A report last week released by Oceana shows that seafood mislabeling has become a huge problem. DNA tests have found that 55% of the seafood sampled by Oceana in the Los Angeles area was mislabeled based on federal law. In May and December of … [Read more...]

I've always liked looking at menus, but it had never occurred to me that there might be collections online. Then I heard about the New York Public Library menu archives on KCRW's Good Food last week. The menu collection originated through the … [Read more...]

Every time I see "Kobe Beef" on a Portland menu, it makes me cringe. It seems to occur more and more often, so I thought I'd throw in my .02. Forbes.com just wrote a long expose of the Kobe beef issue pointing out that you cannot buy Kobe beef in … [Read more...]

An alert this afternoon from the OLCC - SCAM ALERT! We have been informed that someone with a very sophisticated calling system has phoned some businesses with liquor licenses asking them to pay for in-store signage with checking … [Read more...]

I don't think I've ever mentioned that my very first "food" job was working at what was then called "Kentucky Fried Chicken". I lasted two weeks. The reason I left? Green chicken, just as described below. I just couldn't deal with it. Haven't been to … [Read more...]

A Chicago bakery owner is suing an ex-chef for stealing recipes. When the employee left, she took two binders of recipes which the Fraîche Bakery is claiming are proprietary. From Chicago's CBSlocal.com - The chef allegedly told another employee … [Read more...]