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Is There Such a Thing as a Foodstagram Eating Disorder? Researcher Says Yes

By Lauren Saria Fri., May 10 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Is your obsession with foodstagramming bad for your health?
If you don't think that taking and sharing photos of food is a big deal, open your eyes. It's become a big enough issue that some restaurants have started to impose an unofficial ban on the practice, saying tabletop photogs are turning the dining floor into a circus.

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- Caution: Food Porn May Be Hazardous to Your Health
- Ten Instagram-ers for the Phoenix Food Lover to Follow

But besides being annoying (at least, at times) the growing obsession with food, one researcher says, could be indicative of larger health problems. That's right, your foodstagram habit might mean you have real issues.

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Monster Beverage Sued San Francisco, Now the City's Suing Back

By Lauren Saria Thu., May 9 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Monster Energy Drink
There's a legal battle brewing in California, where the San Francisco city attorney sued Monster Beverage earlier this week for marketing its drinks to children. This comes after Monster Beverage sued the city last week in federal court, accusing San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera of overstepping his boundaries for trying to make the company scale back its marketing efforts and the levels of caffeine in its drinks.

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- Shocking: Drinking Too Many Energy Drinks Linked to Increase in ER Visits


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And the Lay's Do Us a Flavor Winner Is . . .

By Lauren Saria Wed., May 8 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Remember when we taste-tested the Lay's Do Us a Flavor potato chips? Well, our vote went out for the Chicken and Waffles variety -- and not just because the mastermind behind the flavor, Christina Abu-Judom, hails from Phoenix.

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- Lay's "Do Us a Flavor" Taste Test: Sriracha, Cheesy Garlic Bread or Chicken & Waffles?
- Phoenix Resident Who Submitted Chicken & Waffles as New Lay's Potato Chip Flavor Now Poised to Win One Million Bucks

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Have You Seen PETA's Newest Animal Sex Ad to Recruit Vegans? (NSFW)

By Lauren Saria Tue., May 7 2013 at 6:00 AM
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This isn't the first time PETA has gotten sexy to try to persuade people to give up meat or fur or whatever else they want to deprive people of. But its newest ad, created for a PETA Europe campaign, isn't even trying to be subtle with its graphic imagery of animals, ahem, getting it on.

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- Vegan Strip Club (NSFW Obviously)

Exactly how humping rabbits relates to going vegan we're not entirely sure, but the slogan, "Do it like they do," is supposed to encourage people to go vegan because eating a plant-based diet will make you as horny as a rhino in heat.


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For Food/Science Nerds: Molecular Gastronomy Kits from Albert and Ferran Adrià of elBuli

By Lauren Saria Mon., May 6 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Presenting the right gift for at-home chefs who've mastered the art of the souffle and can turn out a perfect paella with one hand tied behind their backs: the Easy Kit, your guide to molecular gastronomy techniques including spherification, gelification and even suspension.

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- Home Edition of Six-Volume "Modernist Cuisine" Tome in the Works
- Chow Bella's Gift Guide for the Food Geek

Say it with us: "Ooooohhh, ahhhhh."

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First Horse Slaughterhouse in the United States to Open Soon

By Lauren Saria Fri., May 3 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Not so long ago, it was perfectly legal to slaughter horses for meat in the U.S.

Is it again? In 2006 lawmakers eliminated federal funding for the inspection of horse meat processing facilities (read: slaughterhouses), effectively making horse meat production illegal in the states. But then in 2011, Congress passed legislation that didn't include language against the practice and recently President Obama authorized an agriculture spending measure that also didn't forbid USDA from conducting horse meat inspections.

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- Is Camel's Milk the Next Superfood?

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Family Finds a Disturbing Surprise in Their Canned Green Beans

By Lauren Saria Thu., May 2 2013 at 6:00 AM
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You'll never look at green beans the same way again . . .
We've all heard the horror stories of people finding all sorts of scary stuff in their food. Well, chalk another one up to the list because, just this week, a family in Indiana found something in their dinner that had them green in the face.

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- Japan Has Shitty Beer. No Really, Beer Made with Elephant Poop.


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Colbert on Yelp: "The Critical Palate of Zagat With Not Having Anything Better to Do"

By Lauren Saria Wed., May 1 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Wake Up Call

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Monday night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert joined the chorus of people who like to hate on Yelp, the business-review site. Colbert called Yelp a social media site that combines the "critical palate of Zagat with not having anything better to do."

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- Is Yelp Fair to Restaurants?
- Ouch! Today's Hard Lesson on Yelp and Name-Calling Restaurant Owner Back in Spotlight: Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale Targeted for Upcoming Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay

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FDA Lifts Ban on Italian Cured-Pork Meat Imports

By Lauren Saria Tue., Apr. 30 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Now we can finally get our hands on some authentic Italian meat.
If you've noticed a rise in "house-cured meats" on restaurant menus lately, you're not the only one. For a few years now, it seems every chef with a meat grinder has felt compelled to test his/her hand at charcuterie.

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- The Best of the Cheese and Wine Worlds Converge at Ahwatukee's Wedge & Bottle

What you might not have realized is that this seemingly random trend could have had a lot to do with an FDA ban on importing Italian cured meats.


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Virginia Homeowner Faces Criminal Charges for Keeping Chickens in Her Backyard

By Lauren Saria Mon., Apr. 29 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Chickens are allowed in most Valley communities.
How free do you feel to grow and raise your own food? If you're an Arizona resident, the answer is probably pretty free. Most cities in the Valley allow residents to keep chickens on their property within certain parameters.

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- Luci's Healthy Marketplace in Phoenix: What We Bought, What We Skipped and What We're Still Lusting Over

But that's not the case in other places in this country. One Virginia Beach resident is being threatened with criminal charges and fines for wanting to raise a dozen chickens in her backyard. She took her case all the way to the state Supreme Court, but in a sad defeat for food freedom fighters, the court refused to hear her case.


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