Monday, September 29, 2008
Strange News from the Food Front (9/29/2008)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Take Out for Locked In Egyptian prisoners are being allowed to order delivered food. (Reuters)
- Farm Portrait An Ohio farmer, who regularly cuts a corn maze into his field (a big fall activity for those of us living in rural areas) this year had it designed to look like a portrait of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. (AP)
- What's in a Wine Name? In another politically tinged story, a small winery in Chile has a wine that was called Palin before the governor of Alaska became so prominent, but has found that sales are off. If only it had been beer. (AP)
- Mom's Milk Ice Cream As a publicity stunt (and a pretty good one), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which opposed commercial milk production, called on Ben and Jerry's to make an ice cream out of human milk. (AP)
- Pickle Piccolo? A ten year old group plays music on instruments made of vegetables. (AFP)
