffic.
But its more than a shopping day. A quick check from a health department nurse reassured 73-year-old Maria Ilarraza that her blood pressure was OK,
and thaw meat. Art teacher Piedad Gerena showed off some of the bold landscapes and modern images her students at a nearby senior center learned to paint,
The list includes Sears, Sony Pictures, American Apparel, Nokia, Saab, A&w All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap opera Digest, Sony Ericsson, Myspace,
In April of this year, Dish Network acquired the company for $320 million. Car rental chain Dollar Thrifty is still entertaining buyout offers from Avis and Hertz.
Sony Entertainment will disappear with the sale of its assets. 2. A&wall#merican Food Restaurants.
A&w Restaurants is owned by fast food holding company giant Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) which has had the firm for sale since January.
The firm pioneered the drive in#fast food format. A&w began to sell canned versions of its sodas in 1971#the part of the business that will survive as a container beverage business
which is owned now by Dr pepper/Snapple. The A&w Restaurant business is too small to be viable now.
It had 322 outlets in the U s and 317 outside the U s at the end of last year.
Two massive global fast food chains are even larger. Subway has 35,000 locations worldwide, and Mcdonalds has nearly as many.
A&w does not have the ability to market itself against these chains and at least a dozen other fast food operators like Burger king.
And, A&w does not have the size to efficiently handle food purchase, logistics, and transportation cost compared to competitors many times as large. 3. Saab The first Saab car was launched in 1949 by Swedish industrial firm Svenska Aeroplan.
#DAMBROSIO needs to pull a rabbit out of his hat soon. Sharex are down 55%during the last five years.
and VAIO PCS. 7. Kelloggs Corn Pops The cereal business is not what is used to be, at least for products that are considered not healthy.#
#Among those is Kelloggs Corn Pops ready-to-eat cereal. Sales of the brand dropped 18%over the year that ended in April, down to $74 million.
Kelloggs describes the product as being glazed Crispy crunchy, sweet.##Corn Pops also contain mono-and diglycerides,
which a healthy breakfast is more likely to be egg whites and a bowl of fresh fruit. 8. Myspace Myspace,
#Glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 chemicals Scientists found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.
A cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, can be found in a glass of milk,
The doses of drugs were far too small to have an effect on anyone drinking them
but the results highlight how man-made chemicals are now found throughout the food chain. the highest quantities of medicines were found in cows milk.
or got into milk through cattle feed or contamination on the farm. The Spanish-Moroccan team analysed 20 samples of cows milk bought in Spain and Morocco,
Their breakdown, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, revealed that cows milk contained traces of anti-inflammatory drugs niflumic acid
from the University of Jaen in Spain, say their technique could be used to check the safety of other types of food.
Food quality control laboratories could use this new tool to detect these drugs before they enter the food chain.
and give them the knowledge that food is#harmless, pure, genuine, beneficial to health and free of toxic residues,
leading to male fish producing eggs. The effects of antibiotics, blood pressure drugs and cholesterol-lowering drugs on wildlife are also being studied around the world.
#Growing fake meat in a lab could cut greenhouse emissions by 96%according to scientists Researchers hope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing fake meat in a lab. Scientists from Oxford university have decided to concentrate their efforts on culturing
and growing artificial meat in petri dishes, Instead of focusing on ending the horrendous factory farming practices that inhumanely confine cattle to tight living spaces,
and subject them to an unnatural diet of genetically-modified (GM) corn and soybeans. A recent report in the UKS Guardian explains that researchers there hope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing fake meat in a lab
a prospect they suggest might encourage vegetarians and others concerned about abusive animal conditions to once again eat meat,
as well as feed the worlds hungry. The environmental impacts of cultured meat could be substantially lower than those of meat produced in the conventional way,
#said Hanna Tuomisto, lead author of the study from Oxford. She and her team claim that growing fake meat in the lab can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 96 percent,
and require up to 45 percent less energy to produce meat than conventional methods do. This may sound like a beneficial prospect
assuming anyone in their right mind would actually be willing to eat the stuff. But is growing meat in a lab really necessary
when simply returning to traditional animal raising methods would do the trick? Tuomisto is correct in her assumption that conventional animal raising methods have a terrible environmental impact.
