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Posts for May 11, 2012

5/11/12 at 5:20 PM
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Fat People More Likely to Die in Car Crashes Than Skinny People

This guy's a goner.

We all know that far too many Americans are overweight, and that with all those extra pounds come all kinds of calamities. As if heart disease, diabetes, gout, and impotence weren’t enough to worry your plump little head about, here’s some more bad news for fat folks: They don’t survive car accidents quite as well as skinny people. Researchers at University of Buffalo — who wondered why morbidly obese people are 56 percent more likely to die in car accidents than people of normal weight — released a study at yesterday's annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the Atlantic reports. In it lies the reason why chubby drivers die more frequently than their more slender counterparts.

5/11/12 at 4:04 PM on Grub Street LA
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Oops! Raw Milk Sickens Ten People in California

By Krista Simmons

Bad moos for raw foodists

People were up in arms when federal agents raided Venice's Rawsome grocer last year, seizing wads of cash and destroying thousands of gallons of raw milk product. The controversy even attracted the attention of The New Yorker's Dana Goodyear, who asserted these verboten products were being treated as the new marijuana. Well, there seems to be mounting evidence that the stuff is a bit more dangerous than your average doobie. According to today's story in Food Safety News, at least ten people in California were infected with Campylobacter — whose symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever — after drinking Fresno County–based Organic Pastures' raw milk. The products are now under quarantine.

5/11/12 at 2:55 PM
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More Than Just Pig’s Feet: Trestle Inn Updates Its Menu

By Collin Keefe

Trestle Inn

There was a time when no self respecting human being would dare grab a bite to eat at the dirty old jiggle joint Trestle Inn. And if they did, the only options were pigs feet and beef jerky. But since the bar underwent its amazing transformation, the food options have improved exponentially. You can still get your pigs feet and jerky fix, but there’s plenty more at the Eraserhood hot spot. And this week, the menu’s been tweaked for spring. They’re now serving what they’re calling “Protein & Dairy,” a spread of house-cured meats and charcuterie, local cheeses, and assorted accoutrements; “Daily Dose of Sausage,” housemade sausage du jour with fixin’s and condiments on a hoagie roll; and a cauliflower steak, grilled sous vide cauliflower, quinoa sprouts, veganaise, and grilled multigrain bread. Keep reading to peep the menu in its entirety.

5/11/12 at 2:25 PM
Coming Soon
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Nectar’s Patrick Feury Bringing ‘High Brow’ Ramen to the City

By Collin Keefe

Royal Sushi and Izakaya's ramen

Philly’s nascent ramen scene is fast becoming a niagara of noodles. Ramen Boy, Nom Nom Ramen, Cheu Noodle pop-ups and the perpetual promise of Royal Sushi and Izakaya have in a very short amount of time helped quell our hunger for Japanese noodles. Now Patrick Feury, chef-owner of Berwyn’s Nectar and big brother to Fork’s chef Terence Feury, is saying that he’s headed back to the city with a “high brow” ramen restaurant of his own, Foobooz reports. We’re not sure what exactly that means. Thinking man’s noodles? But could it be possible that just as quickly as this small segment of our foodiesphere picks up steam, that we will find ourselves with a glut of ramen joints? It’s happened before with other concepts. We’re currently at our saturation point with gastropubs. Could ramen be our “new cupcakes?” Only time will tell. [Foobooz]

5/11/12 at 1:20 PM
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SoWe Debuts Brunch

By Collin Keefe

SoWe

Mother’s Day on Sunday and University of Pennsylvania's graduation ceremonies on Monday means that if you haven’t already booked a table for brunch this weekend to celebrate either, you’re most likely screwed. But don’t give up just yet, because SoWe, the neighborhood gastropub-y restaurant and bar that recently opened in the former home of Divan Turkish Kitchen at 22nd and Carpenter streets is debuting weekend brunch service on Saturday at 10 a.m. And since hardly anyone knows about it, there’s still a good chance that you can score a reservation. Menu highlights include house-cured lox with sliced red onion, cucumbers, caper aioli, toasted bagel, brunch potatoes; crab cake eggs benedict with poached eggs over fried green tomatoes, creole remoulade, and brunch potatoes; and steak and eggs with grilled pub steak, chimichurri, two eggs, brunch potatoes, and toast. Keep reading to see the full menu.

5/11/12 at 11:30 AM on Grub Street NY
The Feeding Tube
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Infographic: What Really Happens for People Who Appear on Next Food Network Star?

By Jesse David Fox

A few of the "stars."Photo: Jesse David Fox

On Sunday, Food Network will roll out its eighth season of Next Food Network Star, the reality competition that purports to take members of the general public and transform them into food-television celebrities. That means Food Network has been doing this for seven years running, more than enough time for us to look back and assess just how successful the show has been at, you know, actually creating stars. So, we looked at exactly what's happened to every person who has ever been a NFNS contestant and turned that data into an extremely scientific, yet still very easy to read, chart.

See the chart, right this way.

5/11/12 at 10:15 AM
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Assault by Hot Coffee Caught on Video

By Collin Keefe

Have you seen this man — the one wearing glasses and beige suit in this video? If so, police may want to have a word with you. He’s wanted for aggravated assault, after throwing a scalding hot cup of coffee on an employee at Fresh Donuts near 39th Street and Lancaster Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, after a brief argument about whether or not he paid for his order. It was a sandwich that cost just $2.40. The woman suffered second degree burns on her arm, and according to reports, narrowly escaped taking the full brunt of the hot splash to her face. In addition to this video, which Metro ran yesterday afternoon, other surveillance footage of the attack shows the suspect never actually paid for the sandwich. Witnesses to the attack say he drove off in a gold or tan Cadillac.

5/11/12 at 09:40 AM on Grub Street NY
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Mugaritz Chef Andoni Luis Aduriz on Sensitivity, War, and the Pleasure of Discovery

By Sophie Brickman

Aduriz.Photo: Dave Ratzlow

Most conversations with chefs turn quickly to food, or their restaurants. But during a walk along the High Line yesterday with Andoni Luis Aduriz, the man behind Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain, the chef wanted to discuss the effect of war on humans. “Normal people kill children, neighbors take each other’s eyes out,” he said in Spanish, through an interpreter. “The context turns them into monsters. If a person in a specific context can become desensitized, then why can’t we create a space where people can become more sensitive?”

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