Jamie Oliver on Food Revolution 2, Huntington a Year Later, and LA Schools


Updated 04/20/11 3:36 AM · Posted by · 6 comments

Jamie Oliver Talks About Food Revolution Season 2

With Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, British culinary celebrity Jamie Oliver has made a name for himself as an advocate for healthier American eating. The show's first season, shot in obesity-stricken Huntington, WV, received critical acclaim and garnered a Primetime Emmy in 2010. Food Revolution's second season returns to ABC April 12 at 8 p.m. The comeback takes place in Los Angeles and faces Read more

Royal Wedding Cake Details Revealed!


Updated 05/24/11 3:54 PM · Posted by · 15 comments

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Wedding Cake Detail

One month before their nuptials are set to take place, the world is abuzz with curiosity about details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding. Today we've learned what their regal wedding cakes will look like. Kate has chosen a fruitcake to be the main wedding cake — perhaps an odd choice in America, but a traditional one across the pond. Its designer will be Fiona Cairns, a Read more

Jamie Oliver: Chef, TV Host, Author, Cheesemonger?


Updated 03/15/11 1:09 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Launches New Cheese Line

Next time you're at the grocery store, would you consider picking up a wedge of Jamie Oliver-branded cheese? That's what the UK chef is banking on. At London's International Food & Drink Expo this coming weekend, the British chef will launch the Jamie Oliver Continental Cheese Range. The cheese line includes the likes of parmigiano-reggiano wedges aged for two years in the hills of Parma, Read more

Period-Tracking Bracelet Gets Time of the Month Wrong


Updated 05/17/11 12:48 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Help For Husband Bracelets by Karl Dorn Track Women's Periods, Incorrectly

This is what happens when people have too much money! A British millionaire is offering £100,000 (about $162,000) to the person with his favorite money-winning idea. Despite 160 entries, somehow Karl Dorn has made it to the top 10 with Help For Husbands, a Livestrong-like bracelet meets mood ring that changes color to warn men when to stay away. "Through my research I've found out that women's Read more

Postdivorce "Revenge" Plastic Surgery Is Supposedly a Thing


Updated 02/08/11 5:04 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Revenge Plastic Surgery After Divorce

When it comes to divorce, a new survey says, revenge is a dish best served on the operating table. I prefer revenge to be creative, meme-worthy, and raging, so a boob job, moob job, and something known as the "yummy mummy package" don't really make the cut. The results, also, don't exactly represent the average divorcée. The survey was done at Transform Cosmetic Surgery in the UK, and it found Read more

Why Straight Cohabitating Couples Don't Deserve to Be Treated Like Married Couples


Updated 02/07/11 8:12 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Legal Protection For Cohabitating Couples

Last week, the British president of the Family Division, Sir Nicholas Wall, said the UK needs legislation to protect the 2.3 million unmarried, cohabitating couples if they split up. Not to get all conservative, but I always thought the whole point of marriage, in the most unromantic sense, is to legally bind assets and receive protection if the marriage dissolves. It's the legal fine line Read more

Rumor Control on Kate Middleton's Parents Profiting From Wedding


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Are Kate Middleton's Parents Profiting From the Royal Wedding?

It sounds like nothing more than an employee mistake that's getting blown out of proportion. A customer asked Party Pieces, the party supply company owned by Kate Middleton's parents, if it would "be selling traditional British-themed products" in the coming months on its Facebook page. The company's reply was "We certainly will be doing some traditional street party bits. These will be available Read more

London Hopes to Become First City to Source All Fish Sustainably


Updated 01/14/11 5:20 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

London Hopes to Become First City to Source All Fish Sustainably

We're not the only ones vowing to take a more sustainable approach to eating in 2011: so is the entire city of London. The city, largely in preparation for its role as host city for the 2012 Olympics, hopes to become the very first to source all of its fish sustainably. The effort's helmed by The Sustainable Fish City campaign, which is made up of food and conservation groups. The goal? Not only Read more

All-Female Detective Agency Catches Cheating Men


Updated 12/16/10 8:52 AM · Posted by · 8 comments

The Ladies' Detective Agency Catches Cheating Men

Women win when men stray when the Ladies' Detective Agency is on the case. Rebecca Sutton, who's only 25, found her calling when she suspected her husband was cheating. She called private detectives, but they either made her feel silly or scared her away with unreasonable fees. One PI course later and a staff of beautiful woman, and she's running a real ladies' detective agency in Manchester, Read more

Girls Will Be Boys: Why Girl Fights Are on the Rise


Updated 11/30/10 9:45 AM · Posted by · 7 comments

Fighting Among Girls on Rise

Teenage girls are getting angrier, and they're expressing their emotions with more punches, slaps, and kicks than ever before. Fingers have pointed to binge drinking as liquor numbs feelings, making girls less adept at coping with emotions. But girls have been binge drinking for decades, so I don't entirely buy that Students Against Drunk Driving warning. What does intrigue me is the sociological Read more