Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps pared his life to three components and the gold medals followed. At the games, he ate enough pasta and pizza to feed a village, although not as much as his usual 12,000 calories a day. And: Breakfast is three fried-egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayo.
By Karen Crouse
The New York Times 2008-08-16 (entry)
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George McGovern, left, and Bob Dole.
George McGovern, Robert Dole awarded World Food Prize for school feeding program for world's poorest children. The program, which targets the 300 million children getting nothing to eat during the school day, was begun in 2000 with $300 million, but funding dwindled afterward. Through more spending via 2008 farm/food bill, funding could increase.
By Philip Brasher
The Des Moines Register 2008-06-13 (entry)
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Prince Fielder goes vegetarian and Milwaukee Brewers fans who, every sixth inning, cheer their favorite human dressed as a weiner product between bites of bratwursts, are baffled. 'Eat a steak,' they cry, if an at-bat doesn't yield a run. He switched after reading how cattle and chickens were treated and 'was totally grossed out.' He gets protein from beans and shakes, isn't hungry all the time and thinks plain tofu tastes like a wet eraser.
By Alan Schwarz
The New York Times 2008-04-27 (entry)
Group founded by actors donates $500,000 to World Food Program, a UN hunger-relief organization. UN had warned that funding shortage would stop food deliveries to Darfur. Not On Our Watch, created by George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Jerry Weintraub and Don Cheadle, has raised about $9.3 million for the region.
The Associated Press 2008-03-13 (entry)
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Drew Barrymore announced her $1 million donation for hunger relief on the 'Oprah Winfrey Show.'
Drew Barrymore donates $1 million to UN's World Food Program to fight world hunger. The actress spoke of the world's abundance, then asked, 'Isn't it crazy that people are still dying because they can't get enough to eat?' The agency says it needs $500 million more than it budgeted this year because of the rising food and energy prices.
CBS News; The Associated Press 2008-03-03 (entry)
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Judging from plastic bottles clogging the landfills and SUVs clogging the highways, the news that we're killing ourselves and our world hasn't kicked in, so that makes "The 11th Hour," an unnerving, surprisingly affecting documentary, essential viewing.
By Manohla Dargis
The New York Times 2007-08-17 (entry)
National oyster-shucking champion wears his mantle lightly and is proud of his muscled "shucking pipe" (we call it his arm); he knows the intricacies of a sport that deducts points for blood shed if you stab yourself during competition.
By Doug Fraser
Cape Cod Times 2007-10-27 (entry)
Alice Waters launched the food revolution, but she credits the late Alfred Peet with making her take a hard look at who grew and made the food and drink; Peet's legacy (smell the beans, sample widely, pay attention, buy in season) lives in coffee tastes worldwide.
By Corby Kummer
Los Angeles Times 2007-09-17 (entry)
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Couple, new to northern France a decade ago, discover a talent for making jam that eschews the modern formula, finds a niche for intensely fragrant, gooey and bright jams, and now they're much desired tastes of summer in a jar.
By Anita Chaudhuri
The Guardian (UK) 0000-00-00 (entry)
"And soon it was lunchtime/
Mom said I should ask about how poor kids could get fed/
So I got a book of tickets and a schedule and it read/
Monday - Hot Dog, Tuesday - Taco/
Wednesday - Hamburgers and Chocolate Milk/
Thursday - Sloppy Joes and doritos in a bag/
Friday was Pizza Day, the best day of the week/...
As time went on we figured out/
It was totally uncool/
To eat the welfare lunch/
Provided by the school/
So in poser-punker fashion/
We just mooched off all the kids/
And lived off eating candy bars/
And bags of nacho chips/
Monday - Hot Dog, Tuesday - Taco/
Wednesday - Hamburgers and Chocolate Milk/
Thursday - Sloppy Joes and doritos in a bag/
Friday was Pizza Day, the best day of the week/
It always came with salad and a side of cold green beans/
Hooray for Pizza Day/
Hooray for Pizza Day/
I miss Pizza Day./ "
— The Aquabats, "Pizza Day" lyrics
Rerun of Oprah Winfrey show pushes one cookbook higher in sales, but boosts another to the top of the Amazon list - and renews controversy. Missy Chase Lapine, author of 'The Sneaky Chef,' says that a later book, 'Deceptively Delicious,' by Jessica Seinfeld (wife of the comedian, Jerry), is in violation of copyright.
