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March 19, 2006
Hair of the Dog: Not just for hangovers or hot dogs anymore
When it comes to the Bush administration, it's not so much that rules are made to be broken, it's that rules are made so laws can be broken. The administration issues rules on "interrogations" of "detainees" that violate international law and various treaty obligations. And rules on wiretapping that ... More >>
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January 16, 2007
ND Beats CA
If, as the governor recently asserted, California is both the new Athens and the new Sparta, where the future of America is busily being created, then what the hell is North Dakota? Because in one patch of the future, North Dakota is set to leave California in the dust. The state best known for fro ... More >>
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February 18, 2008
Best Beef Recall EVER
Chino! Ew!
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February 28, 2008
Beefy Goodness
Apparently it's not just happy cows that come from California.The Times reported earlier today that the state Department of Public Health has released a list of Southern California food retailers linked to the Chino-based slaughterhouse responsible for the largest beef recall in United States histor ... More >>
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March 25, 2008
Baby Hewie Attempts Stupidest Smear in History
With his book subject Mitt Romney (thankfully) out of the presidential race, Orange County's own nationally syndicated yackmouth Hugh Hewitt is desperately trying to remain relevant in this year's presidential race by trotting out the lamest smear attempt since Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama' ... More >>
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September 30, 2008
Foods to Show Country of Origin
According to various news reports and this one from ABC News, beginning this week, the USDA is requiring that all food retailers label some foods with their country of origin. The law, called COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) will mandate that the consumer is informed where all "raw beef, veal, lam ... More >>
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March 6, 2009
The $1.50 Costco Hot Dog: Hebrew National Out...Kirkland Brand In
I don't usually read the Costco Connection -- the corporate propaganda Coscto puts out every month and sends to every member in the mail -- but this month is different. The cover story was all about the food court, its past and future. And I've gotta say: it was quite an interesting read -- e ... More >>
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July 29, 2004
Eight Days
I don't usually read the Costco Connection -- the corporate propaganda Coscto puts out every month and sends to every member in the mail -- but this month is different. The cover story was all about the food court, its past and future. And I've gotta say: it was quite an interesting read -- e ... More >>
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July 19, 2007
Soil to Soul
Orange County’s freshest farmers, farmers markets, food purveyors—and the chefs who love them
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April 22, 2004
Earth Daddy
Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day, and all he got was this lousy planet
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March 4, 2004
You Want Christ With That?
Chick-fil-A sticks God in the deep fryer
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January 15, 2004
Like,Gross!
Four Reasons to Throw Away this Issue NOW!
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October 2, 2003
Dead Heat!
Four Reasons to Throw Away this Issue NOW!
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May 15, 2003
Fatalizer
Ironite is your silent, potentially dangerous friend in the garden
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June 20, 2002
Expensive Tastes
Flemings provides the steak, you bring the dough
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September 27, 2001
Villa Park
Beat it . . . please.
Food
March 16, 2000
Eat Cheap
Part Two
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December 23, 1999
'And Don't Call Us Straight!'
OUSD board fiddles while students, teachers burn
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August 13, 1998
Hail, Caesar Salad
Budget's stuck, so Wilson scrambles for egg bill
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November 23, 2000
Cant Beat Their Meat
Its all about steak at Stubriks
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August 13, 2009
Stockpile the Snickers! America Might Run Out of Sugar!
That was the dire prediction made this week by a group of major food manufacturers such as Kraft, Hershey, Mars and General Mills, who claim that import restrictions will soon leave us bereft of the sweet stuff. Apparently, domestic sugar supplies are falling dramatically (the Agriculture Departm ... More >>
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November 23, 2000
Cant Beat Their Meat
Its all about steak at Stubriks
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December 14, 2009
Fast Food Safer Than School Lunches
Picture from Dead Homer SocietySo by now you've heard that USA Today published an expose that revealed the meat bought by the USDA for use in school lunches wouldn't pass quality standards at Burger King or McDonald's.
