Doubts surface about safety of common food additive, carrageenan
Sara Baker says the light went on in her head after a cup of hot cocoa set off a storm in her stomach. "I went back and looked at the...
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Doubts surface about safety of common food additive, carrageenan
Sara Baker says the light went on in her head after a cup of hot cocoa set off a storm in her stomach. "I went back and looked at the...
Michael Moss on ‘Salt Sugar Fat’
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2009 expose on pathogens in America's meat, New York Times investigative reporter Michael Moss described in chilling detail the dangers of bacteria in the American meat...
Good Food Festival promotes local producers
While Chicago's chi-chi foodies gather each autumn at Millennium Park for gourmet food, Chicago's crunchy foodies gather each spring at UIC forum for "good food."But eating is only part of...
‘Place at the Table’ gives face to invisible need
After tackling tough topics in "An Inconvenient Truth," "Food Inc." and "Lincoln," Participant Media takes on American hunger in its latest release. The documentary, called "A Place at the Table,"...
‘Place at the Table’ gives face to invisible need
After tackling tough topics in "An Inconvenient Truth," "Food Inc." and "Lincoln," Participant Media takes on American hunger in its latest release. The documentary, called "A Place at the Table,"...
Bait-and-switch for Chicago fish fans
Tribune readers seem angry, but not entirely surprised, to find that about a third of Chicago fish may be sold as something it is not. They likened the gussied up...
Bait-and-switch for Chicago fish fans
Tribune readers seem angry, but not entirely surprised, to find that about a third of Chicago fish may be sold as something it is not. They likened the gussied up...
Cook County joins push to limit sugar in soft drinks
The Cook County Department of Public Health today joined a national coalition of advocates, scientists and health officials in petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set limits on...
Cook County joins push to limit sugar in soft drinks
The Cook County Department of Public Health today joined a national coalition of advocates, scientists and health officials in petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set limits on...