Food myths and you

Michael Pollan is desperate to end our addiction to processed food. Jon Henley hears why

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Food myths and you

Food on the fly: Street vendors tempt customers with tasty fare from March to November

DECATUR - Local food vendors are frying, slicing, scooping andmixing all kinds of good things to eat this summer, and samplingtheir fare is as easy as taking a drive around town.

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Food column: What are your ‘Essential Ingredients’?

When the heat outside is unbearable, I like to turn to two of my favorite indoor passions food and reading.

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Food column: What are your ‘Essential Ingredients’?

Food safety tops people’s concerns in survey

Food safety is Chinese people’s No 1 concern, with 72 percent putting it ahead of 10 other issues including social security, and medical and marriage safety, according to a recent survey. The survey, jointly conducted by the Beijing-based Xiaokang Magazine and Tsinghua University in 12 cities in June, said Chinese people’s concern over food safety was dramatically increased after the melamine …

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Food allergy cases sometimes misdiagnosed

The National Institutes of Health say food allergy cases among children increased 18 percent between 1997 and 2007.

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Food allergy cases sometimes misdiagnosed