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• The Forgotten Italian Tradition of Building Monumental Food Palaces - Atlas Obscura

  27-10-2017 23:59
  Atlas Obscura
  The Forgotten Italian Tradition of Building Monumental Food Palaces
  Atlas Obscura
  In 1768, Austrian princess Maria Carolina married Ferdinand IV, the king of Naples. To celebrate, they had a magnificent, fake fortress built in front of the Neapolitan royal palace and decorated with delicious food. At a signal from the king, a mob of ...
  
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• New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history - PRI

  27-10-2017 23:52
  PRI
  New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history
  PRI
  Women wear costumes as they take part in Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti. The similarity between Carnaval and Mardi Gras in New Orleans is just one connection the two places share. Credit: Swoan Parker / REUTERS. In 1809, when the Haitian Revolution ended ...and more »
  
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• 3 fab food festivals: Chili, chocolate and mushrooms - The Mercury News

  27-10-2017 23:34
  The Mercury News
  3 fab food festivals: Chili, chocolate and mushrooms
  The Mercury News
  A cookoff attendee with a cup of chili and a map showing booths on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. (Staff archives). By Linda Zavoral | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group. PUBLISHED: October 27, 2017 at 2:34 pm | UPDATED: ...
  
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• Lockport food pantry to reopen in new location - Chicago Tribune

  27-10-2017 23:21
  Chicago Tribune
  Lockport food pantry to reopen in new location
  Chicago Tribune
  Officials and pantry volunteers cut the ribbon the new Lockport FISH Food Pantry Friday, now situated in the Lockport Township building at 1463 Farrell Road. (Susan DeMar Lafferty / Daily Southtown). Susan DeMar LaffertyContact ReporterDaily Southtown.
  
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• Healthy food is a right, not a luxury - Washington Post

  27-10-2017 22:55
  Washington Post
  Healthy food is a right, not a luxury
  Washington Post
  We thank The Post for including an image from the Grocery Walk in the Oct. 15 Metro section [“Food for thought”]. What didn't come through in the photograph was the scale and tone of the event. Hundreds of Ward 7 and 8 residents were joined by allies ...
  
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• Local food truck pioneer Zombie Dogz to park the truck for good - Dayton Daily News

  27-10-2017 22:42
  Dayton Daily News
  Local food truck pioneer Zombie Dogz to park the truck for good
  Dayton Daily News
  Zombie Dogz — a trailblazer of the Dayton-area food-truck scene and winner of the “Best Food Truck in Ohio” designation in Ohio Magazine's 2016 Best of Ohio Readers' Ballot — is getting out of the food truck business altogether. “What we're about to ...and more »
  
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• 'Food Stamp Millionaire' sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined nearly $3000 - WKYC-TV

  27-10-2017 21:26
  WKYC-TV
  'Food Stamp Millionaire' sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined nearly $3000
  WKYC-TV
  Pascal Mahvi, Geauga County's so-called "Food Stamp Millionaire" will serve 30 days in jail after being convicted of welfare fraud last month. The judge also fined Mahavi, 66, $2,750 and sentenced him to three years probation. Mahavi also received a ...and more »
  
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• Myanmar Agrees to Allow UN Food Distribution Operations - Voice of America

  27-10-2017 20:41
  Voice of America
  Myanmar Agrees to Allow UN Food Distribution Operations
  Voice of America
  The United Nations said Friday the Myanmar government has agreed to allow it to resume its food distribution operations in northern Rakhine State after a two-month suspension. The agreement was announced as the United Nations International Children's ...and more »
  
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• Hearthside Food in Downers Grove buys energy bar company - Chicago Daily Herald

  27-10-2017 19:56
  Chicago Daily Herald
  Hearthside Food in Downers Grove buys energy bar company
  Chicago Daily Herald
  Hearthside Food Solutions in Downers Grove signed an agreement to buy Standard Functional Foods Group, a unit of privately held Standard Candy Company. Standard Functional is a manufacturer of nutritional and functional bars located in Nashville, ...and more »
  
