Monday, January 05, 2009
Strange News from the Food Front (1/5/2009)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities (and an apology for a delay in posts caused by repeated Blogger.com outages):
- Cracker Cash Proving that snacking can be rewarding, a California couple found $10,000 in a box of crackers. (AP)
- Brain Busted Supermarkets know a whole lot more about how you shop than you might like. (The Economist)
- Decaf Detection A new product lets you test whether the coffee you're drinking is decaf or hitest. (MedGadget)
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow Manhattan's famous Rainbow Room has closed. (AP)
- God Made Her Do It A New York judge ruled that religious duty doesn't excuse smuggling monkey meat into the country. (AP)
- Now That's a Pour Someone built a device to achieve the perfect beer pour. Does it drink, as well? (Engadget)
- Top Tuna Two sushi bar owners in Japan paid more than $100,000, or $370 a pound, for a blue fin tuna. (AP)
- Big Bread A 22,000 pound bread was part of the Magi celebration in Mexico. (AFP)
