Pope Francis has been packing on the pounds since he was first elected the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and Vatican doctors are blaming his weight gain on too much of his favorite foods,...
A fifth-grader in Florida could be facing attempted murder charges. She poisoned a classmate's water bottle with bleach. The child also had a hit list.
This incident happened a couple of weeks ago when the victim...
Stephan Brusche is known mostly for drawing on and creating fantastic art pieces with bananas. Brusche makes his home in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, where he gleefully plays with his food, creating one-of-a-kind edible art.
When...
The Food and Drug Administration today opened this page to allow comments on a proposed regulation change involving the word "natural" on food packages. The issue boils down to this: four different petitions cropped up...
Do you ever get the feeling the Trump administration deliberately contravenes whatever makes the most logical sense?
"Bad for the environment? Let's do it!"
"Blatantly violates basic civil rights? Of course!"
"Incites violence? What could possibly go wrong?"
"Detrimental...
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McDonald's Corporation, the global fast food giant, announced that its global sales were down 2.2 percent in November, with U.S. sales down 4.6 percent. The meat scandal in Asia, where a McDonald's subsidiary...
Unfortunately, Donald Trump is still running for president.
One of his main claims is that he is such an amazing business man. He loves his name so much that he tries to attach it to EVERYTHING, and...
I sometimes feel like we take Christmas way too seriously. When we're not shouting at each other over where extended family are going to stay, fighting the alleged "War on Christmas," or punching people when retail opens...
This morning, I started the SNAP Challenge. I am to to eat three healthy meals every day for an entire week on only $5 a day as an attempt to understand the challenges faced by...
Subway restaurant chain is under scrutiny again, and this time it's about length. The length of their sandwiches, to be precise. Subway has been selling what they call 12-inch and six-inch sandwiches, and there has...
Note: If you couldn't already tell, this posting?is satire.?
Prior to starting this?argument, an important fact that most educated people know needs to be restated: Blood and NOT chlorophyll runs through our veins. We cannot make...
Poor people will eat just about anything to keep from starving to death. There are some absolutely horrid things and a few things that are still eaten today.
1. Peanut Butter Stuffed Onions
Food historians Andrew Coe and Jane...
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Even under the disguise of ?local farmers? factory farming still looks like?factory farming. Compassion in World Farming, the creators of the video below, say:
"No matter how they spin it, there is nothing humane or natural...
Some 100 Walmart employees have joined a movement to fast for the 15 days leading up to Thanksgiving. They say this is a protest for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour....
As of Friday, we have a new President, Donald Trump. If you are as sad as we are, you may be drinking tonight. Here are some Trump-themed cocktails you can make:
1. Bad Hombre
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Breitbart News, a popular website for Nazi Party sympathizers, has started a full-out war with Kellogg's. An image with their brands and #DumpKelloggs is on their homepage. In an article on their site, they said:
"They insult...
What does 200 calories actually look like in some of your favorite foods? You may be surprised.
WiseGEEK presented a photo project that compares various foods and how the measure up. Think that Snickers bar is...
Married couple Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustmeyer spent 6 months eating only food that they gathered dumpster diving. Just as they expected, they lived to tell the tale. So what’s the deal? The couple - who made...
We have all "tasted the rainbow" with Skittles over the years. Now, they are temporarily giving their rainbow to the Pride London movement. They've released completely white bags and are going to "Give the Rainbow."
They...
