The Times (UK): Britain’s Food Standards Agency is launching an investigation into what seems to be rampant food labeling fraud in the country — unscrupulous producers are conning consumers willing to pay more for organic and “natural” foods. Recently 30 million “free range” eggs were exposed as being from factory hens, and industrial meat is […]
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Disaster Diary: Fried green tomatoes and mushroom soup
In our semi-anniversary post, we asked what you’d like more of on this blog, and two commenters said cooking posts. Truth is, I’m much better at ranting than cooking. I’m not completely clueless in the kitchen, I’m just wildly inconsistent.
Casting pride aside, I’m going to share last night’s disastrous meal. Man of La Muncha may […]
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