A variety of food tidbits selected by my mother

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Aug 8th 2007 @ 8:02AM

a smiley faced green tomato, in a sea of other tomatoes

Since I've been writing for Slashfood, my mother has taken to sending me daily emails with links to different food-related articles she encounters on her own trips through the interwebs. She's sent me several in the last few days, and while none of them seem to be able to hold up their own post, they all are interesting enough that I thought a little "round-up" post might be in order.

Back in May, MSN Money printed a list of the Ten Things Your Restaurant Won't Tell You. The list includes such gems as the fact that fast food restaurants encourage rapid turnover by playing loud music and providing uncomfortable seating and that expensive restaurants create return customers by making their food as luscious as possible with the addition of lots of butter.

Just posted last Monday was a list of the 16 Ways to Keep Healthy While Keeping it Cheap on the Get Rich Slowly blog. Some of the gems on that list include recommendations to make a food plan, buy in bulk, don't run around looking for bargains (wasting gas in the process) and take your lunch to work. They might sounds like the same old advice you've heard before, but the list has some good tips, especially if you are trying to follow a lower carb diet on a budget.

Lastly, she sent me a little tidbit she scanned from the Oregonian about the safety of drinking sparkling water. I haven't been able to find an online version of that story, but did find this short piece on Chow that says essentially the same thing, that sparkling water isn't necessarily better or worse for you than still water. It mostly depends on the water with which it was made and if extra sodium as added.

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Lists, Health & Medical, Drink Recipes, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: Healthy Cheap Tips, MSN Money, MsnMoney, Safety of Sparkling Water, water, What Restaurants Don't Tell You

Chew on This

Royal Wedding Cake Details Revealed! - YumSugar

Make Your Own Pop Tarts - CHOW
Denny's Introduces a Maple Bacon Sundae - Eater
Whole Foods Opening Bars in Stores - USA Today
Rules Of Bar Etiquette -- For The Bartender - HuffPost Food

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8-08-2007 @3:39PM wynk said... While the advice to not buy junk food is a good one, I would point out to the author of "16 Ways to Keep Healthy..." that not everything that comes in a box is junk food. Whole wheat pasta, for example.
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