Healthy food movement growing in health care (The Gazette)

Posted by - May 31st, 2008

Residents of Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly have no complaints about their food.Local farmers who sell the food are happy, too.Bartels Lutheran, about 15 miles north of Waterloo, was among the first nursing homes to sign a Healthy Food in Health Care Pledge, a framework designed to improve the health of patients, communities and global environment.”We’ve been trying to really …

Fan finds Dallas safety very polite, ‘a sweetheart of a guy’ (The Oklahoman)

Posted by - May 31st, 2008

When Jarred Turner found out he had a chance to watch a RedHawks game in a suite with Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark on Saturday night, he couldn’t resist the urge to place a bid. Turner isn’t even a Cowboys fan, but the money from the 15 winning bids go to Williams’ Safety Net Foundation, an organization that helps single mothers get back on their feet. Turner …

Health department finds zero violations at 28 food service places (Cumberland Times-News)

Posted by - May 31st, 2008

The Allegany County Health Department found zero violations at 28 food service establishments during this year’s first-quarter environmental inspection.

Do you know what these food labels are saying? (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted by - May 31st, 2008

Food importers are continuing to flout labelling laws, despite a potentially fatal tea being discovered last month. A Herald on Sunday investigation has found many products for sale without nutritional information or ingredient lists in English.

Briefs: Food safety exam, Dunn golf scramble (Bedford Times-Mail)

Posted by - May 30th, 2008

BEDFORD — The ServSafe Food Safety training will have it’s manager certification exam June 9 at the Lawrence County Extension office. In order to take this exam, attendees will need two pieces of identification — a photo ID and another with the person’s signature on it.

Chicago-Style Pizza

Posted by - May 30th, 2008

Chicago-Style Pizza is known across the country as being absolutely delicious, when done correctly. The deep dish pizza was started in Chicago in the early 1940s at Pizzeria Uno, a pizzeria which still exists and commands hour long waits today.

New Cooking And Food Site Engages The Mind

Posted by - May 30th, 2008

Writers Chris Wenham and Michele Kadison have launched the new cooking website, Chefs Without Frontiers, in honor of their appreciation of all things food. Not a conventional recipe site, CWF focuses on thoughts, perceptions, and stories revolving around cooking and eating.

Tips on Picking Fresh Fruit

Posted by admin - May 30th, 2008

If you have ever gone to the grocery store only to come back and find that the fruit that you pick was not as good as you thought it would be, you need a method that will help. You need to be aware of the many different ways to pick out all of your fruit. Each fruit has its own method to picking fresh fruit and you need to know how and when to pick out the different types of fruits.

Food Marketing Institute spent about $1.4 million in 1Q to lobby on food safety, retail issues (Canadian Business)

Posted by - May 30th, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food Marketing Institute, the trade group for food retailers and wholesalers, spent nearly $1.4 million in the first quarter to lobby on food safety, public health and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

WI Food Safety (Northland’s News Center)

Posted by - May 30th, 2008

A new audit says state workers are doing a fairly good job inspecting Wisconsin’s retail food and dairy operations.

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