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• Gourmetzia at LA Convention Center among food events this week in the Los ... - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

  25-08-2015 23:34 via
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  Kristine Kidd: The cookbook author and former editor at Bon Appétit magazine discusses gluten-free cooking, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 27. Studio City Branch Library, 12511 Moorpark St. 818-755-7873. www.lapl.org. Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival: Event includes ...
  

• Changes kick 50000 Hoosiers off federal food stamp program - Fox 59

  25-08-2015 23:29 via
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  Changes kick 50000 Hoosiers off federal food stamp program
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  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Aug. 25, 2015) – Almost 50,000 Hoosiers are working to find a job, after losing their qualification for food stamps. It is no longer legal in Indiana for able-bodied adults without children to use food stamps if they're unemployed ...
  47K Indiana Residents To Lose Food Stamp BenefitsDaily Caller
  13000-plus in Marion County could lose food stampsIndianapolis Starall 10 news articles »
  

• Activists to address West End food justice Wednesday - The Courier-Journal

  25-08-2015 22:33 via
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  Activists to address West End food justice Wednesday
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  With plans for a methane plant at the West Louisville FoodPort squelched, a forum Wednesday at the Portland Library will explore efforts by activists and developers to provide healthy food in low-income neighborhoods from Louisville to New York City.and more »
  

• Food Cities The search for America's best food cities: New Orleans - Washington Post

  25-08-2015 22:15 via
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  Food Cities The search for America's best food cities: New Orleans
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  Plenty of American cities pride themselves on their fine food and drink. None of them relish where they've been and what they have as much as New Orleans, a city founded by the French, ruled for 40 years by the Spanish — and nearly washed away a ...and more »
  

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• BuzzFeed Food, successful with bite-sized videos, expands - Poynter.org

  25-08-2015 21:59 via
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  BuzzFeed Food, successful with bite-sized videos, expands
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  In the fall of 2013, BuzzFeed's food vertical held a tournament to determine the Internet's best roast chicken recipe. Martha Stewart's bird did battle with Judy Rodgers'. Julia Child's chicken faced off against Thomas Keller's. To make things fair ...
  

• Food Forests Could Help End Hunger for Nomads in Arid East Africa - TakePart

  25-08-2015 21:48 via
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  Food Forests Could Help End Hunger for Nomads in Arid East Africa
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  Drought and climate change are making the livestock-centered lives of Kenya's pastoralists difficult to sustain. Cattle herding in Kenya. (Photo: Flickr). Aug 25, 2015. Sarah McColl has written for Yahoo Food, Bon Appetit, and other publications. She's ...and more »
  

• A New York City food writer is waging war against Instagram star 'The Fat Jew' - Business Insider

  25-08-2015 21:20 via
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  A New York City food writer is waging war against Instagram star 'The Fat Jew'
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  the fat jew Getty/Dimitrios KambourisInstagram sensation "The Fat Jew" recently launched a wine label, White Girl Rosé. Days after an apologetic interview with Vulture, Josh "The Fat Jewish" Ostrovsky (aka "The Fat Jew") is under fire again. But the ...
  The Fat Jew Sparks Heated Ramen Controversy At NYC Wine & Food FestivalGothamist
  Josh 'The Fat Jew' Ostrovsky causes food
  

• POS Company Acquisition Drives Tech Progress

  25-08-2015 20:40
  Vivonet Acquisitions Ltd. has acquired Syrus Restaurant Info ServicesExclusive Brief: 0Vivonet Acquisitions Ltd., a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) based point of sale solutions announced that it has completed the acquisition of Syrus Restaurant Information Services, a SaaS provider of back office solutions based in Columbus, Ohio. Under the terms of the agreement, Vivonet has acquired Syrus in an all-cash transaction. This transaction accelerates Vivonet's strategy of
  
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• Wienerschnitzel Goes Mobile With New Rewards Program

  25-08-2015 20:35
  Wiener Rewards mobile app is now available for downloadExclusive Brief: 0Wienerschnitzel launched a loyalty-based mobile app to reward guests for dining with Wienerschnitzel. The Wiener Rewards mobile app is now available for download with both iPhone and Android operating systems, and rewards members on a point system towards earning free food.Chains: Wienerschnitzel
  
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• Beer and cheese class, green chile festival and more food events - News & Observer (blog)

  25-08-2015 20:02 via
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  Beer and cheese class, green chile festival and more food events
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  Chuy's 27th annual Green Chile Festival, which celebrates the green chile harvest in Hatch, New Mexico, will kick off with a special menu offered for a three-week period. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. through Sept. 6. MCT MCT. i. Chuy's 27th annual Green Chile ...and more »
  

• Food Lion Deals 8/26: Chicken, Steamfresh, Mueller's & more! - WRAL.com

  25-08-2015 19:54 via
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  Food Lion Deals 8/26: Chicken, Steamfresh, Mueller's & more!
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  Food Lion has some super deals starting 8/26 including roma tomatoes, squash, chicken breasts, pork ribs, Steamfresh Protein veggies, pork & beans, Mueller's pasta, Old El Paso taco shells, Coke, Pepsi, All laundry & more! Food Lion Coupon Basics.
  