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• Iowa's never seen a food truck beer hall like this before - DesMoinesRegister.com

  27-10-2017 18:55
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Iowa's never seen a food truck beer hall like this before
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Get enough food trucks in one spot, and you can easily find the elements to build an eclectic meal. But what if you want a taco from this truck, and mac and cheese from that truck, and dessert from somewhere else? You wait in line for each dish and you ...
  New Valley Junction Business Serving Up Drinks, Food, and Community Helpwhotv.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• Baby Food Contains Arsenic, Lead, Other Contaminants: Study - Patch.com

  27-10-2017 18:41
  Patch.com
  Baby Food Contains Arsenic, Lead, Other Contaminants: Study
  Patch.com
  A new study shows 65 percent of baby foods contain arsenic, and 36 percent have lead, which can cause irreversible damage at trace amounts. By Beth Dalbey (Patch National Staff) - Updated Oct 27, 2017 2:00 pm ET ...
  'Alarming Study' on Chemicals in Baby Food Lacks EvidenceSnopes.com
  65 percent of infant formula, baby food tests positive for arsenic study findsLocal 10
  Two-thirds of popular baby food products te
  
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• Eyeing Asia, Saputo moves for Murray Goulburn - editor's viewpoint

  27-10-2017 18:37
  Dean Best weighs up why Saputo has moved to buy the embattled Australian dairy group.
  
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• Opinion: What World Series chaos can teach food processors

  27-10-2017 17:51
  
  If you've been following the World Series, then you know that Game 2 started out as a tense, well-pitched game, then devolved into complete and utter insanity by the time it was all said and done.
  
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• Opinion: Embracing the chaos

  27-10-2017 17:51
  
  If you've been following the World Series, then you know that Game 2 started out as a tense, well-pitched game, then devolved into complete and utter insanity by the time it was all said and done.
  
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• A pioneering DFW food truck is putting it in park - Fort Worth Star Telegram

  27-10-2017 17:51
  Fort Worth Star Telegram
  A pioneering DFW food truck is putting it in park
  Fort Worth Star Telegram
  But the owner of the rolling cafe of melted-cheese sandwiches — often in creative combos with meat, to the occasional consternation of vegetarians and grilled-cheese purists — has decided that it's time to serve the last slice. “After many ...
  
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• Meet the winners the 2017 Detroit Food Power awards - Detroit Metro Times

  27-10-2017 17:37
  Detroit Metro Times
  Meet the winners the 2017 Detroit Food Power awards
  Detroit Metro Times
  Each year the Detroit Food Policy Council hosts the Food Power Awards to recognize those making a difference in the city's food system. While there are a lot of issues that need attention, progress is being on many fronts, and those making strides ...
  
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• Brazil mulls 'traffic lights' system for food labelling

  27-10-2017 17:33
  Brazil's food industry association is proposing a new food labelling system to better highlight the content of sugar, salt and fats.
  
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• US snack bar firm Hearthside Foods acquires rival Standard Functional Foods Group

  27-10-2017 17:15
  Hearthside Food Solutions, a contract manufacturer and private bakery that makes energy bars, snack bars, cookies and crackers, has bought fellow US firm Standard Functional Foods Group (SFFG).
  
