Monday, September 08, 2008
Strange News from the Food Front (9/8/2008)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- High Tech Fridge Think that refrigerators hit their peak when manufacturers added Internet connectivity and video? Later this month, Hitachi is releasing some new models that have a low-oxygen chilled room (to prevent oxidation of foods), doses the air with antioxidant, and comes equipped with disinfection and deodorization capabilities to inhibit molds and odors. (Nikkei Business Publications)
- Zap Those Sales Restaurant owners can use a software program called a zapper to erase business from their cash registers and skim money relatively undetectably from their businesses. (NYT)
- California Counts Calories California is close to passing a law that will require chain restaurants in the state to provide calorie information for their dishes. (LA Times)
- Dinner Redistribution As a reaction to rising food prices, Greek anarchists went into a supermarket, stole food, and then gave it away. (Reuters)
- Wine Movie Sours Some Viewers Some of the people involved with a famous 1976 wine blind tasting in which French experts rated Californian wines more highly than their own are complaining that a new mover version, called Bottle Shock, isn't accurate. Hollywood, not accurate? I need a drink after that one. (Reuters)
- Atomic Aging Speaking of France and wine, French scientists have found a way to date wine using a particle accelerator. (Reuters)
