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    April 23, 2012

    Taco Bell Salmonella Alert

    According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, but it should be renamed the "Year of the Salmon--ella outbreak and consequent civil suits."Too long?Two lawsuits due to salmonella poisoning have been filed against Taco Bell this year. The second lawsuit, also filed by Marler Clark, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Fifty Million a Year Become Ill from Eating

    Michael Batz, head of food safety programs at the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI).​The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) has named the foods commonly responsible for food-related illness.Contrary to what most people think, those huge outbreaks of con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Christmas Gift Idea For Cooks: Harold McGee's Keys to Good Cooking

    ​Did you know that reheating fish accentuates its fishiness? That eating too many sun chokes gives you gas? That cooking octopus with wine corks has no effect on the sea creature? That sautéing garlic in butter gives it a milder aroma than if you sauté it in vegetable oil? That sneezing on food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Top 10 Worst Food Recalls of 2010

    image via portorikan on flickr.Food poisoning.​Blech! We used to think food recalls were a rare phenomenon. Turns out American factory culture may not have changed enough since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," to stop bacterium-infected food products from hitting store shelves.The last year has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Foodborne Illnesses 101: Eat and Run (To the Bathroom)

    Nina Mathews on flickr Eat me at your own risk.​Last year it was peanut butter. Last month it was eggs. Who knows what food-borne illness outbreak will hit us this month. Seems like outbreaks are coming at us faster than New Jersey-based reality TV shows these days. But besides satisfying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Florida Food Freedom Act? Just Say No

    ​Should small farmers be required to obtain state and local licensing, certification and inspection requirements, and have to go through the same rigorous safety testing as large, corporate farms? Senator Carey Baker, R-Eustis, doesn't think so. He proposed the Florida Food Freedom Act this month, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Eat Burgers And Die?

    There's been a lot of ink spilled in recent years over the potential dangers inherent in our food supply chain. Still, the piece by Michael Moss this past Saturday in The New York Times could scare just about anyone into a lifetime of hamburger abstinence. You can, and should, check out the entire a ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    Death and Tacos

    A young mother suffered an unhappy fate at a classic Miami-Dade greasy spoon.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Death and Tacos: Young Mother Suffered an Unhappy Fate at Miami-Dade Mexican Eatery

    via flicker ccTacos from some other restaurant.On a Sunday night last January, a bubbly brunette waitress named Courtney Rhon stopped for takeout at El Toro Taco in Homestead. The 32-year-old mother of two ordered a beef chimichanga and a taco dish for her 14-year-old son. There was food at home for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Food Inspection Reportage for El Toro Taco in Homestead

    This morning in "Death and Tacos" Natalie O'Neill exposed El Toro Taco's fairly recent 53 food inspection critical violations smorgasbord, but where's the link to the report, and how have their reports looked in the past?Here's the link for the past six food inspection reports for routine food ins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    BBQ and Food Safety Guidelines From The USDA

    image via thebittenword.com's flickrLeave it to the nofunsters at the FDA to take a beautiful concept like BBQ, the most perfect cooking method in in the history of civilization, and ruin it with their salmonella this, and cleanliness that.What they think is so hard about doing it right, I jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Pedophilic Weatherman Released from Jail

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Soups, Soaps, and Industrial Lubricants

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Florida Most Dangerous State For Eating Out

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    Eat Shit and Die

    Exactly what do chickens and cows eat before we eat them?

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    Food Critic Poisoned!

    Exactly what do chickens and cows eat before we eat them?

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    Food Critic Poisoned!

    Exactly what do chickens and cows eat before we eat them?

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    The ABC's of Restaurant Cleanliness

    Exactly what do chickens and cows eat before we eat them?

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    The ABC's of Restaurant Cleanliness

    Exactly what do chickens and cows eat before we eat them?

  • Dining

    March 7, 2002

    Serving Subpoenas

    On the pain and suffering of restaurateurs falsely accused

  • Dining

    July 26, 2001
  • Dining

    October 28, 1999

    Dish

    Analyze This, Don't Eat It

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