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• More Kids Have Food Allergies, Especially Peanuts - WebMD

  27-10-2017 16:39
  Medical News Today
  More Kids Have Food Allergies, Especially Peanuts
  WebMD
  FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The number of U.S. children allergic to peanuts has increased by 21 percent since 2010, with nearly 2.5 percent of youngsters now having this type of allergy, a new study has found. Peanut allergies aren't the ...
  'Surprising' number of food allergies begin in adulthood, study saysMedical News Today
  Food allergies surging among US kids and adults, research showsWTOP
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• John Besh Still Welcome at South Beach Wine & Food - Eater

  27-10-2017 16:07
  Eater
  John Besh Still Welcome at South Beach Wine & Food
  Eater
  John Besh during a dinner at the James Beard House, in 2011. Fernando Leon/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz. Business partners and networks are increasingly cutting their ties with chef John Besh ever since accusations of rampant sexual harassment ...and more »
  
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• Just How Much Food Do Cities Squander? - WIRED

  27-10-2017 16:01
  WIRED
  Just How Much Food Do Cities Squander?
  WIRED
  Last winter, teams of researchers in three US cities donned goggles, gloves, and respirators, tore into bags of other people's household garbage, and then pawed though the contents. Separating slimy banana peels from clumps of coffee grounds was dirty ...
  Quantifying American urban food-wasteBoing Boingall 2 news articles »
  
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• Hershey set to unveil Gold - its "fourth flavour"

  27-10-2017 15:38
  US confectionery giant Hershey is planning to add another chocolate product, Gold, to its namesake range.
  
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• Portugal proposes 'salt tax' in 2018 budget draft

  27-10-2017 15:28
  Portugal is proposing introducing a 'salt tax' on certain foods in its 2018 state budget to fund government programmes promoting health and the prevention of diseases.
  
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• Kellogg eyes India's snack lovers with new cereal

  27-10-2017 15:19
  Kellogg is targeting breakfast eaters and snack lovers with the latest addition to its range of cereal products on sale in India.
  
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• Burma allows UN to restart food distribution in Rakhine state - FRANCE 24

  27-10-2017 14:06
  FRANCE 24
  Burma allows UN to restart food distribution in Rakhine state
  FRANCE 24
  Burma authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine state which was suspended for two months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. The agreement, whose details are still being worked ...
  Myanmar Gives Green Light to Resume Food Aid to Rakhine, Says UNU.S. News & World Reportall 442 news articles »
  
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• 9 Fun Food Events Around DC This Weekend - Washingtonian.com

  27-10-2017 14:01
  Washingtonian.com
  9 Fun Food Events Around DC This Weekend
  Washingtonian.com
  Learn to make tacos at Tico during a class and lunch. Photograph courtesy of Tico. Tweet Share. Hold on to your pumpkins: it's Halloween weekend. Though the holiday falls on a Tuesday, restaurants and bars are kicking off the celebration early with ...
  
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• Switzerland's Coop Group opens new Chocolats Halba plant

  27-10-2017 13:36
  Swiss food retailer Coop Group has completed construction of a new production plant and warehouse in the Pratteln region after investing US$380m in the site, which also houses one of its most modern stores.
  
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• In Age of Kale and Quinoa, Fast-Food Success Depends on Burgers - Bloomberg

  27-10-2017 13:00
  Bloomberg
  In Age of Kale and Quinoa, Fast-Food Success Depends on Burgers
  Bloomberg
  Forget, for the moment, kale and quinoa, the current “it foods” of American cuisine. The leafy vegetable and the ancient grain have for years fed the prevailing narrative, that more Americans are trying to clean up their diets, or at least are saying ...and more »
  
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• Conagra Brands links up with Taco Bell for new seeds product

  27-10-2017 11:16
  US food group Conagra Brands has linked up with the Tex-Mex food chain Taco Bell to launch a line of sunflower seeds.
  
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• Blackmores, Bega Cheese end infant nutrition joint venture

  27-10-2017 10:28
  Australian supplement maker Blackmores and dairy group Bega Cheese have ended an infant nutrition joint venture after assessing its financial performance, only two years after the project started.
  
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• Canada's Saputo strikes deal to buy Murray Goulburn

  27-10-2017 10:16
  Canada's Saputo has agreed to buy struggling Australian dairy cooperative Murray Goulburn for CAD1.29bn (US$1bn), ending months of speculation over a potential suitor.
  
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