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Food security plan essential for the national interest

lifestyle — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:14:56 +0000

As TV programs from Masterchef to Food Safari show, we Australians love our food. But many of us, including our governments, are complacent about where it is grown and who produces it. While people discuss the threat of obesity in the suburbs and in the seat of power, nobody talks about the threat of global food scarcity.

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Food security plan essential for the national interest

Will ‘Choc Finger’ foiling mean we pay more for coffee and chocolate?

lifestyle — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:18:24 +0000

For those of us who live on caffeine and sugar, it’s exactly the news we didn’t want to hear. Coffee and cocoa prices soaring to record highs on the commodities market, so are these prices here to stay?

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Will ‘Choc Finger’ foiling mean we pay more for coffee and chocolate?

Exposing the truth behind the weapons of mass digestion

lifestyle — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:11:23 +0000

Now its all sponsorships, contracts and TV deals, but 13 years ago Major League Eating was founded as a joke. William Saletan looks into the depravity of competitive eating and how it managed to turn pro.

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Exposing the truth behind the weapons of mass digestion

I’m a restaurant critic living on food stamps

lifestyle — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:19:03 +0000

Ed Murrieta was a newspaper food critic with $1,300 food expenses account. Now he is on food stamps, turning canned chicken into gourmet feasts and pouring $3 truffle oil over instant mashed potatoes.

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I’m a restaurant critic living on food stamps

The tasteful art of food snobbery

lifestyle — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:32:43 +0000

Yes, food snobs are irritating wankers, but you too can learn to taste the difference between toasted and roasted. A tongue doctor, some chefs, a sommelier and a flavor chemist show you how.

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The shame of being a latte sipper

lifestyle — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:54:52 +0000

Typical bloody latte left, sitting in the latte belt, sipping lattes, judging hard working Australians. But what’s so wrong with a little milky coffee?

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Wedding bells ring for MasterChef pair

Mon, 24 May 2010 01:42:38 +0000

MASTERCHEF contestants might look focussed on the food but more than one of them has romance more firmly on their mind.