In the 2001 film K-Pax, the would-be alien played by Kevin Spacey comments to psychiatrist Dr. Mark Powell (no relation) played by Jeff Bridges, the bestest greatest actor in the world, “Your produce alone has been worth the trip.”
(For a while I thought maybe I had some mysterious role in the film or book’s creation, being a Dr. Powell, and the tragic set-up for the plot occurring in Guelph, Texas, but then Amy reminded me that not every 
movie is about me, or us).
The Packer reports that a recent Big Apple conference was told to go to where the food bloggers, recipe writers, cookbook authors and cooking school teachers are and wow them with a product and message. It turns into fodder for blogging, tweeting, experimenting and developing.
Conference organizers incorporated New York’s publishing offerings into the program by scheduling media tours, one to the test kitchens of Meredith Corp., which publishes Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal and Every Day With Rachael Ray magazines. With the magazine food editors present for the tour, Rodger Helwig, marketing specialist with California Vegetable Specialties, Rio Vista, Calif., found the opportunity to inform them of endive, getting agreement from each editor to receive a box to experiment with — something he was unable to accomplish by phone, he said.
The Australian limes are outstanding this time of year, and I incorporate them into every meal. Still waiting in Brisbane.
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Medium-rare hamburger is not the same as a medium-rare steak..jpg)
they have to sign onerous supplier warranty agreements and open up their businesses to multiple audits. But these systems and their audit schemes have gone through some significant growing pains that have served to seriously undermine their credibility.
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suggested cards placed at a premises’ principle entrance, at eye level, and unobscured by other signage or menus was key in attracting initial consumer attention.
letter; and 79% (47) of the operators with letter preferred the letter. Eighty-eight percent (133) of the consumers in gauge districts preferred the letter, and 72% (161) of those in letter districts preferring the letter. Based on these data, the letter method was recommended for a national disclosure system for New Zealand.
package both raw and cooked meats. This practice had been in place some years before an environmental health officer recognized, in a Jan. 2005 routine inspection, the potential for cross contamination that existed. Employees continued the practice through the time of the outbreak while assuring the environmental health officer that a second machine was being repaired. This proved to be a lie..jpg)
It’s nice that food safety is once again a priority in Washington and that politicians are trying to set a tone. But chatting doesn’t mean fewer sick people — actions do.(1)(2).jpg)
bugs such as E. coli, salmonella and listeria. And here’s the rub: “It’s probably not the foods you think that will make you sick,” Powell says.
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That was the first time I got stopped at a border for improper paperwork.
controls and benefits, from farm-to-fork.
illness outbreak; discussion of background knowledge of a pathogen (including symptoms, etiology and transmission); food handler control practices; and emerging food safety issues. Food safety infosheets also contain evidence-based prescriptive information to prevent or mitigate foodborne illness related to food handling.
and reactively address issues. The bites editor, Dr. Powell, does not say whether a story is right or wrong or somewhere in between, but rather that a story is available today for public discussion; barfblog is where contributors express their evidence-based opinions on food safety issues..jpg)
book. His cv is available at