Beef Investigation, Awesome Bloody Mary, Cheerios vs. GMO Activists And More

December 12, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Huge Investigation Uncovers Shocking State Of Big Beef This is the origin myth of the food safety system in the United States: The beef industry was a mess, led to awful practices by the profit motives of a few major processing companies, until investigative journalist Upton Sinclair exposed many of the atrocities of the packing plants in his 1906 novel "The Jungle," which spurred the establishment of federal meat inspections, improving safety forever. Today, beef and other meat sold in the U.S. is safer than ever. Continue reading... Cheerios' Facebook Hijacked By Anti-GMO Protestors PHOTO: 'Fully-Loaded, Cheeseburger-Bloody Mary' LOOK: Woman Finds Ridiculous Message On Friendly's Bill Mislabeled Fish Common In New York Restaurants, Markets: Study Gross Subway Sandwich Loaded With Mayo Looks Like Work Of Disgruntled Employee (PHOTO) 5 International Food Chains Permeating The U.S. AMANDA COHEN How To Be A Chef Find a right-wing radio show, the more rabid the better, and turn it up to ear-splitting volume. Pretend that when they are yelling at the president they are actually yelling at you. Imagine that each insult is very personally directed at your stupid face. Try not to cry. When the eight hours are up, imagine that this is every day of your life and ask yourself if you still want to be a chef. Continue reading... DAWN V. WOOLLEN The Problem With Beyonce's Pepsi Deal Beyonce's $50,000,000 deal with Pepsi provided a stark contrast to a New York Times article this week about the decreasing childhood obesity rates in several cities across the United States. Continue reading... MICHELE SIMON How Your City Can Push Back Against Fast Food While efforts to rein in junk food marketing to children have been unsuccessful at the federal level so far, cities can still engage in several local strategies to protect both children and adults from the adverse health impacts of fast food. Continue reading... CHRISTOPHER WEBB How Restaurants Are Engaging the Mobile Foodie Putting together a social strategy can get confusing, costly and time consuming. Continue reading... DARRYLE POLLACK A Christian Hanukkah for Jewish kids (with Latke Love) What do you do when your kids are Jewish but attend Christian schools? You won't find the answers in the Old Testament or the Talmud. But you might find answers in a cookbook, metaphorically speaking. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.