The source of the salmonella is still unknown, and officials are saying that consumers should now avoid hot peppers...

Quoted: The U.S. government has declared it’s OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak may finally be slowing.

I will never understand competitive eating, but I continue to be fascinated (and slightly grossed out) by it...

Quoted: On July 4, six-time Nathan's-hot-dog-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi will try to reclaim his title from Joey Chestnut. Last year, Chestnut set a world record at the Coney Island contest by downing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

Ick, not a good picture...

Quoted: Nobody thinks prison food is haute cuisine, but could it be so bad it's unconstitutional? The question comes up more often than you might think, and there's one dish in particular that so offends the palates of America's prisoners that it's repeatedly been the subject of lawsuits: Nutraloaf.

My International Examiner review of Raj Patel's book about the global food crisis!

Quoted: The global food crisis certainly isn’t starved for media attention. Turn to any news organization and rising food prices are making headlines alongside the rising cost of gas. With all the recent coverage, it seems like a problem that came out of left field.

You could tell me monkeys baked a salmon quiche and I wouldn't be surprised - they're so smart! Mo, this one's for you...

Quoted: Long-tailed macaques have a reputation for knowing how to find food — whether it be grabbing fruit from trees or snatching a banana from a tourist. Now, researchers have discovered groups of the primates in Indonesia that fish.

Um, how do you not notice someone's living in your closet for a whole year? I mean, I know Tokyo's a noisy city and all... Apparently the man only found out when he installed security cameras that were sending updates to his cell phone.

Quoted: A homeless woman who sneaked into a man’s house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.

While this raises some good points about stupid questions people ask vegetarians (and even stupider assumptions that are made), I'm annoyed that it doesn't even consider religious/cultural vegetarians.

Quoted: Every vegetarian remembers his first time. Not the unremarkable event of his first meal without meat. No, I mean the first time he casually lets slip that he's turned herbivore, prompting everyone in earshot to stare at him as if he just revealed plans to sail his carrot-powered plasma yacht to Neptune.

I had been wondering about this. Scary how quickly the prices are soaring.

Quoted: The U.N. World Food Program's executive director told the Los Angeles Times that "a perfect storm" is hitting the world's hungry, as demand for aid surges while food prices skyrocket. Cost increases are affecting most countries around the globe, with prices for dairy products up 80 percent, cooking oils up 50 percent, and grains up 42 percent from 2006 to 2007.

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.