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5 Best Cognacs For The Money – 10 Most Expensive

Many may find drinking Cognac to be an “acquired” taste, but a fine Cognac makes a great after dinner drink. Good Cognac is served in a heated brandy snifter and is a nice accompaniment with dessert, espresso, or a freshly brewed cup of coffee.
This type of brandy is named after the French town of Cognac [...]

World Debut of Camel-Milk Chocolates

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The world’s first brand of chocolate made with camels’ milk plans to go global, according to Reuters. “We aim to be the Godiva of the Middle East,” said Martin Van Almsick, general manager of Dubai’s Al Nassma. “It’s a luxury product, so we will never be in supermarkets. The plan is to [...]

Man Steals Cotton Swabs for Free Prison Lunch

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but a jobless Taiwanese man proved that old adage wrong.  The homeless man had just been released from prison after stealing a pair of shoes, but the box lunch that he was served while behind bars was so memorable, that he subsequently stole a box of cotton [...]

18 Illnesses Linked to 421,000 lbs E.coli Beef

JBS-Swift, a Colorado meat company expanded its recall of E.coli contaminated beef to 421,000 lbs, according to Reuters, even as the USDA lists the original 41,280 pounds that JBS had increased to 380,000, then 421,000. An investigation disclosed 18 possible illnesses linked to the beef. JBS-Swift originally recalled 380,000 lbs of assorted beef products [...]

Chavez Bans Coke Zero in Venezuela

Earlier this year, Chavez seized control of US-owned pasta producer, Cargill. He’s nationalized the oil service companies, and threatened action against Pfizer, the U.S. drug company. Now Chavez has banned Coke Zero and instructed his Health Minister to remove Coke Zero from shelves until his government investigates the ingredients.
“The product should be withdrawn from circulation [...]

Get Ready For Higher Food Prices

If the ethanol industry gets its way, consumers will be paying more for staple foods like meat, milk, eggs, and bread at their local supermarket. The industry wants to raise the allowable levels of ethanol (up to 10 percent) in U.S. gasoline to 12-15 percent, which would increase prices of corn, grains, meat and dairy.
Bill [...]

Gordon Ramsay Eats Humble Pie

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Not long ago he rapid fired the f-word 115 times in the first 40 minutes of an episode of Kitchen Nightmares as if he had Turrets Syndrome. This time he’s alleged to have called Current Affair’s Australian host Tracy Grimshaw a lesbian pig.
Grimshaw’s reaction was swift and surgical: “He’s an arrogant narcissist and [...]

Spiked Wine Causes 25 Deaths

As many as 25 people may have died on the Indonesian island of Bali after consuming a type of homemade wine known as arak, that was laced with poisonous methanol.  Another two dozen individuals were taken seriously ill and transported to a local hospital.  Arak, a colorless, sugarless drink, is made from fermented coconut or [...]

Pioneer of Farm-To-Table Wins Top Chef

At the Oscars of the food world, the James Beard Foundation Awards, Dan Barber, a frontiersman of the farm-to-table restaurant movement was named the nation’s top chef. The James Beard Foundation Awards honor those who follow in the footsteps of Beard, considered the dean of American cooking when he died in 1985.
“Barber was lauded for [...]

Is “Swine Flu” Linked To Pigs?

It wasn’t me!

To answer that question the United Nations’ food agency is sending its animal health experts to Mexico to check if the new strain of flu virus, popularized as swine flu, is in reality directly linked to pigs.
“At present, transmission seems to be occurring solely from humans to humans,” said the Food and Agriculture [...]

Monsanto Sues Germany Over GM Banned Corn

Last week, FriendsEat’s Shari Ilsen reported Germany’s Minister of Agriculture banned the cultivation and sale of Monsanto’s (MON 810 maize) genetically modified maize. In response, Monsanto has filed suit against the German government’s decision on Tuesday. A Monsanto spokesman said Germany’s action was an “arbitrary ban” that violated EU rules. “They are in conflict with [...]

One in Ten Americans On Food Stamps

As more Americans seek food assistance from our nation’s dwindling supply of food banks — Reuters reports a record 32 million people — one in every 10 Americans are now on Food Stamps. Food stamp requests have skyrocketed across the nation, and are up in every state but four. Vermont, Alaska and South Dakota had [...]