{"id":1573,"date":"2012-02-27T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gastronomyatbu.wordpress.com\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2018-03-28T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T21:53:17","slug":"food-news-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/2012\/02\/27\/food-news-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Food News Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/files\/2012\/02\/letter-f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1574 alignleft\" title=\"Image from Turquoise and Roses at maurina.wordpress.com\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/files\/2012\/02\/letter-f.jpg?w=99\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t watch the Oscars last night, you might have missed that <em>The Muppets<\/em> won for Original Song. And any Muppet lover knows that Jim Henson is also responsible for the characters of\u00a0<em>Sesame Street<\/em>. In a, we&#8217;ll admit, slightly bizarre six-degrees-of-separation-kind-of-way, that explains why we&#8217;re doing Food News Round Up <em>Sesame Stree<\/em>t-style this week.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, this smattering of food news is brought to you by the <strong>Letter &#8220;F&#8221;<\/strong> and the <strong>Number &#8220;5.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">1. F<\/span>ix the Food System<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A report from Food &amp; Water Watch claims that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcentralpa.com\/feeditem\/2012-02-21_why-walmart-can\u2019t-fix-food-system\">Walmart can\u2019t fix the food system<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/tracie-mcmillan\/food-in-america_b_1295035.html?ref=fb&amp;src=sp&amp;comm_ref=false#s715573&amp;title=Everybody_Wants_Good\">9 things you&#8217;ve never heard about\u00a0America&#8217;s food<\/a>\u00a0from Tracie McMillan\n<ul>\n<li>Please mark your calendars for Tracie McMillan&#8217;s Gastronomy Lecture, March 29 at 6 pm, SHA Auditorium and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/PT7WD2R\" target=\"_blank\">RSVP here.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">2.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>Follow Food Politics and Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obama administration creating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/21\/us\/politics\/new-rules-planned-on-school-vending-machines.html?ref=education\">school vending guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Connecticut bill would require labeling of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/AP9410e654372640ea91fb0e55f4f8fecc.html\">genetically modified foods<\/a><\/li>\n<li>As feed prices increase,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/california\/ci_20029424\">thousands of chickens die<\/a>\u00a0on Central Valley egg farm<\/li>\n<li>Essay by politics professor, Aaron Bobrow-Stain, previews his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/What-Would-Great-Grandma-Eat-\/130890\/\">White Bread\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">3. F<\/span>igure out Fast Food\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yum Brands CEO, David Novak, discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/industries\/food\/story\/2012-02-26\/yum-brands-david-novak-global-reach\/53260414\/1\">U.S. fast food business abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sandelman study finds <a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article\/news\/mcdonald-s-losing-lovin-feeling\/232821\/?page=1\">McDonald\u2019s brand perception declines<\/a> as sales soar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#3366ff\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color:#000000\">4.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">F<\/span>ocus on Cuisine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NPR\u2019s \u201cthe salt \u201cconsiders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2012\/02\/19\/147039706\/dining-after-downton-abbey-why-british-food-was-so-bad-for-so-long\">English cuisine<\/a>\u00a0 \u00e0 la Downton Abbey<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of a\u00a01947 Chiquita cookbook reveals\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/food\/2012\/02\/peeling-open-the-1947-chiquita-banana-cookbook\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+smithsonianmag%2Ffood+%28Food+%26+Think%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner\">banana politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chef, Sara Jenkins, asks what is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2012\/02\/in-italian-food-whats-authentic-and-does-it-really-even-matter\/253346\">authentic Italian food<\/a> and does it really matter?<\/li>\n<li>Fox News releases list of restaurants where mere mortals will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/leisure\/2012\/02\/21\/restaurants-mere-mortals-will-never-get-reservation\/\">never get a reservation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWild girls of food\u201d discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longislandpress.com\/2012\/02\/26\/wild-girls-of-the-food-world-make-no-apologies\/\">gender inequality in the industry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff\">\u00a0<span style=\"color:#000000\">5.\u00a0F<\/span><\/span>ind<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Food Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/feb\/24\/business\/la-fi-greek-yogurt-20120225\">Greek yogurt<\/a> stirs up the food industry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-17156175\">Scandinavian food popularity<\/a> increases in the UK, but why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you didn&#8217;t watch the Oscars last night, you might have missed that The Muppets won for Original Song. 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