food in the news

Junk food news (also known as junk news or junk journalism) is a sardonic term for news stories that deliver "sensationalized, personalized, and homogenized inconsequential trivia",
especially when such stories appear at the expense of serious investigative journalism. It implies a criticism of the mass media for disseminating news that, while not very nourishing, is "cheap to produce and profitable for media proprietors."

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  1. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Eggnog wars?!

    Sounds more like desperate, dredging the barrel journalism to me but it's got some interesting parts to it. VOV: Where the story of Italy's eggnog war began
  2. karadekoolaid

    Hallacas. A Venezuelan Xmas Tradition

    The beginning of November brings a shiver of excitement to thousands of Venezuelan families. It's time to prepare traditional Xmas foods: "pan de jamón" (Ham bread), "ensalada de gallina" (Chicken salad) and the unbelievable "hallaca" . An hallaca (pronounced "Ay-Yak-uh") is a...
  3. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Chocolate anyone?

    As a fan of hot chocolate I found this interesting. So much work went into making what’s now an easy to make, common beverage. Who are our hot chocolate lovers and haters on here I wonder? How chocolate became the winter beverage of choice
  4. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Supermarket self checkouts, not such a great idea after all?

    Supermarkets are ditching self-checkouts in a sign that we can push back against the technofuturist tide | Van Badham
  5. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Hotel Chocolat and Mars Incorporated

    Hotel Chocolat founders share £288m from Mars sale
  6. Rocklobster

    Shortage of table salt

    Just letting you all know that there has been a buzz in my business recently about an impending shortage of table salt..It might not transpire but you can do your own research and decide if you should grab a few extra boxes just incase,....
  7. C

    New Hottest Chili Pepper

    The Guinness Book of World Records recently announced a new hottest chili pepper, Pepper X. It is 2.69-million Scoville Units, which is almost twice the number for the previous record holder, the Carolina Reaper. Both of those peppers were developed by Ed Curry of Puckerbutt Chili Company, so he...
  8. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    Red Wine Spillage

    I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned this... Portuguese town flooded by river of ‘good quality’ red wine | Portugal | The Guardian
  9. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    10 Question Food Quiz

    I’m sure this‘ll be a cinch for the folk on here but who doesn’t like a bit of smug in the morning? :laugh: The big ingredients quiz: do you know your antipasti from your pesto?
  10. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Rude chefs and rude customers.

    This made me chuckle a little bit because it reminded me of a restaurant/cafe that was a mere five mins from my house where they were so rude and unpleasant it became a reason to go. So is this just really good free publicity for this chef? I think it probably is. Have you had any experiences...
  11. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Funny but Oh dear!

    I can't abide a bad packed lunch. I always make some effort because when I had to eat aldesko I wanted that time to feel like a proper break, a bit of joy in a hard day. That was sealed when I became a coeliac - crisps and pepperami anyone? No thanks I'll bring my own lunch. But I can't help but...
  12. SandwichShortOfAPicnic

    Demise of the Curry House

    An update on why the British Curry house is in decline. Can’t say I disagree. ‘They need to evolve’: why Britain’s curry houses are in decline
  13. Windigo

    Giant Isopods, would you, or wouldn't you?

    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article-food-and-drink-giant-isopod-ramen-intl-hnk
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  14. TastyReuben

    Gruyère News

    I’ve mentioned before on the forum the notion that in the US, we don’t really feel obligated to honor the origination designations that other countries are apt to make and observe. Here’s another one: US-made cheese can also be called 'gruyere', court rules
  15. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    Salad items to be rationed by 2 UK supermarkets

    Saw this today Asda and Morrisons ration fresh produce including tomatoes and peppers
  16. C

    Food Fraud...

    I watched a rather eye-opening video, and thought I'd share it. It was about food fraud in America, but if is happening here, it is happening everywhere.-- it mentions the UK horse-meat scandal as one example. Here is the video, and below it a link to an article from the same source for those...
  17. TastyReuben

    Invidious Comparison Eating (ICE)?

    I read a little article today about invidious comparison eating (ICE), something I wasn’t aware of, though I’m sure I’ve both experienced and perpetrated it at some point. ICE is when you make something, others try it, and someone invariably comments, “This is good, but when I make it, I do...
  18. C

    Gas stoves under fire pardon the pun)...

    Seems gas stoves are at risk of being banned, due to health issue in children... https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/business/gas-stove-ban-federal-agency/index.html CD
  19. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    Vegan casein & whey protein has now been made

    I know for most people/vegans this will be good news, but I'm not so certain for the obvious implications for those allergic to dairy, but it is now possible to make casein and whey protein (two of the dairy proteins) artificially so vegan cheeses will in time become much closer to dairy...
  20. Rocklobster

    Had enough with deceptive advertising...

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/11/27/velveeta-mac-and-cheese-lawsuit/
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