As a food blogger, I get invited to quite a bit of press dinners. Some are run perfectly, while others leave a bitter taste in your mouth. If you are a restaurant and are planning to invite press (including bloggers) … Continue reading →

I meet food bloggers on an every day basis, after all…I am a food blogger. Most food bloggers have what they call a “real job”. I’ve met lawyers, chefs, financial analysts, life coaches. They all love food writing. Most are … Continue reading →

TV chef Guy Fieri’s $200,000 Lamborghini had been missing since March 2011, after a thief broke into the British Motor Car Distributors dealership in San Francisco and drove away with it. An entire year passed until late April 2012, when … Continue reading →

One of the latest brand names attempting to reel in the rapidly growing health-conscious consumer is Oscar Mayer. Tom Bick, Oscar Mayer’s marketing and advertising director, readily admits consumers are avoiding processed foods, and artificial preservatives. As a result, Kraft … Continue reading →

Late next month, TV chef Rachael Ray is scheduled to move into Martha Stewart’s New York Chelsea studio. Stewart had taped “The Martha Stewart Show” there for years before the Hallmark Channel terminated her show in January. Although someone in … Continue reading →

Last year, the CDC estimated that over 1 million salmonella cases occur annually in the United States. Of these cases, approximately 20,000 result in hospitalization and 378 result in death. Based on CDC information, salmonella accounts for almost 30 percent … Continue reading →

If you have been waiting for Food TV stardom (or doom), this is your chance. “Hell’s Kitchen“, Gordon Ramsay’s show is currently casting chefs immediately. If you want in, you should act now. Last season 6 million people watched the … Continue reading →

Writing for Forbes, journalist Larry Olmsted, who has written weekly columns for USA Today and Investors Business Daily, claims that if you think you’ve tasted the famous Japanese Kobe beef, you’re sadly mistaken, because you cannot get it in the … Continue reading →

Oceana, the organization that conducted DNA testing and uncovered the fish mislabeling scandal in California, is looking for volunteer sushi detectives to collect DNA samples, according to the website TakePart. “There’s a huge effort to get people to use their … Continue reading →

Burger King has announced that in five years, all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs. Although Burger King would like for consumers to believe the fast-food chain is appealing to rising consumer demand for … Continue reading →

April 20th marked the second anniversary of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, where roughly five million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, BP used nearly 2 million gallons of toxic Corexit dispersants to … Continue reading →

According to the Hostess website, Twinkies have a shelf life of 26 days, and contain, among other ingredients, Polysorbate 60, Red 40, mono and diglycerides and calcium sulfate — “a food-grade equivalent of plaster of Paris.” Author Steve Ettlinger spent … Continue reading →

Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, recently cited two new scientific studies claiming poultry on factory farms are routinely fed caffeine, active ingredients of Tylenol and Benadryl, banned antibiotics and … Continue reading →

Guess Chops & Hops was not paying attention to the Belvedere faux pas that just occurred. They had the chops to create a new dish called the caribbean black and bleu sandwich. What is so special about this Sandwich? It’s not … Continue reading →

I LOVE WINE. All wine (except for white zinfandel; it’s tainted the zinfandel name and I think I can never forgive it for this). I think I may have fallen in love with Gundlach Bundschu Winery without having tasted their wines. … Continue reading →

Loving food is a complicated thing.  The amount of research that has to be done in order to eat sustainably, humanely and in a healthy (yet affordable) manner is overwhelming. This is why I love organizations such as Chaffin Family … Continue reading →

You will soon be able to get drunk on this tall drink of water. George Clooney has decided to get into the tequila market. Casamigos Tequila, takes after the name of the homes of Clooney and Rande Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s … Continue reading →

Mark Bittman is a New York Times op-ed columnist and an author of several best-selling books — notable is How to Cook Everything, and a companion cookbook How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. Bittman confesses that he doesn’t believe chickens have … Continue reading →

Nearly one year ago last April, Jamie Oliver used his TV show, “Food Revolution,” to expose the practice of treating beef by-products with ammonium hydroxide to make the final product: “pink slime“. Pink slime is made by grinding together connective … Continue reading →

Under forthcoming new USDA rule changes, Monsanto and other seed companies will get speedier regulatory reviews of their genetically modified crops. Michael Gregoire, a USDA deputy administrator, said the goal is to cut by half the time needed to approve … Continue reading →

