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. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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.
  4. 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...
  5. 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.
  6. 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...
  7. 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.
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Duck59

    Minimum pricing for alcohol

    We've just had the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland. One imagines that it will, eventually, find its way to other parts of the UK. I don't know what others here think about it, but here's my thoughts on the matter, though first I ought to mention that the law is 50...
  11. Morning Glory

    The rise of childhood obesity

    Do we all need tougher legislation regarding advertising of products high in salt, fat and sugar? Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has told MPs the childhood obesity crisis is a catastrophe and called on “every single minister” in every government department to play a role in tackling the problem...
  12. epicuric

    Eggs that taste of chocolate

    By crazy coincidence (after reading @morning glory's post about topsy turvy teas, I had an e-mail through about these. A particular breed of Venezuelan chicken (Cocos Pullen Mendacious) has developed a diet based almost entirely on cacao pods, and produces eggs that taste incredibly of...
  13. Dados1950

    Variations on a theme-Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipes

    I realize I'm a "day late and a dollar short" as the saying goes....but does anyone have an "outside the box" recipe for traditional corned beef & cabbage....didn't get to make this past St. Patty's Day..so looking for a change of pace.
  14. The Late Night Gourmet

    Courgette (Zucchini) Mistaken for WW II Bomb

    This made international news. I see reports in the States and as far away as Australia. Here's the story in the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/03/monster-courgette-mistaken-second-world-war-bomb-germany/ And, here's the text of the story: Police in Germany were relieved...
  15. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    Strawberries and Strawberry Tops

    I don't often come across something in a fruit or veg that I didn't know was edible, but reading an article this morning (it's morning here, I promise) I came across such a thing: strawberry tops. In fact the article listed one or two more such items as well. I have always eat watermelon...
  16. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    $27,000 for a pair of perfect melons?

    Would you pay $27,240 for a pair of perfect melons? You're thinking of the wrong melons there folks! :whistling: Or perhaps US$1 million for 1kg of tea? More at http://a.msn.com/06/en-au/BBBfHqu?ocid=se
  17. SatNavSaysStraightOn

    A Truffle Is Surprise New Ingredient Found in Korean Beauty Skin Care

    When I saw this food in the news article, it seemed so apt that I had to add it here: A Truffle Is Surprise New Ingredient Found in Korean Beauty Skin Care. http://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/smart-living/truffle-is-the-surprising-new-ingredient-found-in-korean-beauty-skin-care/ar-BBAZKW9
  18. Morning Glory

    How Britain fell out of love with pasta sauce

    Do you use ready made pasta sauces? It seems that, in the UK, sales of these sauces have fallen. According to a report from trade journal the Grocer, sales of cooking sauces fell by £30m in 2016 – 3.7% in value – the sixth consecutive year of decline. The magazine attributes this to the 'health...
  19. Morning Glory

    'Healthy Eating' more fattening than Fast Food!

    If you eat a breakfast, lunch and dinner recommended by healthy eating gurus such as The Body Coach and Deliciously Ella, you can end up consuming 1,096 more calories than you would dining on fast food. The Daily Mail compared Deliciously Ella's bircher muesli, Clean Eating Alice's feta frittata...
  20. Morning Glory

    The Breakfast Myth

    Is eating breakfast really so important? Would it matter if you never ate breakfast? For years, we’ve been told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But one former Cambridge University lecturer hopes to challenge this way of thinking. Terence Kealey, 64, believes breakfast is a...
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