L. Marie on Flickr Today, the New York Times reports on the Bloomberg administration's new efforts to cut back the salt in chains and restaurants all over New York—setting "a goal of reducing the amount of salt in packaged...
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"No matter how basic—even if it’s just an apple, a cabbage, an onion, or a potato—you can be confident that it will be better here than anywhere else." If you had asked me, I would have told you that health...
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Over the next two years, a restaurant-grading system will be introduced to improve health safety, similar to one already in play in regions like Los Angeles. While many C students are perfectly good people, a C-graded restaurant is probably not...
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Peanut Butter and Co., responsible for a line of esoteric peanut butters and the Greenwich Village sandwich shop, is not affected by the current salmonella recall. The company doesn't use the targeted King Nut Brand or Parnall's Pride, despite images...
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Starting tomorrow, New York City's ban on trans fat will take full effect. With it, the Big Apple will become the first city in the U.S. to adhere to such a rule. Fast food places were hit the hardest when...
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Capt. Nemo on ConeyIsland.com File under: Ignorance Is Bliss. New York mainstay Nathan's has complied with the Department of Health's mandate that calorie counts be added to the menus of chain restaurants with at least 15 outlets. It's interesting...
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