{"id":2428,"date":"2012-07-23T07:59:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T12:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gastronomyatbu.wordpress.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2018-03-28T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T21:53:11","slug":"food-news-round-up-celebrate-and-assess-the-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/2012\/07\/23\/food-news-round-up-celebrate-and-assess-the-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Food News Round Up: Celebrate and Assess the Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/emilycontois.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Contois<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/files\/2012\/07\/half-fruits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2429\" title=\"Half Fruits | Image from: https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/2z4IVJaH8Dps1lY2M6hqJw\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gastronomyblog\/files\/2012\/07\/half-fruits.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We recently passed the approximate half-way point of summer, a fact worth celebrating \u2014\u00a0and a reason to perform a mid-point status check.\u00a0Are you making it through that reading list? Have you spent enough time at the beach? Have you tried at least half of those recipes you&#8217;ve been marking, saving, and creating?<\/p>\n<p>If not, you have approximately another half to go; plenty of time to fit in everything you planned for your summer.\u00a0Regardless, you can enjoy these &#8220;half and half&#8221; edition of Food News Round Up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research: 1\/2 Science + 1\/2 News Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Media coverage on eating behavior research abounds, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/blog\/2012\/mar\/07\/scientists-help-improve-science-journalism\" target=\"_blank\">relationship between science and science news<\/a> is often tenuous. These three studies were reported in the media this week and are presented here <em>with<\/em> the study or abstract to ensure research integrity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Due to perceived anonymity, food orders place online are <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2012\/07\/20\/online-orders-more-fattening-complicated\/\" target=\"_blank\">more fattening, complicated<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/9082176\/mcdevitt_internet_inhibitions_april_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read the study<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Neuroscience study finds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/248106.php\" target=\"_blank\">fat in foods directly impacts taste perception<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springerlink.com\/content\/5t255466052vk04p\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the abstract<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Restaurant meals a bit healthier after <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2012-07-20\/lifestyle\/sns-rt-us-seattle-restaurantbre86i14m-20120719_1_calorie-counts-menu-law-chain-restaurants\" target=\"_blank\">menu labeling law<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andjrnl.org\/article\/S2212-2672(12)00592-8\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">Read the abstract\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Food Policy: 1\/2 Foreign and 1\/2 Domestic\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Food policy news this week spans both international and US concerns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldpolicy.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/20\/will-food-security-be-obama\u2019s-foreign-policy-legacy\" target=\"_blank\">food security<\/a>\u00a0be Obama\u2019s foreign policy legacy?<\/li>\n<li>2012 hottest year on record; FAO debates how much is <a href=\"http:\/\/bittman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/11\/fao-yields-to-meat-industry-pressure-on-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\">attributable to livestock<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Africa&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2012\/07\/africas-looming-food-crisis-could-affect-18-million-people\/259447\/\" target=\"_blank\">looming food crisis<\/a>\u00a0could affect 18 million people<\/li>\n<li>Record drought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/21559381\" target=\"_blank\">increases corn prices<\/a>, gives <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/jul\/19\/news\/la-pn-drought-gives-urgency-to-farm-bill-compromise-on-food-stamp-cuts-20120719\" target=\"_blank\">urgency to farm bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wholesome Wave CEO makes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2012\/07\/the-economic-case-for-food-stamps\/260015\/\" target=\"_blank\">economic case for Food Stamps<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Could\u00a0newly enacted school lunch rules result in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/new-school-lunch-rules-more-food-in-the-trash.html\" target=\"_blank\">more wasted food?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Food and Culture: 1\/2 the Arts + 1\/2 Cuisine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week provides a veritable\u00a0smorgasbord of interesting tidbits involving food and culture, divided between the visual and linguistic arts and culinary trends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/cheryl-carlesimo\/olympics-and-food-and-art_b_1682527.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sport Your Food<\/em><\/a> exhibit combines Olympic spirit, food, and art<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco chef finds <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10000872396390444330904577535033879275676.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\" target=\"_blank\">poetry in food and food in poetry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hispanics in nursing homes increases along with <a href=\"\/\/www.voxxi.com\/cultural-food-missing-nursing-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\">culture shock in language and food<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/searealtime\/2012\/07\/20\/food-fridays-bagels-on-the-rise-in-jakarta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bagels on the rise<\/a>\u00a0in Jakarta, India<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/news\/vegan-food-on-the-menu-for-nasa-mars-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vegan food<\/a> on the menu for NASA Mars mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Emily Contois We recently passed the approximate half-way point of summer, a fact worth celebrating \u2014\u00a0and a reason to perform a mid-point status check.\u00a0Are you making it through that reading list? Have you spent enough time at the beach? Have you tried at least half of those recipes you&#8217;ve been marking, saving, and creating? 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