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Do You Care About a Restaurant's Health Inspection Rating?
Like New York, Los Angeles, and most other major cities, San Francisco imposes a cleanliness grade on all dining establishments, and requires that these inspection scores are placed prominently where customers can view them (often in the front window). These ratings are meant to reflect how clean a restaurant's kitchen is and create incentives for a higher level of food safety. Are these marks important to you?
Yummy Links: From Canned Cool Whip to Homemade Cakes
- If you're too lazy to use a spoon to scoop cool whip from the tub, you're in luck! Kraft has just released their new canned cool whip. — Serious Eats
- Food and Wine celebrates their 30th anniversary with a then and now look at the magazine.
Yucky Link: Serendipity 3 Closes Down Due to Rodents
If you were planning on saving up for the $25,000 Frrrozen Haute Chocolate, you may want to reconsider. The popular New York eatery Serendipity 3 has closed down due to rodents, fruit flies, and cockroaches. — Yahoo News
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Federal Government Outlines Tighter Food Safety Guidelines
Enough is enough, the White House has declared: Yesterday, a food safety working group established by Barack Obama announced new standards in the production of foods such as eggs, poultry, beef, leafy greens, melons, and tomatoes.
In the last year, members of virtually every food group — from spinach, jalapeños, milk, and peanut butter to cookie dough, beef, and now dry milk — have been recalled due to possible salmonella or E. coli contamination.
Obama: "We Are Strengthening Our Food Safety System"
Since taking office, President Obama has wasted no time addressing the food safety concerns that have been on the minds of many American consumers. Not only does the long-awaited COOL food labeling law finally take effect today, but over the weekend the president vowed to improve public health under his administration. In addition to introducing two new FDA commissioners, he also announced a plan of action to drastically improve food safety in America.
What Would You Do?
We've all been in crazy situations, and I want to know how you handle entertaining fiascoes and bad restaurant behavior. I'll present a situation and you tell me what you would do. Here's today's scenario:
You've just moved into a new neighborhood, and the friendly family next door stops by to say hi.
Would You Eat At Kitchen Nightmares' Purnima?
After watching last night's episode of Kitchen Nightmares, I started to wonder just how many functioning restaurant's kitchens are filled with rodents, bugs, and rotting food. How on earth did Dillions/Purnima pass the health inspection? No wonder the case against Ramsay was dropped, Martin the manager was a total hag.
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