Perhaps you heard that Oprah is promoting a free meal of grilled chicken at KFC? That’s right. You could just go to Oprah’s website and download a coupon, redeemable at any KFC outlet. Unfortunately, the time for downloading the coupon has expired. But if you were among those who did run the deal through your [...]
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Feeling pressure from a coalition of shareholders, McDonald’s has announced that it will examine the use of pesticides on the potatoes it purchases with an eye toward possibly reducing the use of noxious chemicals and making public information about the extent to which its potatoes are sprayed. Under an agreement with the shareholder group–the Bard [...]
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According to the Associated Press, that honor would go to Huntington, West Virginia. There, the dining experience is ruled by hot dogs. Huntington leads the nation in heart disease and diabetes–as well as the number of elderly people who have lost all their teeth. “A lot of the patients we were seeing were getting heart [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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