Food writer causes airport evacuation

by Nicole Weston (Subscribe to Nicole Weston's posts)
Posted Jun 13th 2006 11:01AM
Filed under: East Coast, Midwest Cities, Food Oddities, Southern States

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Todd Coleman, the food editor of Saveur magazine, caused a 3-hour shutdown and evacuation of the Tallahassee, Florida airport yesterday. His bag, which contained honey, an oyster shell, seasoning rub and various recording equipment, apparently sparked security concerns, with the police department and bomb squad believing that the combination of organic and inorganic matter looked as though it could be a homemade bomb. Coleman was detained by security, but released once a robot had inspected the bag's contents.

Coleman was in town writing a piece on food in Apalachicola. The honey was a jar of local Tupelo honey and the spice rub was Bad Byron's Butt Rub, so think twice before packing them on your next trip.

Tags: air, airport, bomb, food, food writer, honey, magazine, saveur, security, spice rub, travel, writer

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6-13-2006 @ 11:43AM

Andrew said...

anything called Butt Rub has to be cause for concern!

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