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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

    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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. M

    Bubble Milk Tea

    Which one do you like? Bubble milk tea or Brown sugar bubble milk tea?
  6. Morning Glory

    Brussels sprout shortage

    According to this evening's news, the extremely hot weather experienced in the UK this summer has resulted in a poor crop of Brussels sprouts as well as some other vegetables. Prices are likely to be higher and we are warned that they will be in short supply. Brussels sprouts are a traditional...
  7. Morning Glory

    Is America ready to love cottage cheese again?

    Or for that matter, is the UK? Here are extracts from an article in the Independent newspaper: The goal, according to industry analysts, is to “uncottage” cottage cheese – or, as one dairy executive put it, “Chobani it”...
  8. epicuric

    Saturated fats - the myth

    https://www.wddty.com/news/2018/08/saturated-fats-guard-against-heart-disease-top-cardiologists-told.html Results of a study of 218,000 people undertaken by McMaster University in Canada confirms that advice to avoid saturated fats are just plain wrong. Eating red meat and cheese are shown to...
  9. Morning Glory

    The Non-dairy Cheese Board

    Asda is launching a vegan cheeseboard for Christmas (see below). Have you tried vegan cheese? What did you think of it? Image from http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/food/food-news/asda-vegan-cheeseboard Read more here: http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/food/food-news/asda-vegan-cheeseboard
  10. epicuric

    Cultural appropriation

    https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/08/jamie-olivers-jerk-rice-comes-with-a-side-serving-of-insanity/ Jamie Oliver, hot on the heels of his paella faux pas last year has once again incurred the wrath of the professionally offended. His 'Jerk Rice' has upset sectors of the looney left, who accuse...
  11. epicuric

    Diet drinks even worse than full sugar versions

    Business Insider reports on studies showing the devastating effects on the body of regular consumption of diet drinks. Most people have wakened up to the fact that sugar laden fizzy drinks are a significant contributor to the worlds obesity problems, but how many still take refuge in the low...
  12. epicuric

    Is wood the latest low fat superfood?

    The Daily Mail reports on a newly developed food additive derived from waste wood, in effect a cellulose extract. The thickening agent, made by a Norwegian company, is called SenseFi, and can be added to a whole range of processed foods from sausages to ice cream as a fat alternative. Allegedly...
  13. epicuric

    Weed killer found in children's cereal

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/16/weedkiller-cereal-monsanto-roundup-childrens-food Reported in The Guardian newspaper this morning: US authorities find high levels of glyphosate (the cancer linked herbicide sold as 'Roundup' by Monsanto) in all but two of over forty breakfast...
  14. epicuric

    Joel Robuchon

    Death announced yesterday, another great chef lost this year. Achieved more Michelin stars than anyone else, ever (31!) and also famed for perfecting mashed potato (allegedly with 50% butter) and for throwing a plate at a young Gordon Ramsey.
  15. epicuric

    Non-recyclable food packaging

    All over the UK news this morning - apparently, two thirds of all plastic trays used in food packaging are not recyclable. The main problem seems to be plastics that contain polypropylene - fruit and veg punnets, margarine tubs, yoghurt pots etc. There are alternatives available that can be...
  16. Duck59

    Carbon dioxide shortage

    How absurd is this? We go about destroying our planet with carbon dioxide and now there is such a shortage of it that fizzy drinks are subject to rationing. If there is some comfort to be taken, it's the thought that some people might now discover what proper beer tastes like.
  17. SlightlyConfused

    National Sushi Day

    I was watching the news this morning and I was asking about Sushi yesterday and it turns out it is International Sushi Day. If I had known in advance I may have event tried to do a trial sushi run today but it is going to be 41 C today so I am not moving more than I have too, but then again I...
  18. Yorky

    Anthony Bourdain

    US celebrity chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in his hotel room, aged 61, of a suspected suicide, CNN reports.
  19. Elawin

    Recall - Tesco, Aldi and Nisa pastries

    Supermarkets Tesco, Aldi and Nisa are recalling a number of pastry products over fears they may contain metal wire. The retailers, along with brands Walls and Millers, have products made for them by Addo Food Group, at six locations around the UK. Own-brand pies, sausage rolls and pasties with...
  20. Elawin

    Ten cooking hacks you need in your life

    This is an article on the BBC Radio 4 website www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5w3zWw4kT6xRkSS72v2QGzv/ten-cooking-hacks-you-need-in-your-life 1. Use a wooden chopping board 2. Don't bother peeling your mushrooms 3. Salted or unsalted butter? It doesn't matter 4. Use fresh yeast when baking...
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