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January 15, 2010
Drink of the Week: Morning After at Hurricanes
Jessica Ford Morning AfterHurricanes in Huntington Beach attracts quite possibly the most eclectic group of people in Orange County with a mix of twenty-, thirty-, even forty-somethings crowding the bar and light-up dance floor. Following the organic trend, Hurricanes carries Filip vodka ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
New UCI Research Will Have You Looking at Earthquakes and Lawns Differently
UC Irvine researchers have discovered new ways to look at earthquakes and your front lawn. No, not how shakers rip up your green playground. We're talking one study that dispels notions about how experts estimate the potential for the next so-called "Big One," and a second that disproves the idea th ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Sweaty Mexicans Everywhere!
[¡Ask a Mexican!] How much money does Mexican sudor save American diners-and why don't Mexicans shower it off until later?
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April 15, 2010
The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights
[¡Ask a Mexican!] How much money does Mexican sudor save American diners-and why don't Mexicans shower it off until later?
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July 26, 2010
Five Things Not To Buy In A Supermarket
Flickr user roadsidepicturesIf you don't care enough to be bothered with a multiple-stop shopping trip, of course go right ahead and buy whatever you want at your local Albertsons or Ralphs. Try buying the following five things from specialists just once, though, and you'll be astonished by the i ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
OC's Costcos Introduce New Food Court Item
Photo by Edwin GoeiAdios Costco turkey wraps; cómo estás Costco Carne Asada Bakes! Yes, you heard that right. The change has been propagating through Southern California Costco's food courts this summer, and now it has finally reached OC (at least the one at the District in Tustin): ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
#4. Kobe Beef at Tsuruhashi Japanese BBQ
ProfessorSalt.comMeat is murder --tasty, tasty murder You'll have noticed we're changing who writes this feature on a day by day basis: this is how you know we're getting close to the end of our countdown. Make sure to pick up a copy of our Best of OC 2010 when it hits the newsstands October ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
The Government's Conspiracy to Make You Eat More Cheese
While warning against fat consumption, the U.S. government pushes cheese sales, resulting in a sudden dairy consumption highhh for Americans.Got cheese? When Domino's Pizza was down for the count last year, an organization called Dairy Management came flying to the rescue. Since then, Domino's ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Non-Browning Canadian Apples to Be Vetted By USDA
According to HuffPo, a Canadian biotech firm has applied to the US Department of Agriculture to be allowed to grow and sell genetically modified apples that resist browning when cut. The so-called "Arctic" apples have the gene that causes oxidation suppressed, using technology from an Australian ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
USDA to Require Nutrition Facts On Meat by 2012
Flickr user mayhemComing soon to meat near you...The United States Department of Agriculture will require the Nutrition Facts label, familiar to purchasers of packaged food, on 40 common cuts of meat and poultry, beginning January 1, 2012. The rule is being phased in slowly to give processors a c ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Khapra Beetle: The Destructive Breed of Beetles Discovered in Rice Shipment at LAX
Not what you want in your rice.Things could have become pretty buggy for producers of grain and seeds if U.S. Customs and Border Protection would have been slacking on the job. On Dec. 29 at Los Angeles International Airport, CBP intercepted a shipment of Indian rice arriving from Saudi Arab ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
USDA: Today's Egg Is Lower In Cholesterol Than A Decade Ago
Flickr User John MorganEarlier this week, the USDA checked on the nutritional value of eggs and found that something changed with today's chicken ovums compared to the eggs they tested in 2002. Today's eggs, with 185 mg of cholesterol, has 14% less cholesterol than back then, which had an averag ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
Roadtrips: Mammoth
ProfessorSalt.comA road trip to Mammoth requires several decelerations in the speed-trap towns of Inyo County. I usually don't pay attention to the local food opportunities in Big Pine, Independence, Lone Pine and Bishop, mainly because I'm itching to speed up again and get to Mammoth Lakes. This ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
An Open Letter to The Daily Show's Jon Stewart RE: Taco Bell
The Daily Show - Back in Black - Meat EditionTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookDear Mr. Stewart,First of all, big fan. I am one of those who believe you are indeed "The Most Trusted Man In America." If I had a few hundred bucks and vacation ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Food Profiling: The Biltong Guy
Biltong is better... Let's set the record straight: "Biltong is different from beef jerky," said Larry Burnett, known locally as The Biltong Guy and perhaps the only Orange County resident to commercially produce the South African delight. It's air-dried, as opposed to cooked in ovens, making f ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Will Eating Sea Kelp Save Us From Radiation?
