Please don’t read Consumer Reports for wine recommendations. They’re great at evaluating dishwashers and appliances. Their expertise is not in evaluating food or wine. Your post seems to indicate you are interested in... (12 replies, last updated by Bill Hunt November 5, 2008)

safety and a government agency that is not using its full authority to protect consumers. From a scientific standpoint- testing products for pathogens does not guarantee safe food, but it does increase safety. My FIL is a... (46 replies, last updated by Pollo November 5, 2009)

yield but benefit from higher prices from consumers who prefer their product, while farmers who use the hormone get a higher yield but receive a lower price, because that’s what the market will bear. By trying to... (22 replies, last updated by amyzan March 19, 2008)

Has anyone read Michael Lee West’s Consuming Passions: A Food-Obsessed Life? It’s such a great book about southern eating and cooking. Link:... (5 replies, last updated by bookgirl234 April 19, 2002)

Do you want a place that only serves vegan food or would a place that serves everything but can do vegan food welll work? I’d say M Cafe de Chaya on the inexpensive end and La Cachette for fancy. (40 replies, last updated by ashdawg January 29, 2008)

My parents swear by Consumer Reports wine recommendations. I am skeptical, but did like a wine that was recommended in the magazine. It was Columbia Crest Grand Estates Columbia Valley 2004 (WA) Merlot. Admittedly, I am a wine... (7 replies, last updated by Bill Hunt December 6, 2007)

I read that. Milk, vegetables up, sweets, alcohol down...could be a healthy trend! I was disturbed by the 5% reduction in dog food, though. (9 replies, last updated by CucumberBoy March 10, 2009)

gather that most of the people on this board drink wine, and I dont. Do any of the non-drinkers tagging along think the food is as good as the drinkers? I know there is at least one of you here, also a few that are expecting. I... (17 replies, last updated by Pia February 15, 2005)

All the talk on the General Topics and Not About Food Boards about Consumer Supported Agriculture shares had me wondering if there are any CSAs in the Phoenix Area. I’ve tried some of the local farmers' markets and found... (1 reply, last updated by patricia June 18, 2003)

ConsumerSearch has its own set of recommendations, and only one are on both lists: the Hamilton Beach. http://www.consumersearch.com/slow-cookers However, CS recommends the 33966 (as opposed to the 33967), and it’s... (15 replies, last updated by The Dairy Queen January 6, 2009)

really high grade stuff, or having lobster dinners, or exotic fish, but either way, it’s sounding like you’re consuming more then is healthy anyway. I think the best advice would be to stretch your food, and return to... (53 replies, last updated by greedygirl May 30, 2008)

Can’t close or move the ads—where did the board index go? (84 replies, last updated by Keithel October 10, 2007)

Not just the food (meat dept horrendous) but I always have to carefully check my receipt, there is ALWAYS a discrepancy in price on sale items, in their favor of course. My husband gets annoyed because my first stop there is... (1 reply, last updated by coll April 13, 2009)

I’m looking for a consumer-friendly restaurant supply store in the DC metro area, ideally in DC or NoVa but am willing to travel to Baltimore if the store is really good. I used to live in Los Angeles, where I loved going... (6 replies, last updated by wayne keyser October 10, 2009)

I’m not sure if this belongs here or on the Food Media board, but the current Consumer Reports has an article titled “The salmon scam”. They tested salmon labelled as wild and found that in off-season months... (17 replies, last updated by Notorious EMDB July 8, 2006)