Monday, December 24, 2007
Strange News from the Food Front (12/24/07)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- A Hair Of The Dog After jailing a man, Dutch police fed him, including some cake for dessert. However, they had unknowingly grabbed a hashish-laced cake seized in another case. (AP)
- Pecking Order It's the 50th anniversary of an official French designation of the Bresse chicken as being a protected type of product the way fine wines are. But how do they get the birds into the bottles? (Reuters)
- Wine Owners Win Coverage A British Columbia couple won a law suit forcing their insurance company to pay for the loss of their multi-million dollar wine collection when a sewer backup ruined it. (Canadian Press)