The officials have assured us we're fine, a very safe distance from the radiation that's still emitting from the disaster-hit nuclear plant in Japan, but that hasn't stopped folks around here from taking extra precautions. People are flocking to local health food markets such as Mother's and Wh ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
USDA Pushing for School Districts to Buy Food from Local Farmers
Photo by Das UbergeekFrom the Irvine Farmers' Market: Will Organic Pears Make it into SanTana Unified?Jamie Oliver and Michelle Obama, take note: the United States Department of Agriculture has just announced that it's implementing a rule that is "encouraging" school districts to buy from local f ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Texas Schools Taking Pictures of Kids' Lunches to Study Their Eating Habits
DC Central KitchenSay cheese, grilled-cheese sandwich. A school district in San Antonio has installed a system of cameras that takes a picture of what kids are eating and not eating for lunch.
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May 25, 2011
Recipe of the Week: Old-Fashioned Pound Cake
Dave LiebermanA slice of the two-pan version with brandied cherriesOtis Spunkmeyer? Sara Lee? Entenmann's? This is what pound cake has become? Even the recipes available on the Internet contain all kinds of fillers, stretchers and leaveners. My grandmother, may she rest in peace, must be rolling ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
As Food Prices Rise, is an Economic Slowdown Our Only Hope?
Well this is a great story: mega-chains ranging from McDonald's to Nestle, Cracker Barrel to Whole Foods, are raising their prices, not because they're trying to milk you dry, but because the cost for food is going up, up, up. Yay!The United States Department of Agriculture had already forecast t ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Seven Rap Songs about Eating Well
Buff Love aka The Human Beat BoxLast week, the USDA introduced a new symbol for healthy eating to replace the decades-old food pyramid long considered ineffectual. The new graphic, called "MyPlate," replaces the pyramid with a plate-shaped pie chart demonstrating the importance of making fruits a ... More >>
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November 23, 2000
Cant Beat Their Meat
Its all about steak at Stubriks
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September 21, 2011
PETA Chides Ringling Bros. for Federal Inspection of Tiger Hurt in Anaheim and Ill Elephant in LA
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was cited for "serious violations" of the federal Animal Welfare Act during this summer's engagements at the Honda Center in Anaheim and Staples Center in Los Angeles, an animal rights group charges.A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Poor Muppet to Debut on Sesame Street
Sesame Street announced that a new, "poverty-stricken Muppet" will talk about hunger struggles on Sesame Street. Named Muppet Lily, her family deals with "food insecurity," and will part of a prime-time special with country singer Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams Paisle ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
PETA Seeks to Stop Kangaroo Boxing at Costa Mesa Circus
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today lodged an "urgent" complaint with the California Department of Fish and Game in a bid to stop kangaroo boxing in Costa Mesa this weekend, the animal rights group announced.Nancy Foley, Fish and Game's Law Enforcement Division chief, is aske ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Ringling Bros. Pays $270k Fine Over Animal Care--and Disagrees with PETA About It
Photo by Keith May/OC WeeklyWe explored in August the Rashomon reactions of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to an adult elephant hitting the ground while being loaded into a boxcar in Anaheim, with PETA claiming a sick Sarah collapsed ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
McDonald's To Stop Using "Pink Slime" in Beef
Jamie Oliver scored a victory last week. McDonald's has announced that they will stop using ammonium hydroxide in their beef, a substance that the crusading chef once labeled as "pink slime". The chemical is added to beef scraps to kill off bacteria such as E. Coli and is approved by the USDA. Bu ... More >>
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