But growing fake meat in a dish is hardly the logical next step in correcting the problem.
Last year, an article IN TIME explained how converting conventional cattle-raising operations to natural, grass-fed operations is helping to not only decrease negative environmental impact,
and restoring the integrity of grass and pasture lands. Encouraging more small-scale, pasture-based farms will not only help to make individuals more self-sufficient,
they will also reverse the negative environmental impact created by factory-scale farms that are polluting the environment,
In other words, if more farmers switch from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS) to open pastures, there will be no need to grow imitation meat in a lab. Photo credit:
Youve probably heard that texting behind the wheel is just as dangerous as drinking and driving.
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that men who eat more than 10 grams of garlic
or scallions (about three cloves of garlic or 2 tablespoons of scallions) daily have a 50 percent lower risk of prostate cancer than those who eat less than 2 grams.
Harvard researchers found that drinking 6 cups a day reduces your risk of developing advanced prostate cancer by 59 percent. 1. HEART DISEASE Why youre at risk:
and ate a healthy diet. But none of that prevented one of the arteries in his heart from becoming 99 percent blocked.
#¢Drink five glasses of water a day. Men who drink that many 8-ounce glasses are 54 percent less likely to have a fatal heart attack than those who drink two glasses or fewer.
Researchers say the water dilutes the blood, making it less likely to clot.#¢#¢Count to 10.
Study Watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda are a few bad habits that slowly pack in the pounds.
eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night are just a few bad habits that can add up to a steady creep of pounds over the years,
While most studies on diet focus on changes needed to help obese people lose weight, the study by the Harvard team showed tiny changes in diet
and lifestyle can make a big impact. The study focuses on specific lifestyle choices#foods
activity, sleep habits#that slowly pack on the pounds (kg. The researchers stressed that the quality of food choices,
and not just calories, are key to maintaining a healthy weight. These small choices add up,
Foods that added most to weight gain over a four-year period included daily consumption of potato chips (1. 69 lbs or 0. 76 kg
potatoes (1. 28 lbs or 0. 58 kg), sugar-sweetened beverages (1 lb or 0. 45 kg), unprocessed red meats (0. 95
lbs or 0. 43 kg) and processed meats (0. 93 lbs or 0. 42 kg.
FOOD THAT SHOULD BE CALLED BAD Mozaffarian said understanding ways to keep people from becoming obese may be more effective than getting people to lose weight as U s. policymakers attempt to turn the tide.
or maintained their weight over time tended to eat minimally processed foods. Fruits vegetables, whole grains and nuts#if you increase their intake,
presumably because you are replacing other foods in the diet, #Mozaffarian said. The study contradicts the notion that all foods are good for you in moderation.
The idea that there are no good or bad foods is a myth that needs to be debunked,
#said Frank Hu of Harvard, who worked on the research. Mozaffarian said different foods have a different effect on the body.
You cant just say a calorie is a calorie. It doesnt address your feelings of fullness
The U s. Food and Drug Administration, in a dramatic bid to get more Americans to quit smoking,
Family dinner nights are easy at quirky local favorites like Matchbox restaurants or Busboys & Poets#oth provide a place adults
and plenty of farmers markets and food co-ops, Austin is a well-rounded, healthy hometown. 3. Boston,
Then theres noteworthy Charles street in Beacon hill, the Boston Public Garden (which your kids will recognize from Make way for Ducklings),
lakes, food co-ops, and farmers markets, including Dane County Farmers Market at Capitol Square, held Saturdays at the foot of the statehouse.
