When I moved to New York City from Calcutta, I wasn't planning a catering career. I had come to earn a master's degree in lighting design from Parsons the New School for Design. But as a foodie, I was dismayed by the city's Indian eateries: The good ones were pricey, while the more affordable restaurants served two-day-old curries.
A useful principle of political analysis is to be suspicious when everyone agrees. Which is why the bipartisan paeans to "prevention" in this summer's health care debate have me scratching my head. It's the one reform on which Henry Waxman and John Boehner can join hands. Don't get me wrong: officials are right to say our system is crazily tilted toward paying docs and hospitals for curing people only after they've gotten terribly sick. But when they jump from this to the idea that America's overdue prevention agenda will be the fix for soaring national health costs (and even help pay for expanded coverage), they're blowing smoke.
Thirty minutes before Ann's Snack Bar is scheduled to open, about a dozen hungry burger lovers wait outside to taste what The Wall Street Journal dubbed "the best burger in America."
"They happen to be very verbal girls – and I think that comes from me," says the star
A person's risk of stroke is associated with the number of fast-food restaurants near their residence, according to a study presented Thursday at a stroke conference in San Diego, California.
"I'll be working out for hours on Sunday," laments the reality TV star
The children in the cafeteria drink low-fat milk, shovel corn kernels on their sporks and munch on tuna sandwiches on wheat.
It's been another one of those days: places to go, deadlines to meet, meals to cook. You find yourself daydreaming about crisp, salty potato chips. Pretty soon it's an insistent, must-have-it-now craving, and before you know it, your hand is deep in the bag.
The gold medal winner says when he saw his race played on TV he thought, 'That guy is fast'
Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general's office
When I moved to New York City from Calcutta, I wasn't planning a catering career. I had come to earn a master's degree in lighting design from Parsons the New School for Design. But as a foodie, I was dismayed by the city's Indian eateries: The good ones were pricey, while the more affordable restaurants served two-day-old curries.
A useful principle of political analysis is to be suspicious when everyone agrees. Which is why the bipartisan paeans to "prevention" in this summer's health care debate have me scratching my head. It's the one reform on which Henry Waxman and John Boehner can join hands. Don't get me wrong: officials are right to say our system is crazily tilted toward paying docs and hospitals for curing people only after they've gotten terribly sick. But when they jump from this to the idea that America's overdue prevention agenda will be the fix for soaring national health costs (and even help pay for expanded coverage), they're blowing smoke.
Thirty minutes before Ann's Snack Bar is scheduled to open, about a dozen hungry burger lovers wait outside to taste what The Wall Street Journal dubbed "the best burger in America."
"They happen to be very verbal girls – and I think that comes from me," says the star
A person's risk of stroke is associated with the number of fast-food restaurants near their residence, according to a study presented Thursday at a stroke conference in San Diego, California.
"I'll be working out for hours on Sunday," laments the reality TV star
The children in the cafeteria drink low-fat milk, shovel corn kernels on their sporks and munch on tuna sandwiches on wheat.
It's been another one of those days: places to go, deadlines to meet, meals to cook. You find yourself daydreaming about crisp, salty potato chips. Pretty soon it's an insistent, must-have-it-now craving, and before you know it, your hand is deep in the bag.
The gold medal winner says when he saw his race played on TV he thought, 'That guy is fast'
Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general's office
Economic weakness and food inflation are hurting casual dining restaurant chains, according to industry watchers, as families shun moderately-priced restaurants for cheaper alternatives.
Americans' struggle with weight has been a popular topic for years now, and it's no surprise considering that the National Center for Health and Statistics estimates 66 percent of American adults are either overweight or obese.
A Mexico man who weighs 700 pounds has one wish for his 43rd birthday, to lose enough weight to walk down the aisle with his fiance'
The inventor of the iconic potato chip container got his final wish - he was buried in one
Mashed bananas or baby food prunes don't sound very appetizing on their own, but substitute one of those ingredients for the vegetable oil in a store-bought brownie mix and it will add moisture while cutting the fat and calories.
Luckily, her boyfriend Reggie Bush loves her "just the way she is"
Dear FSB: We sell a healthy snack alternative to peanuts that we would like to sell to airlines to be sold in-flight. How can I do this?
People are usually off the mark when trying to predict whether they'll enjoy a future event, says a Harvard psychologist. It all has to do with alternatives
Diet-friendly sugar substitutes may not be so slimming after all. A new study in lab animals furthers the theory that zero-cal sweeteners throw your body out of whack and plump you up
Everyone knows a good diet is important for long-term well-being. But a new study shows that it's also crucial for good health today
Record the CNN Special Investigations Unit Classroom Edition: Fed Up: America's Killer Diet when it airs commercial-free on Monday, October 1, 2007, from 4:00 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)
The Hardee's and Carl's Jr. fast-food chains will begin purchasing eggs and pork from suppliers who do not keep animals in cages or crates, spokesmen for Hardee's and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Wednesday.
