MOsanthrope

Coffee: It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
(Thanks: Julie).

Filed under: Food & Drink, Health

It’s delicious and refreshing:

A government analysis of more than 100 soft drinks and other beverages turned up five with levels of cancer-causing benzene that exceed federal drinking-water standards, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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Benzene, a chemical linked to leukemia, can form in soft drinks containing two ingredients: Vitamin C, also called […]

Filed under: Food & Drink, Health

Updated on May 15, 2006 at 9:39 am and 11:24 am.
Florida alligators have apparently become confused about their proper place in the food chain.
Until last week, alligators had killed only 17 humans in Florida in the past 58 years; however, alligator attacks have now resulted in the deaths of three people in […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Food & Drink, Biology, Environment

Offered, without comment, by my wife:
Scientists are reporting dramatic advances in the area of legume technology.

Filed under: Science, Food & Drink, Biology

Updated on April 26, 2006 at 11:06 am.
My wife and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary at a Nostalgic Place, a charming 1880’s-vintage bed and breakfast inn located in Arcadia, Missouri.
We’re having a great time, despite the rainy weather.
My wife is in the shower and unaware of my brazen violation of […]

Filed under: Sports, Food & Drink, Travel, Missouri

Via The Nose Knows, I learned of the biggest waste of $270.00 in recorded history.
I’m thankful that I read this long after consuming this evening’s grilled sausage dinner.

Filed under: St. Louis, Sports, Culture, Food & Drink

Despite my Missouri residence, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Services was kind enough to inspect my kitchen. Well, sort of….
Chez Chris scored an “A”:

Congratulations!
Your kitchen has received an “A” with a score of 91. Would you like to receive an “A” grade card to display in your kitchen?

You bet I would! […]

Filed under: Food & Drink, Health

Yesterday evening, my wife and I dropped off the kids at grandma’s house so that we might enjoy a meal at a restaurant which offers no entrees accompanied by injection molded cross-marketing trinkets.
We chose Aya Sofia (6671 Chippewa St., St. Louis, MO 63109, 314-645-9919), a relatively new “Turkish/Mediterranean” place located in the small south city […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Culture, Food & Drink

Updated on March 30, 2006 at 2:48 pm.
Lord knows I’ve tried, but after reading this I honestly can’t think of anything to add which won’t sound incredibly puerile and get me into big trouble with my wife.
It’s worth a read.
However, I will emphatically state that I am staunchly opposed to any revision to the definition […]

Filed under: Culture, Humor, Beer, Wine, Spirits

Justin discusses the distinction with some good links.
Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe’s are great; however, I prefer the Soulard Farmer’s Market. Unfortunately, it’s open only a few days each week.

Filed under: St. Louis, Food & Drink, Health, Environment

As a Catholic, I must confess to occasionally mocking the dietary restrictions imposed on my conservative Jewish friends by their faith. At least kosher dietary laws have a clear scriptural basis. The same may not be said of Catholicism’s Lenten dining prohibitions, which have morphed from a mandate requiring reverent fasting to pan-seared […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Religion, Food & Drink

Consumers who are not microbiologists must now go on a steer hunt to assure themselves that their meat is fresh:

WASHINGTON - Shoppers who judge the freshness of meat by its pink color may be deceived by a relatively new industry practice of treating meat with carbon monoxide, critics say.
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Berdahl said Tuesday that carbon […]

Filed under: Business, Food & Drink, Health

I’m not a huge fan of the fast food industry and its penchant for clogging Americans’ arteries, but this is just silly:

On Wednesday, Nadia Sugich of Los Angeles sued McDonald’s, saying she is a vegan and would not have eaten the fries if she had known they contained dairy products.

I presume that by “vegan” […]

Filed under: Culture, U.S., Food & Drink, Law

One of the tactics I employ to torment my three and five-year-olds is the constant suggestion that they’d like to consume bugs. It’s great fun. “What would you like to drink?” I ask, “spider juice?” “I hate spider juice,” they reply. Then comes the bit I picked up in the dad […]

Filed under: Food & Drink, Health