KY Site of the Kentucky derby, the famous thoroughbred horse race, Louisville offers both pasture-rich grasslands and Midwestern city culture.
and so are our brains Scientists blame agriculture, with restricted diets and urbanization. Man has conquered Everest and landed on the Moon,
They blame agriculture, with restricted diets and urbanisation compromising health and leading to the spread of disease.
While farming would have made food plentiful, focussing on a smaller number of foodstuffs could have caused vitamin and mineral deficiencies that stunted growth.
In China, early farmers relied on cereals such as buckwheat, rice and maize, all of which lack niacin, A b vitamin vital for growth.
How about $24 for a movie ticket and nearly $11 for a beer. Japan dominated the ranking with four of the 10 most expensive#in addition to Tokyo, Nagoya (No. 3), Yokohama (No. 5),
Items such as food and beverage basic goods and services, and some entertainment are included, but the survey excludes housing, utilities, car purchases,
That means a $100 meal would have cost about $83 last June and now costs about $106.
Rising prices, particularly of food and energy, also play a role: Fruit prices in Australia were up 24.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter and vegetable prices 18.7 percent (due in part to floods;
Deteriorating Competitiveness The cost of a quick lunch in a Sydney restaurant is now $27. 10,
a dozen eggs is $5. 60, against $3. 65 in Manhattan; and a tube of toothpaste is $5 vs. $3. 72 in Manhattan, according to ECA International.
Tokyo Quick lunch: $20. 80 Beer at a bar: $10. 56 Kilogram of rice: $9. 80 Dozen eggs:
$4. 50 Movie theater ticket: $23. 80 Although the consumer price index in the Tokyo area has been falling since 2009, according to data from Japans statistics bureau,
the city remains the worlds most expensive. While housing costs are included not in this survey, ECA International estimates that the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo stood at $4, 352 in September.
Oslo Quick lunch: $45. 20 Beer at a bar: $13. 18 Kilogram of rice: $6. 10 Dozen eggs:
$8. 50 Movie theater ticket: $18. 80 Norways capital is a major hub for trade, shipping, and finance and is home to the Oslo Stock exchange.
Oslo has ranked among the worlds most expensive cities for years, which is not surprising when a quick lunch costs about $45 and a dozen eggs, $8. 50.
No. 3: Nagoya, Japan Quick lunch: $19 Beer at a bar: $11. 37 Kilogram of rice:
$8. 50 Dozen eggs: $3. 60 Movie theater ticket: $21. 80 Nagoya is one of Japans premier industrial and technological centers
and is well known for its high quality of life and competitive business costs, according to the U s. Commercial Service.
Unlike Japans other major cities, Nagoya was harmed not significantly by the global economic downturn and has maintained its growth.
Stavanger, Norway Quick lunch: $32. 30 Beer at a bar: $12. 83 Kilogram of rice:
$5. 70 Dozen eggs: $6. 80 Movie theater ticket: $17. 30 Stavanger was mainly a fishing community until oil was found in the North sea in the 1960s,
transforming it into a major Norwegian city. Today, Norway is a leading oil exporter, with Statoil as the largest oil company in the Stavanger region.
Yokohama, Japan Quick lunch: $16. 90 Beer at a bar: $6. 59 Kilogram of rice:
$4. 20 Dozen eggs: $2. 50 Movie theater ticket: $21. 70 Japans second-largest city after Tokyo, Yokohama is reached easily from Tokyo by train.
The port city is home to over 300 IT firms and has a growing biotechnology base, according to the city.
Zurich Quick lunch: $32. 90 Beer at a bar: $10. 54 Kilogram of rice: $3. 70 Dozen eggs:
$7. 90 Movie theater ticket: $19. 60 The financial sector is an important part of Zurichs economy
and the city is home to The swiss Stock exchange and companies such as Credit suisse and Swiss re. Zurich is also a major transportation hub.
