Julia Child, one of America’s greatest personalities and its foremost ambassador to the joy of eating, died yesterday at the age of 91. In addition to her longevity…
Meet Billy Prusinowski, a 19-year-old college student. Billy was arraigned last week on second-degree assault charges in Syracuse, NY. Police say Billy punched a fellow teenager…
“A circus without animals,” Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown told the Denver Post in January, “is like going to a baseball game without a pitcher.” Thankfully, Denverites have had a…
Twinkie tax creator Kelly “Big Brother” Brownell wants to impose hefty taxes on some foods to shrink everyone else’s waists. As Fortune reported this week, Brownell’s anti-obesity battle…
Looking to turn our flab into fortune, the pharmaceutical and weight-loss industry lobbying group, the American Obesity Association (AOA), hypes obesity fears at every opportunity. The…
The neo-Luddites from organizations like Greenpeace and the Organic Consumers Association are probably dancing in the fields — the organic fields — after…
Sacre bleu! It looks like French school children won’t be having any cheese with their crackers next year — at least if it comes from vending machines.
“Of course we’re going to be, as a movement, blowing stuff up and smashing windows,” preached People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign director and in-house…