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Chefs share their pantry staples. — Huffington Post Food Seven essential pots and pans. — Serious Eats Obama is signing the food safety bill today, but who is paying the bill? — The Atlantic The Daily Show has parodied the San Francisco happy meal ban. — Eater Taylor Swift is the latest celebrity to share her foodie ways. — Grub Street LA The best salads and breads to pair with soup. Read more
Do you think it's OK for the government to ban a company product, particularly McDonald's Happy Meals? San Francisco is the first city to rule that restaurants can't serve free toys with meals that contain more than 600 calories, and a certain amount of sugar and fat, reports the Los Angeles Times. Further, the city's board of supervisors ordained that fruit and vegetables should be served with Read more
Yesterday in San Francisco, an intriguing law passed that involves McDonald's happy meal toys. The "Happy Meal Ban" is the latest governmental attempt to fight childhood obesity. In order for McDonald's to offer a happy meal toy, the meal must meet certain nutritional guidelines. The thinking behind the law is that if there's no toy with the meal, then kids won't be hungry to consume it. It's an Read more
Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film — what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" — is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some Read more
Katherine Heigl smiled big Saturday when she arrived at a friend's house in LA with her husband Josh Kelley. Also along for the outing with Katherine was the couple's newly adopted daughter. Katherine Heigl adopted a second baby with her husband Josh, making their 3-year-old daughter Naleigh Kelly a big sister. Yesterday marked Katherine's first Mother's Day as a mom of two. Josh was on top of Read more
It seems that fast-food giants are finding a way to scoot around San Francisco's new ordinance that bans restaurants from serving free toys with meals over 600 calories. McDonald's has decided to charge a dime to customers who would like the toy with their Happy Meals, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The proceeds earned from the Happy Meals will go towards building a Ronald McDonald House, Read more
Kids and weddings don't always make the most natural partners. Brides often dislike pint-size guests' affinity for screaming out at inappropriate times and their tendency to hog the spotlight (don't they know she's the star!?), while kids can find the hours-long events mind-numbingly boring. Finding a way to make everybody happy can be tough, but follow our advice and odds are, the whole family Read more
Happy birthday, Dianna Agron! The Glee star turns 26 today, and to celebrate we're taking a look at how the dancing beauty keeps things fit and healthy. She's a ballet beauty: Like many of her fellow Glee cast members, Dianna has been dancing since an early age — 3 years old, to be exact. Focusing on ballet and jazz, Dianna even taught dance classes as a teen while also appearing in local Read more
How to pack a brown bag lunch — Big Girls Small Kitchen Starbucks will no longer use bugs in its drinks — Grub Street Chicago Watch a man eat the hottest pepper in the world — HuffPost Food How to brew the perfect pot of tea — Food52 A man eats a burger with 1,050 strips of bacon — The Daily Meal What are your happy kitchen accidents? — Yahoo! Shine Don't forget to wash your Read more
