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. Morning Glory

    RIP Good Food Channel!

    This is quite a blow and came without warning. I watch(ed) this channel all the time. Its what I have on all day to dip in and out of. Today, without warning, it has been taken over by Food Network whose content is not generally anywhere near as good (it often seems to show back to back US...
  2. Morning Glory

    The biggest UK vegan food launches 2019

    The Independent newspaper reports on the the rising trend of veganism in the UK: With the number of vegans in the UK soaring to more than 3.5m in the past few years, following a plant-based diet has never been more trendy. Numerous brands have taken note of the rising interest in veganism and...
  3. CraigC

    Gilroy Garlic Festival Ends With Tragedy

    More senseless killing at another festival.:mad: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/multiple-victims-reported-possible-shooting-gilroy-garlic-festival-n1035546
  4. rascal

    RIP Margaret Fulton

    daughter txt me last night, margaret passed away yesterday. I love her books, I use the Indian cooking book all the time, in fact there's one next to me right now. Thoughts with her family to this great woman.:( Russ
  5. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    Waitrose trials bulk foods without packaging

    I showed this news article today about Waitrose trying to ditch plastic and get shoppers to bring their own containers for dried food and the likes. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/take-your-own-tubs-in-waitrose-trial-to-wean-shoppers-off-plastic-fm6p2c5sh It's fantastic news but it seems...
  6. Morning Glory

    Screw-cap or cork?

    Whether you’re a casual wine drinker or you consider yourself more of a connoisseur, chances are you have your opinions about screw-cap bottles. There is a stigma associated with wines carrying screw caps, or twist-off tops, probably because they were originally used to seal wines on the less...
  7. Yorky

    Jamie Oliver

    True or not? https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/may/21/jamie-oliver-jobs-administrators-restaurants-jamies-italian?fbclid=IwAR2KFdTOQgHNjKUW5RHYQ69IWC-k5M7naZMmSHRZKO1qmWF2fwooppScXd4
  8. CraigC

    When Food Attacks!

    Wild Turkeys in Cambridge, Mass. https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/04/11/kenda-carson-wild-turkey-attack-reservoir-street-cambridge/
  9. rascal

    Avocados $11.99 each

    here, that's unbelievable, most cafes and restaurants have taken them off their menu. The price made the news today. Apparently Chinese sales put prices up. There are actually people raiding orchards and stealing them. The minimum wage here is around $17 an hour so,that's how to compare it. I'm...
  10. TodayInTheKitchen

    National Food Holidays

    I always love to hear the different food holidays. May 7 - NATIONAL ROAST LEG OF LAMB DAY May 8 - NATIONAL COCONUT CREAM PIE DAY Check out this websites for other National Holidays (Mainly US-based) https://nationaldaycalendar.com/latest-posts/ Here are a few upcoming food related holidays...
  11. medtran49

    Gluten free baking

    I saw this on my interests feed on my Chrome browser this morning and thought those of you who have a gluten free diet might be interested. There are other recipes on the site as well. Gluten free hamburger buns
  12. Dive Bar Casanova

    Butterball recalls Turkey:

    Click here: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2019/recall-030-2019-release This is huge. We received a recorded information call from them today. It may be they can contact some customers that bought the product if you...
  13. The Late Night Gourmet

    Gordon Ramsay Critiques Chicken Wings on "Hot Ones" Podcast

    Most of last week, I was out enjoying the sights and tastes of Germany and Greece. When we returned to our hotel, not much was available on TV in English: just news stations. I didn't mind watching football (soccer) - The Beautiful Game doesn't require translation - but my wife wan't as...
  14. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    The News in food

    Not food in the news but the news in food. Ok, it's a bad pun, but the Guardian newspaper is now using potato starch instead of polyethylene wrappers to wrap the supplements in at the weekend. Progress finally from an environmental point of view. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46849937
  15. LadyBelle

    Plant based diet.

    Found this an interesting read and wondered what people’s views were? Seems to me the greatest problem is we’ve forgotten about moderation. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/16/new-plant-focused-diet-would-transform-planets-future-say-scientists
  16. I

    Unwanted or Undesirable Ingredients

    Over the past several decades, I have become quite familiar with the now world-wide spread of Endocrine-mimicking materials being found in foods, as well as water, the air, and the soil. Among these are the PCBs and DDT, well-known names, but few are aware that there are literally hundreds of...
  17. Morning Glory

    Japanese ingredients becoming mainstream

    Sushi restaurants in the U.S. represent a $3 billion segment, and according to IbisWorld, they have enjoyed an annual growth rate of more than 3 percent over the past five years. But it seems that traditional Japanese ingredients such as Wasabi, Togarashi ,Furikaka and Miso are now finding...
  18. oddduck

    No salads to be had

    if you had a hankering for a nice green salad lately in the U.S. you might be out of luck...there is a recall on lettuce. So i hit two grocery stores tonight and both were empty of romaine and anything that contained romaine so salad fixins were slim...i had the choice of clow slaw and more cole...
  19. epicuric

    Calls to ban 'freakshakes'

    Campaigners are calling for a ban on 'freakshakes'. These are milkshake based drinks, garnished with additional confectionaries and cream. In a survey of 46 such products, all were deemed to have excessive amounts of sugar - the worst, the Toby Carvery Unicorn Freakshake, contained 39 spoons...
  20. epicuric

    UK National Sausage Week

    Started yesterday. Personally, I always think of sausages (as in the standard pork variety) as breakfast food and wouldn't usually eat them for an evening meal. However, tonight I am going to make an exception and celebrate good old bangers and mash with onion gravy. How and when do you eat...
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