I joined this program because my doctor told me that my test results showed I was pre-diabetic and more than 20 pounds over my weight according to my age and height.
School vending machines are stocked with fewer high-calorie soft drinks today because some states have banned the sale of sodas on campus and the beverage industry is phasing in healthier drinks, according to an industry report.
A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus.
Amid the rush and stress of business travel, nutrition is often pushed aside. While worrying about beating traffic, making flights, preparing for meetings and presentations, who has the time or the energy to think about eating healthfully?
New research suggests that consuming low-calorie food and drink may actually increase your tendency to overeat
Given a choice, toddlers say the same food tastes better if it comes out of a McDonald's bag. Nutritionists don't find that such a Happy Meal
When you snack, you can fill in nutritional gaps, boost your intake of fruits and vegetables, keep your mood on an even keel, and help with appetite and weight control.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has a reputation for being one of the hottest moms in Hollywood, but she still lets herself splurge every once in awhile.
In April of 1889, ambitious homesteaders sprinted to grab the best tracts of land in what became the state of Oklahoma, with some 10,000 of them settling in what is now downtown Oklahoma City almost overnight.
Confectionery giant Masterfoods, which makes Milky Way and Snickers candy bars as well as M&M's chocolates, says it will stop marketing its core products to children under the age of 12 by the end of this year. (See correction.)
Kevin Federline's 15-minutes of fame may be set to flame out after the National Restaurant Association objected to his appearance in one of this year's Super Bowl XLI ads.
The chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 was the showdown of man vs. machine: the world's greatest chess player versus the world's greatest chess-playing computer.
The problem with most candy bars and cookies is that they're too small to be full-fledged desserts -- but not if they become part of the dessert.
Even though both appear to espouse a healthy lifestyle, both employers and employees can't seem to break the junk food addiction, according to a survey published Tuesday.
Imagine Ronald McDonald munching on soybeans or teaching yoga.
Steve Vaught, the self-proclaimed "Fat Man Walking," arrived in New York on Tuesday after a nearly 3,000-mile walk across the country to lose weight and find happiness.
Fast-food companies are experimenting with call center technology in an order to increase speed and sales volume, according to a report published Tuesday.
Dieting often is viewed as an epic battle between willpower and temptation.
These are fat times in politics. Literally. Nearly 400 obesity-related bills were introduced in state legislatures across the country last year--more than double the number in 2003. A quarter of them were passed into law, up from only 12 percent two years before. In Washington the word obesity appears in 56 bills introduced during the current Congress; this, the Wall Street Journal points out, is fast catching up with the number containing the word gun. Surgeon General Richard Carmona says obesity is a greater threat than terrorism. Some public-health advocates have begun urging the government to put a warning label on soft drinks; others are calling for a "fat tax" on fast food.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Some Oakland, Calif. residents are sick and tired of tripping over burger wrappers and soda cans, and the city is ready to do something about it.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Frank Purcell hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a lobbyist in Washington.
Frank Purcell hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.
Police are hunting bombers who attacked a KFC fast-food restaurant in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 15.
Dylan Lauren is a self-proclaimed kid in a candy shop. Luckily for her, she owns it.
British junk food lovers are having an unhealthy effect on the country's pigeons, which are becoming obese by feasting on litter leftovers.
An additional tax on fast-food may be a distasteful idea for whopper-lovers but at least one major city in the Midwest is seriously considering such a proposal.
A product placement company, sued last week by "The Apprentice's" producer for allegedly lying to companies whose products are showcased on the show and pocketing millions of dollars in profits, has countersued for $20 million, AdAge.com reported Thursday.
"You're Sued!"
Like her four fellow "New You Revolution" participants, Thekla Fischer is recording regular journal entries documenting her efforts to break bad habits over the program's eight-week run.
Name: Harald Fricker
When schools opened in Texas this fall, some favorites were missing from the cafeteria menus: sodas and candy bars had been banned for grade schoolers; chips and cookies were mini-size. And that perennial favorite, the French fry, was given just one more year before it too will be banned. Howls of protest could be heard from Lubbock to Laredo. And not just from students.
Whether it's in bumper-to-bumper traffic or during flight delays at airports, parents traveling with youngsters will have their hands full.
Ten years ago Kieran Fitzpatrick was stuck at a fast-food drive-thru when inspiration struck. A robotics scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, Fitzpatrick got an idea for speeding up drive-thru ...
It's not just the planes you board that constantly require fuel: Without food, the levels of blood sugar needed to keep your mind humming can drop precipitously after just three hours. And where, m...
