"NutritionalInformation" news and stories

Burger and fries. Photo: onlinehero, Flickr.

• Now that California law requires fast food joints to list nutritional information, consumers are learning that the seemingly healthy salads and dips are often fattier than the pizzas and fries.
• A list of cookbooks for frugal cooks starts off with former Slashfoodie Alanna Kaufman.
• A chat with chef Eric Ripert about his new PBS show, "Avec Eric."
• An Internet search might give you the idea that reheating spinach is dangerous, but a food toxicologist says the concern is baseless.
• Produce Picks goes nuts for Bartletts and suggests pear quesadillas.
• Recipes: Molten Chocolate Cake, Microwave Risotto, Baked Apples with Dates and Pecans.
  
• San Diego's food calendar.

Get ready to laugh: among Health magazine's top healthiest restaurants are - drum roll, please - Denny's, Bob Evans, and Romano's Macaroni Grill.

Hmm - the kings of maple syrup-drenched sausage and carb-heavy pasta dishes, respectively, are also the healthiest?

Granted, I don't go out to eat very often. But - are these places actually healthy? I find it hard to believe.

The magazine's other choices are equally as confusing: Olive Garden? Uno Chicago Grill? Last time I checked, phrases like "extra cheese" and "more breadsticks" were the norm at these haunts.

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