Restricting junk food access can make kids scarf more – OregonLive.com.
August 18th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
August 18th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
Ann Arbor slow food star on fast-paced ‘Top Chef’ | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com.
Eve Aronoff is one of 17 contestants on show
August 17th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
Doctor Forced Out for Disparaging Doughnuts – Well Blog – NYTimes.com.
By Tara Parker-Pope
A Florida doctor was forced out of his job running a local health department after posting signs critical of junk food and doughnuts. (more)
August 17th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
Bravo’s Top Chef Masters – Cooking Competition or Humilation Games? from True/Slant
In spite or maybe because of all my years working in television, I am not a big TV watcher. I rarely become addicted to any series, but will sometimes give a show the chance to pull me in at the open of a season. (more)
August 17th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
“Julie and Julia”: A Luscious Film for Foodies – on The Food Channel.
Director Nora Ephron serves up her new film Julie and Julia in two delicious courses divided about equally between the saga of food blogger Julie Powell (a satisfying dinner) and the story of food lover extraordinaire Julia Child (a delectable dessert). (more)
August 17th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
Karen Stabiner: Small Good News: No Double-Standard Dining In School Cafeterias. from the Huffington Post
It’s not for nothing that companies sign up high-profile celebrities to sell their goods: the customer’s drawn as much to borrowed élan as to a product. Surely, Gwyneth Paltrow’s scent of choice and the timepiece that adorns Roger Federer’s wrist must smell and tell time better, respectively, than any other brand. (more)
August 17th, 2009 by Gourmet Country
The Carbonara Family, Revisited
By Mark Bittman for the New York TimesWhen I wrote about pasta carbonara and its cousins, I was already a long-time fan of this category of pasta dishes. They’re all based on cured meat augmented by cheese, tomato, egg, or some combination. (more)
August 17th, 2009 by Paul
By Shara Yurkiewicz
of the LA Times
It makes sense that anti-inflammatory methods might help the heart, says Dr. Robert H. Eckel, a past president of the American Heart Assn. and professor of physiology and biophysics at University of Colorado Denver’s Health Sciences Center. more