THERE IS AN INVISIBLE market waiting at the bottom of the world economic pyramid--a market of five billion people who live on less than $2 a day. They are invisible to most large companies because ...
Taco Bell is giving major league baseball a chance to feed America.
McDonald's is dropping the iconic "Golden Arches" logo from its advertising in Britain for the first time, the company has announced.
General Mills announced plans Thursday to start using healthier whole grains in all of its ready-to-eat cereals, including children's cereals such as Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms.
In the end, a motley crew of playful chocolate candies beat out a jolly tiger named Tony and a hyperkinetic bunny to take top honors as the advertising icon consumers love most.
Bill Clinton is an excellent candidate to make a full, quick recovery from coronary bypass surgery, a cardiologist said Friday.
Open for Business
The room is white--pristinely white. We're inside the sensory panel room at Wendy's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, where employees of the $7.3 billion fast-food giant get to taste-test new products ...
Every day, dozens of flights touch down at Kenya's Nairobi Airport, unloading scads of tourists with their bulging bags. But when some of those same KLM and Kenya Airways aircraft line up on the ru...
You can thank Research in Motion and its highly addictive BlackBerry for the fact that office e-mail can now find 1.3 million users pretty much anywhere. Co-CEO Jim Balsillie has run the 20-year ol...
Cash may be king, but the burger behemoth McDonald's Corp. is giving a little more credit to plastic at its restaurants.
Procter & Gamble has won permission from the Food and Drug Administration for its fat substitute olestra to be used in microwave popcorn.
Eating potato chips can make you smarter -- really!
McDonald's gave its grown-up customers their very own Happy Meal box Tuesday that comes with water, salad and a booklet of exercise tips.
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest fast-food company, launched an anti-obesity education campaign Thursday that it said would promote the importance of exercise and balanced food intake.
At the Cooper clinic, a health-and-fitness boot camp in Dallas, Ken Cooper and Steve Reinemund are collaborating to change American diets. On a basic point, though, the two men are at odds. Dr. Co...
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Jim Cantalupo wants you to know that McDonald's "gets it." The new chairman and CEO of the largest restaurant chain in the world is sitting back in a leather chair in his Oak Brook, Ill., office, s...
Launching a new product is never easy, especially on crowded snack-food shelves. But Robert's American Gourmet broke through with an eccentric line of health-conscious chips, puffs, and pretzels th...
It all started with holiday leftovers. Just after Thanksgiving in the fall of 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons, a poultry producer, found itself with a catastrophic surplus: 260 tons of unsold turkey meat...
Kellogg's new CEO, Carlos Gutierrez, took office with a pledge to boost profits of the Battle Creek, Mich., cereal company by at least 10% a year. Pie in the sky? Gutierrez could use some. For that...
During his recent visit to the U.S., Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji smiled as he spoke about the great opportunity for economic cooperation between the two nations. China does have much to offer Americ...
Never underestimate the power of entrepreneurial energy. Back in 1980, Massachusetts native Stephen Bernard made good on his dream to start up a company selling premium potato chips. He thought his...
The "Snickersization" of Russia is over. After experimenting with the delights and delicacies of all brands Western in the first few years of the post-Soviet era, Russians have begun shifting their...
Hungry and alone? Whatever you do, don't believe everything you see in the movies. In the 1984 film The Lonely Guy, Steve Martin's forlorn protagonist picks a busy restaurant. "Are you alone?" asks...
If you've followed the recent debate about raising the minimum wage, you might be confused. On the one hand, 101 economists (three of them Nobel winners) recently signed a statement advocating a ra...
For thousands of McDonald's junkies, it isn't the Big Mac or even those crispy fries that keep them going back for more. It's the toys. Sure enough, the palm-size trinkets that accompany each $2 to...
Rarely since the advent of cellophane in 1923 has the packaging industry come up with so many new materials and designs. Today's high-tech flexible packages can look better than traditional bottles...
STAY-AT-HOME PHONE The reclusive Howard Hughes would have loved it. Now you can pay bills, shop, and order groceries from home with a wave of the light pen that comes with ScanFone by US Order of H...
YOU KNOW the turnaround type. He struts into a sleepy company, puts inefficient plants to the torch, turns two layers of management into mulch, and then phones Wall Street to coo about it. But you ...
MONDAY MORNINGS AT 7:30 William E. LaMothe, the chairman of Kellogg, and 30 or so of his top executives sit down to a breakfast of cold cereal. They sample several bowls, each containing cereal fro...
HERSHEY AND MARS are engaged in a brutal, back-and-forth battle to be No. 1 in the $8-billion-a-year U.S. candy market. Mars deposed Hershey as candy king in the early 1970s, and by the end of the ...
YOU MAY NEED a microscope to find a little excitement in the food-processing industry, where the market is growing a mere 2% a year and a product hailed as new may consist of nothing more than the ...
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