There have been lots of memes out there recently…so we figured we should chime in. These are a few things foodies do and think they do. CLICK THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER Embed this image on your site! Via: … Continue reading →

The USDA recently approved Monsanto’s genetically engineered Bt sweet corn which will be sold on the ear in the produce section of grocery stores. This is the agri-giant’s first GMO corn product made available directly to consumers. Natural News claims … Continue reading →

Writing for Natural Society, Mike Barrett reminds readers children in America spend approximately 44.5 hours per week watching television and are exposed to up to 3,055 ads per year. Around 50 percent of the ads are for candy, snacks, sugary … Continue reading →

Consumer demand for more expensive brand-name food products has plummeted as cash-strapped consumers flock to cheaper off brand items in droves to save money. Consumer Edge Research analyst Rob Dickerson claims General Mills has raised prices by 8.1% over the … Continue reading →

The U.S. and European Union have announced a reciprocity of organic standards. Whatever is considered organic in the U.S. will now also be recognized as organic in Europe, and vice versa. Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

Tests in the state of Maine have found bisphenol-A, or BPA in 11 of 12 samples of baby food, according to the Bangor Daily News. A coalition of health and environmental groups in Maine plan to petition state regulators, and … Continue reading →

McDonald’s is finally phasing out pig crates, and requiring its pork suppliers to dump gestation pens — but it took the company 11 years after Chipotle required its pork suppliers to raise pigs outside or in large cages. Gestation cages … Continue reading →

First lady Michelle Obama has been very active these days promoting good nutrition and healthy meals. She recently sweet-talked Jay Leno into snacking on apples and pizza made with eggplant, green peppers and zucchini on the “Tonight Show”. She praised … Continue reading →

In a scene reminiscent of the dystopian action film Mad Max, Kenya’s coffee growers — about 150,000 small farmers — and coffee storage depot workers have been forced to defend themselves against thefts and violence from marauding coffee raiding gangs … Continue reading →

Helena Bottemiller, a Washington, DC-based reporter covering food policy and politics, claims ractopamine hydrochloride, the drug designed to keep pigs lean and boost their growth, is jeopardizing US pork exports. The FDA ruled ractopamine was safe 13 years ago, and … Continue reading →

In the Atlantic, Barry Estabrook, author of Tomatoland, a book about industrial tomato agriculture, claims a lawsuit is moving through the courts that could challenge the use of methyl iodide. Because methyl iodide, a cancer-causing chemical that is also a … Continue reading →

According to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration press release written by Diane Sparish, Michael Foods, a Minnesota-based food company, is recalling more than one million hard-cooked eggs from 34 states, after tests revealed some may be contaminated with Listeria … Continue reading →

According to the USDA, almost 90% of the corn planted in the US is genetically engineered. And since by definition bourbon must be made with at least 51 percent corn, that means most bourbon is made with GM corn. There … Continue reading →

This reminds me of the McDonald’s (or was it BK?) drive through rap from a few years ago, but I find it endearing. I hope this young man got a date or at least a free meal. Besides, Giorgio can … Continue reading →

Now that Food Revolution’s Jamie Oliver has succeeded in humiliating McDonald’s into terminating the use of that disgusting pink slime as the cornerstone for their pseudo hamburgers, McDonald’s released a statement claiming that at the beginning of last year they … Continue reading →

According to the Department of Agriculture, beef prices skyrocketed more than 10 percent last year, and are expected to soar even more. John Nalivka, owner of consulting firm Sterling Marketing, estimates prices could rise as much as another 10% — … Continue reading →

We at FriendsEat, along with scores of online publications, public health experts, and consumer advocacy groups, have discussed for years the imminent danger associated with the continued abusive use of antibiotics in industrial farming. Healthy cattle and poultry are routinely … Continue reading →

The Food and Drug Administration has detained orange juice shipments from Canada after the shipments tested positive for carbendazim, a banned and toxic pesticide just recently found in Brazilian juice. The FDA announced earlier this month that it would begin … Continue reading →

According to research by University of Illinois economist Kathy Baylis, an outright ban on junk food advertising aimed at children would be more effective than the current industry-led ban. Based on the economist’s published research, a ban covering the entire … Continue reading →

Yup. You heard right, Beefalo. Today I learned that such a thing exists. I’m a little freaked, it’s kinda like a mule. But hey, maybe it’s tasty? What is Beefalo? Basically, you cross bison with bovine and BAM! You have … Continue reading →