Monthly Archives: July 2008

Happy Birthday, America!

Warning: This post was written without a flag lapel pin (or a lapel). Today, I’ll be celebrating American independence by attending a family cook out where I’ll fret about uneaten burgers enjoy the good company and tasty food. Two thoughts before I’m off to BBQ land: 1. Wasting food should not be an American value. […]

July 4, 2008 | Posted in Household | Comments closed

Thursday Buffet

Japan wastes one-fourth of their food, according to Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry. As reported in China Daily, Japan tosses 19 million tonnes of food waste annually (about one-third of which is edible at the time of tossing). That percentage is a bit less than the U.S. (estimates range from one-fourth to one-half and […]

July 3, 2008 | Posted in Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, International, Supermarket, Trayless | Comments closed

Red Scare?

Many in the food safety community believe that tomatoes are not responsible for the salmonella outbreak. Nearly a month after the initial outbreak and the isolated tomatoes have been removed, people are still getting sick. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tested 1,700 samples of tomatoes and found zero cases of salmonella. Zilch. FDA […]

July 2, 2008 | Posted in Food Safety | Comments closed

Refrigerator Report

My wife and I moved this past weekend. And again Monday night, when we finally finished cleaning out the old place. The last item of business was cleaning out the fridge at our old house. In a 10 p.m. frenzy of food waste, we ended up throwing away an embarrassing amount. Here are the highlights […]

July 1, 2008 | Posted in Household, Personal | Comments closed