• The FDA warns food start-up Hampton Creek: You can't call it “mayo” if it's ... - Quartz

  25-08-2015 19:45 via
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  The FDA warns food start-up Hampton Creek: You can't call it “mayo” if it's ...
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  The Silicon Valley food startup Hampton Creek, which has experienced explosive growth selling egg-free mayonnaise-like spreads and cookie doughs, is in trouble with US food regulators for “misbranding” its products and failing to follow certain ...
  FDA tells food start-up Hampton Creek to change Just Mayo brandFinancial Timesall 146 news articles »
  

• Why Is Putin Burning Mountains of Good Food? - Newsweek

  25-08-2015 19:05 via
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  Why Is Putin Burning Mountains of Good Food?
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  An employee operates a bulldozer while destroying illegally imported food falling under restrictions in the Belgorod region, Russia, August 6. Russian government plans for mass destruction of banned Western food imports provoked outrage in a country ...and more »
  

• A Rundown of Richard Sandoval's Latin Wonderland of Food, Opening in October ... - Eater Chicago

  25-08-2015 18:44 via
  A Rundown of Richard Sandoval's Latin Wonderland of Food, Opening in October ...
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  Latinicity, the delayed Latin version of Eataly in Block 37, will be the celebrity chef's largest concept yet. Celebrity chef Richard Sandoval's hectic schedule of opening restaurants combined with Loop construction to delay the opening of Latinicity ...
  

• Possible Food-Borne Illness Sickens 77 At California Chipotle - The Consumerist

  25-08-2015 18:16 via
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  Possible Food-Borne Illness Sickens 77 At California Chipotle
  The Consumerist
  Health officials in Ventura County, California, are investigating a possible outbreak of a food-borne illness after dozens of people who either ate or work at one local Chipotle fell ill. The Ventura County Star reports that a Chipotle in Simi Valley ...and more »
  

• Dunkin' Kicks Off Fall With Tailgater Breakfast Sandwich

  25-08-2015 17:38
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand has also launched its "Breakfast Whenev" sweepstakesExclusive Brief: 0With football season nearly ready to kick off, Dunkin’ Donuts is making it easy for breakfast lovers to enjoy a taste of weekend tailgating any time of day, any time of week, no stadium or parking lot necessary. Dunkin’ Donuts today announced the newest addition to its all-day breakfast item for fall, the Tailgater Breakfast Sandwich, officially available for a limi
  
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• Many Parents Put 'Food Pressure' on Their Kids - WebMD

  25-08-2015 16:51 via
  Many Parents Put 'Food Pressure' on Their Kids
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  TUESDAY, Aug. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that parents of overweight kids are more likely to restrict their children's food intake -- a potentially bad idea -- if they themselves are carrying extra pounds. By contrast, mothers and ...and more »
  

• Why the Courts Won't Save Fast Food Companies From the $15 Minimum Wage - Yahoo Food

  25-08-2015 13:41 via
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  Why the Courts Won't Save Fast Food Companies From the $15 Minimum Wage
  Yahoo Food
  July marked another victory for the Fight for $15 labor movement, with New York's Fast Food Wage Board recommending a mandatory minimum wage increase to $15 per hour for all New Yorkers working for major fast-food chains — those with 30 or more ...
  Times Square billboard attacks Andrew Cuomo on $15 per hour fast food wageNew York Daily Newsall 3 news articles »
  

• Pedigree responding to claims of 'wire-like' material in dog food - NBC4i.com

  25-08-2015 10:24 via
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  Pedigree responding to claims of 'wire-like' material in dog food
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  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — After thousands of customers claim they found metal, wire-like material in their dog food – consumers are now saying they have a bone to pick with Pedigree. The company took to social media Monday trying to calm the nerves of ...and more »
  

• San Francisco's Tasty Automated Fast Food Quinoa Joint Will Challenge Minimum ... - Forbes

  25-08-2015 09:52 via
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  Gregory Ferenestein is the editor of the Ferenstein Wire, a syndicated publication on tech, health, and politics. In his spare time, he teaches Mathematics and enjoys Capoeira, an Brazilian acrobatic martial art. The author is a Forbes contributor. The ...
  

• Smithfield Foods to expand dry sausage facility

  25-08-2015 07:00
  Smithfield Foods has announced it will expand its facility in Cudahy, Wis., which produces the Patrick Cudahy brand as well as additional Smithfield branded products.
  
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• Lifeway Foods ramps up kefir production at new facility

  25-08-2015 07:00
  Lifeway Foods, a supplier of kefir cultured dairy products, has announced the beginning of kefir production at the former Golden Guernsey dairy plant in Waukesha, Wis., that it acquired in May 2013 to increase its manufacturing capacity.
  
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• American Halal acquires Mediterranean Snack Foods

  25-08-2015 07:00
  American Halal, the parent company of Saffron Road—a natural frozen entrée brand, has acquired Mediterranean Snack Foods, a leading lentil snack brand in the United States.
  
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