By Julie Bosman
The New York Times 2008-07-12 (entry)
Delia Smith, top-selling cookbook author in Britain, sings praises of frozen mashed potatoes and canned mincemeat and says that the real disgrace in the country is its hungry children. Then she skewers fellow chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who are lobbying against confined production of chickens.
By Hannah Strange
The Times (UK) 2008-02-15 (entry)
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Michael Pollan, a journalist, reluctantly rides the wave as leader of the sustainable food movement. His fame, he says, is the timing of his books and his ability to focus public interest on the farm/food bill and its influence on our eating habits, on obesity and diabetes, and on the environment.
By Carol Ness
San Francisco Chronicle 2009-01-08 (entry)
Long before she discovered food, Julia Child's summer of '42 was spent doing clerical work with World War II-era spy agency which led to working directly for agency head, previously classified documents show. Though her work for the agency work was known, personnel records of famed chef and others show reasons for hiring, their jobs and maybe missions. For archives list, click 'See also.'
By Brett J. Blackledge and Randy Herschaft
The Associated Press; The Washington Post 2008-08-14 (entry)
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Former hospital chef from Camden, N.J., defeats Philadelphia and Dallas competitors, will star in his own Food Network cooking show, 'Big Daddy's House.' And: Watch the deciding episode (click 'See also').
By Michael Klein
The Philadelphia Inquirer 2008-07-28 (entry)
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After Gordon Ramsay uses expletive more than 80 times in 40 minutes during televised cooking program, Australian parliament moves toward tightening broadcast rules. Network reports one written complaint for about every 117,000 viewers. And: His reputation includes foul language - and good food (click 'See also').
By James Grubel
Reuters 2008-06-19 (entry)
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Near the site of a murder that ripped a North Carolina town apart, the Anathoth Community Garden now grows, the gift of a black woman to a white church, and now the working poor find food at their door, and the town is finding a new peace.
By Fred Bahnson
Orion Magazine 2007-07-01 (entry)
Like prima donnas, heirloom tomatoes wait an extra week to ripen, but these voluptuous misfits with the tawdry, nightclub-act names - Cherokee Purple, Banana Legs, Green Zebra, Hillbilly, Black Russian - have it in their power to hold us all in thrall for a good part of the summer.
By Tim Stark
Washington Post 2007-08-15 (entry)
Seeking the perfect tomato means eschewing perfectly formed orbs in favor of a weedy tangle of vines in which antique, thin-skinned heirloom treasures are hidden; this obsession is an art in the Merrimack Valley, where growers proliferate.
By Kristi Ceccarossi and Darry Madden
The Hippo (NH) 2007-08-23 (entry)
JR Simplot, frozen french fry developer who struck a deal with Ray Kroc and saw his business grow with nation's appetite for fast food, dies at 99 in Boise. The family was ranked in 2007 at No. 89 on the Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans, with an estimated wealth of $3.6 billion; their land holdings are about twice the size of Delaware.
The Associated Press; The Salt Lake Tribune 2008-05-27 (entry)
Robert Mondavi, Napa Valley vintner who put California Cabernet and Chardonnay onto wine map, dies at 94. A bold innovator, he put his wines up against French vintages in blind tastings and championed the use of oak barrels and other techniques that have become industry standards.
BBC News 2008-05-17 (entry)
Paul Haeberlin, French chef who founded L'Auberge de l'Ill, in Illhaeusern, France, and master of classical cuisine, dies at 84. His grandparents founded a small country inn which was known for its pastries; as a teenager, he apprenticed in Paris. The restaurant, under the direction of his son, Marc, for the last decade, celebrated 40 unbroken years of three-star status since 1967.
The Associated Press; International Herald-Tribune 2008-05-11 (entry)
