Doug Powell‘s Barfblog highlighted an unappetizing study (by Powell and colleagues) about the food safety practices visible on TV cooking shows: “Spot the Mistake: Television Cooking Shows as a Source of Food Safety Information,” Mathiasen, L.A., Chapman, B.J., Lacroix, B.J. and Powell, D.A., Food Protection Trends, vol. 24, no. 5, May 1, 2004, pp. 328-334. […]
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Who stole the kishka?
Food scientists have only begun to explore what can be learned about a kishka. This video asks, but does not fully answer, one longstanding question:
Wansinks big on the last supper
Brian Wansink (who won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2007 for his experiment with a bottomless soup bowl) has a new study. The Los Angeles Times reports: In a bid to uncover the roots of super-sized American fare, a pair of sibling scholars has turned to an unusual source: 52 artists’ renderings of the New […]
“Tentacles? Testicles!” — Treats on Trays
A Kansas State University researcher takes a colorful approach to a supposedly bland subject: “Tentacles? Testicles! A Sampling of Perceptions on Uneatable Food Items Among Undergraduate Students,” Anne Donovan, presented at the Associaton of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas (Thanks to Juanita Brown for bringing this to our attention.)