Luanda, Angola Quick lunch: $52. 40 Beer at a bar: $6. 62 Kilogram of rice:
$4. 60 Dozen eggs: $5. 20 Movie theater ticket: $13. 90 Luanda was the most expensive city in the world in ECA Internationals 2009 ranking.
Last year it slipped to third place, due to the depreciation of the kwanza, and this year it fell again,
Geneva Quick lunch: $33. 70 Beer at a bar: $9. 12 Kilogram of rice: $4. 70 Dozen eggs:
$8. 60 Movie theater ticket: $19. 20 Truly a global city, Geneva is home to such international organizations as the United nations
(which has an office in the city) and the International Committee of the Red cross. An important center for banking, government,
Kobe, Japan Quick lunch: $15. 60 Beer at a bar: $8. 69 Kilogram of rice:
$9. 30 Dozen eggs: $3. 10 Movie theater ticket: $20. 80 Kobe is one of Japans busiest ports and a manufacturing center for appliances, food,
and transportation equipment. The city offers many types of cuisine, though its known best for high grade and pricey Kobe beef.
No. 10: Bern, Switzerland Quick lunch: $28. 80 Beer at a bar: $7. 46 Kilogram of rice:
$4. 70 Dozen eggs: $8. 40 Movie theater ticket: $19. 10 Switzerlands capital, Bern is the center of Swiss government, the engineering industry,
and the precision industry, as well as a manufacturing center for watches and other technology used in the medical, IT,
and automotive sectors, according to the Bern Economic Development Agency. Branded watches such as Rolex, Longines, Swatch,
and Rado are manufactured in the Canton of Bern. Photo credit: Study Abroad Domain Via Yahoo Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati c
#Leafsnap â#New App Recognizes Trees Leafsnap mobile app did wondered you ever what type of tree was nearby
but with government permission it will be sold to consumers as a more nutritious dairy drink than cows milk.
#Random USDA Testing Finds 34 Unapproved Pesticides on Cilantro Cilantro tastes so good but may have a plethora of pesticides on it.
and make sure that your cilantro is Organic food safety came front and center this week when random USDA testing found 34 different varieties of pesticide residue atop a batch of conventional cilantro#The Chicago tribune reports that
when the USDA randomly tested a batch of cilantro for the first time in its 20 year program,
it found 34 unapproved pesticides. According to the story: Azoxystrobin and captan are legal for use on potatoes
They all constitute adulterated food. But we are also talking about a relatively minor food.#
#We have to be based risk and apply our main resources to foods consumed most often by infants
and children#and those are your major fresh fruits and vegetables.##I dont consider cilantro a minor food at all.
Its used in tons of recipes, especially in the summer time. But at least medical experts are beginning to refer to the risk of pesticide residue.
The story of pesticides in food is part of a larger story of our growing knowledge of the exquisite vulnerability of the developing human brain to pesticides
and years and years to develop these chickens to grow these feathers. And now, instead of ending up on a fly, its going into womens hair,
and China last month implemented a ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars.
Study Study shows drinking donkeys milk is good for you. Cleopatra would bathe in it as part of her beauty regime.
Researchers have found that drinking donkeys milk could be a good way to lose weight and protect your heart.
The study at the University of Naples, Italy, compared the effect of donkey milk compared to cows milk in diet and health.
Ionically bonded crystals can form upon solidification of salts, either from a molten fluid or when it condenses from a solution.
But that wasnt thanks to the Royal Mint or the Bank of england. Courtesy of Barclaycard, Orange and Samsung, consumers across the UK can now pay for goods and services with nothing more than a mobile phone.
and snatched lunchtime sandwiches, but when Oranges head of mobile payments, Jason Rees, calls it the beginning of a new order#,hes not wrong.
and the other planets#This particular grain is known affectionately as Cracked Egg#for its distinctive appearance.
Cracked Egg refractory inclusion was sent to Dr. Chi Ma at California Institute of technology (Caltech) for very detailed nano-mineralogy investigation.
