"accidental hedonist" news and stories

 In this week's food section, the LA Times managed to do put together a very respectable piece on some very specific food blogs, such as candyblog and DeepEndDining, both of which happen to be Los Angeles based. I'm a fan of many of the sites that were mentioned.

Unfortunately for other bloggers, they managed to insult the interest, effort content and sincerity of most, if not all other food bloggers. The first few lines say it all:
"It was fun to pore over the gastronomic musings at the Accidental Hedonist or I Was Just Really Very Hungry.... But quicker than you could say blogosphere, the world of blogs-by-dedicated-foodies got crowded, repetitive, overly precious and just plain dull."

I've been fiercely opposed to the chemically-altered and highly sweet high fructose corn syrup for years, and it's amazing to me that, as long as it's been known to have serious affects on health, contributing to rising obesity and diabetes rates, it's still ubiquitously available in foods. It's super sweet, and it's cheap.

Kate Hopkins from the Accidental Hedonist is, like me, a long-time member of the anti-HFCS camp. She's developed an exceedingly well-researched answer to a reader's question on how to argue the HFCS case when many corn industry marketing folks rave about how "natural" the product is.

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