Interesting MSN City Guides article about a growing trend in restaurants using all parts of animals in preparing their menus. It's not only healthy, but environmentally friendly too! Also, that's a mighty fine headline if I may say so :)

Quoted: Some high-end eateries are going whole hog (cow, lamb, chicken—you name it) by using every part of an animal.

The article suggests that one of the reasons the bird flu hasn't been contained in Bangladesh like it has in India is official neglect.

Quoted: The bird flu epidemic spreads to half of Bangladesh, in what officials say is a major blow to the poultry industry.

Adding this to my list of must-read books!

Quoted: A New York Times bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner?

I think if you spend and cook wisely, eating in can be so much cheaper and healthier...

Quoted: Americans are dining in restaurants more than ever, and with eateries trying to hold the line on prices, it's not necessarily a big money-saver to buy your own groceries.

Dude, turn your lights out before eating seafood. Apparently the FDA isn't doing anything to test these glow-in-the dark shrimp because no one's gotten sick from them. But one woman, who ate the shrimp unknowingly (because how many people turn off the lights to 'test' their seafood), said her cat refused to eat the glowing shrimp.

Quoted: Cooked shrimp that glows in the dark? That's what two shoppers say they inadvertently bought in Seattle supermarkets. Harmful? Probably not. Creepy? Probably.

Poor kid. I'm glad they finally figured out what was making him sick.

Quoted: Twelve-year-old Tylor Savage doesn’t have to ask what’s for dinner. It’s chicken or tuna with carrots and potatoes and maybe some grapes or an apple — the only foods to which he is not allergic.

Mmm, eggs. Everything in moderation, I guess. Eggbeaters taste great, though.

Quoted: Egg yolks, shellfish, whole-fat dairy products and red meat are rich sources of dietary cholesterol. But the biggest influence on blood cholesterol level is the mix of fats in the diet, not how much cholesterol you eat in food.

Holy crap, that's scary. Good thing I like my popcorn butter-free!

Quoted: The nation’s largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc., says it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers.

Awesome - this just proves that kids are dumb. Haha.

Quoted: Study suggests branding has powerful effect on preschoolers' diet. Most 3- and 5-year-olds who taste-tested a variety of foods said they preferred the ones in the McDonald's wrapper -- even though the foods were exactly the same, a new study finds.