Posts Tagged ‘ Food ’

But don’t ask Ari Armstrong how to do it. So you don’t have to read the whole thing, here are the only fact(like) things in this article: I spent Feb. 4 through Feb. 10 eating a highly nutritious, low-carb diet for $33.07, or $4.72 per day, less than food stamps provide. For a month in 2007...
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Over this past weekend, my family and I celebrated our Second Thanksgiving since returning from the USA.  If one was to ask me what my preferred Thanksgiving is, I’d pick the US version, it comes later in the year and kicks off the Christmas Season (well, it used to) at the right time.  Snow...
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The company also said today that it would create a new position – chief food safety officer – among other measures it’s taking to restore consumer confidence in its brands. Maple Leaf Foods Announces that they didn’t have an official in charge of caring for food safety until now.  –September 17, 2008. Food safety concerns are...
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Cold Beer for Friday, originally uploaded by NiteMayr. Friday lunch time sometimes means that it is Beer o’clock (especially on hot days) This was at the (great) walkers fish and chips on Wellington. I poured high to get the thick, frothy head on the beer. It was refreshing (on a hot day) but not...
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A Nice plate of Fish and Chips, originally uploaded by NiteMayr. Yes! A great lunch that wasn’t from “King’s” Went to “Walker’s Fish and Chips” for lunch, had the Halibut and Chips. The Fish was great, tasty and flavorful. The batter wasn’t all the taste, the fish was meaty and strong, a pleasure to eat. ...
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Fries and a Reuben, originally uploaded by NiteMayr. When a political campaign takes to crapping all over the opposing camp, it’s termed “Going Negative” and when it is egregious and possibly slanderous, it’s “Ratfucking” I’m not about to ratfuck the “Family Restaurant” on Wellington in London, but that is only because I might be forced to...
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I’m writing this stuff and starting to feel a bit like John Pinnette “who stole the food!?” Corn rose as much as 3.5 percent, and soybeans, wheat and rice gained. The Midwest floods probably will cause “hundreds of millions of dollars” of damage, according to the National Weather Service. U.S. corn stockpiles may fall 53...
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Bloomberg.com: Exclusive The World Food Program cut off rice deliveries to 1,344 Cambodian schools last month after prices doubled and suppliers defaulted on contracts. Schools will run out of food by May 1, depriving about 450,000 children of meals, the WFP estimates. After the article yesterday from the Sun: Many parts of America, long considered the...
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If this video proves anything, it proves that Any never had a job in food service. Smack the side of the bottle damn it, you set the sauce free with a good smack on the side of the bottle. Can you see how much packaging was on the burger? Wow, we suck, don’t...
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Just had some nice soup, normally soup is not blog-worthy, but this was GREAT. It was a Vegetarian Hungarian Cauliflower soup, loaded with pepper and tomato.  It was server unnaturally hot (volcanic) and I had a Turkey sandwich along with it.  My sinuses are draining due to the pepper content… it was that peppery. Now I...
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