Studies of the unique Cracked Egg refractory inclusion are continuing, in an effort to learn more about the conditions under which it formed
the Cracked Egg contains at least eight other minerals, including one other mineral new to science. The American Mineralogist paper is authored by Chi Ma (Caltech), Anthony R. Kampf (NHM), Harold C. Connolly Jr.
#Sugar Sues High Fructose Corn syrup Sugar and High Fructose Corn syrup The Same Thing? No? Its about the lesser of two evils, isnt it?
how different is sugar from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)? The Western Sugar Cooperative is claiming that the two are in fact very different.
It recently filed suit against sugar refiners for misleading consumers in calling HFCS corn sugar, according to the Des moines Register and as discussed on Food Politics.
The lawsuit names as defendants Archer daniels midland Co.,Cargill Inc, . and other major corn syrup processors as well as the Corn Refiners Association.#
#So, is it fair to call HFCS sugar? Not according to the Western Sugar Cooperative#This suit is about false advertising,
pure and simple,#said Inder Mathur, president and CEO of Western Sugar Cooperative, the grower group that filed the lawsuit in Los angeles federal court
along with the Michigan Sugar Co. and C&h Sugar Co. Inc. If consumers are concerned about your product,
then you should improve it or explain its benefits, not try to deceive people about its name
or distort scientific facts.##Corn Refiners Petition to Be called Corn sugar I wrote in March that the Corn Refiners Association had asked the FDA to change the name HFCS to corn sugar.
The Corn Refiners Association lobbied hard for the name change because more and more people are refusing to buy products containing HFCS.
As a result, many food manufacturers have stopped using HFCS and, instead, have replaced it with sugar. The sky rocketing price of corn,
which has shot up nearly 50 percent in the past couple of months, has also been a factor.
But it turns out that an existing FDA regulation makes the name change difficult. Marion Nestle wrote onhuffington Post that the name was taken already:
The Corn Refiners have petitioned just the FDA to be allowed to use the name corn sugar#to apply to both glucose/dextrose and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS.
But the existing definition seems to exclude HFCS. While HFCS is about half glucose, it is also about half fructose,
But how different are HFCS and sugar? Lets be clear: sugar and HFCS share the same biochemistry.
Marion Nestle defines: Sucrose: a double sugar of 50%glucose and 50%fructose linked together HFCS:
a syrup of about 45%glucose and 55%fructose, separated However, HFCS goes through highly unnatural processing.
The process starts off with corn kernels. The corn is spun at a high velocity and combined with three other enzymes:
alpha-amylase, glucoamylase, and xylose isomerase, so that it forms a thick syrup thats way sweeter than sugar.
But in the end its all about market share. Each group wants a bigger piece of the economic pie
and as public perception of these ingredients evolves, so too does the name by which each group would like to be referred.
Neither did the chicken...Tragically hilarious...The other side of the fence is always greener,
#and you thought walnuts came from trees...Best friends forever...Life is full of challenges, but we have no clue
Sometimes its pretty obvious when youve had too much to drink...Clearly theres more to this story,
Troll food. Its whats for dinner...When Carrot Top and a guitar-maker go on a bender, its never pretty...
Its a guy thing. They can always see the light...Great britain is the only country where the Queen can also be her own pet...
RIPPLES OF THE MIND##A Tribute to the creative spirit that flows through each of us.
Sitting on the open air patio at Pepes in Vail listening to Rod Powell, singing along with a crazy group at a piano bar on the waterfront in Baltimore,
kids who slashed fat intake appeared to compensate by eating more calories from other sources,
which appear in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Still, there might be other benefits to cutting back on saturated fat,
said Dr. Frank Franklin, a retired professor of nutrition and pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,
But as this study shows, the kids made up for the lost calories elsewhere in their diet.
which have less cholesterol but the same amount of nutrients, mainly calcium and Vitamin d. The only thing given up is saturated fat,
Overtext Web Module V3.0 Alpha
Copyright Semantic-Knowledge, 1994-2011