. Also, as in most soul food restaurants, the ambiance and service is “downhome” and a lil rough around the edges. If you can handle all this, however, they have great shortribs in gravy, oxtails, smothered steak,...

and clear information. (There’s also a useful page at the Food Safety Service of the Department of Agriculture at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/consedu.htm) Link: http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~njnep/germ/ttlessons.pdf

This Saturday is the day the U.S Postal Service is collecting foods in our area. We set them near our mailbox and they collect and donate to the local food pantries. Non-perishables are requested. So far I’ve got a bag of...

are served in paper bags! none of the hooey and hokum down here that you find up in Nevizade. regarding Imroz, ive been eating there regularly for nearly 7 years. i live just around the corner. ive watched those guys slip and...

cusine and Sichuan were simlar? Food safety in China a stereotype? It is documented that the mainland Chinese have been mixing melamine in food for forty years. There is no “farm to chopstick” food inspection (only...

Exactly, k_d. Replace food content with plastic to keep the weight of the product the same, pay off those who inspect for such atrocities, get the U.S. to buy it at the usual price, and then act shocked! when the horror is found...

). jfood mentioned to server, he apologized and told jfood to pay the “too-low” bill. both sides correct - jfood left $20 on a $78 bill. it was the right tip for the service lots of different minor issues, none of them...

to train their staff in proper food handling, safety and santitation, especially since they collect money for providing a service. The service shouldn’t make one sick, nor should one rely solely on the Health Department to...

dressing. The best defenses against disease are proper sanitation, adequatly trained workers, mandatory screening and innoculations of food workers for foodborne diseases (which very few jurisdictions require) and rigid inspection...

the city should enforce food safety regulations and let good old supply and demand take care of the rest,

and diversity.” Municipalities will still be responsible for determining licensing requirements, which includes menus and locations. Like other food premises, the food vending carts will be subject to food safety inspections. This...

As a fairly recent member of COSTCO, where I buy a lot of bulk foods for our church’s homeless feeding programme, I have been really impressed by both price and standards of everyday products such as Dempster’s bread,...

I prefer Patanegra to Fernando’s—we’ve had pretty good service and food at the former, and consistently pretty bad service and unremarkable food at the latter. Can they actually get patanegra at Patanegra yet? I...

Did a blog post on this a couple months back: http://frugalcuisine.blogspot.com/2007/04/street-food-smarts.html A basic knowledge of food safety and good powers of observation are your best defense in enjoying street food without...

. I liken it to an A-B-C-D rating of service and decor. (Note that this has nothing to do with the food safety or hygiene — we don’t use letters in Orange County for that) In an A restaurant, there’s decor, maybe...