News tagged with restaurant menus
Va-based food distributor using DNA to track beef
First came organic, then free-range, then local. Now discerning diners with a penchant for spending a premium to know where food comes from are pushing DNA-traceable meat onto restaurant menus.
May 25, 2011 |
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New poll provides snapshot of New Yorkers' views
(PhysOrg.com) -- New York state residents are concerned about the obesity epidemic -- but only 24 percent support a junk food tax, and 39 percent support banning TV ads for junk food.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
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When unhealthy foods hijack overeaters' brains
(AP) -- Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. The scientist who once led the government's attack on addictive cigarettes can't wander through part of San Francisco without craving a local shop's ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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LivingSocial launches takeout and delivery service
(AP) -- Throw away all those soy sauce-stained takeout menus.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Do menu 'sweet spots' really exist? Study says 'no', but finds 'sour spots'
When you sit down to read a restaurant menu, do you read it like a book? Or do your eyes flit from place to place to find the most enticing dish?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Shared flavor compounds show up on US menus, rare in Asian cuisines
North Americans and Western Europeans love a good mix of alpha-terpineol, 4-methylpentanoic acid and ethyl propionate for dinner, flavor compounds shared in popular ingredients like tomatoes, parmesan cheese ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Enticing words on bags of potato chips have a lot to say about social class, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, the manufacturers of potato chips vary the wording on their bags to convey their products' authenticity in different ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus
Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Eco-labeled seafood is not always what it seems
When you buy what looks to be a nice piece of certified sustainable fish at the supermarket, you'd like to think that's exactly what you're getting. Unfortunately, things aren't always what they seem, according to researchers ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Finally, an E. coli answer: It was the sprouts
Specialists in high-tech labs tested thousands of vegetables as they hunted for the source of world's deadliest E. coli outbreak, but in the end it was old-fashioned detective work that provided the answer: ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Non-partisan education evaluations are anything but, education professor says
(PhysOrg.com) -- An increasingly influential national organization evaluating and grading teacher education programs misleads its audience by claiming to be "non-partisan" when, in reality, the group is part of a growing ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2011 |
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FDA proposes more calorie count information
(AP) -- It could get harder to indulge in a double cheeseburger and fries without feeling guilty.
Apr 02, 2011 |
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Review: Foursquare a fun complement to city jaunts
(AP) -- At first, I didn't see the point of Foursquare, the mobile service that turns sharing your location with friends into a game of sorts. More than a year later, I still don't, but I'm hooked - much ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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