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Ooh-La-La: Sarkozy Takes Cheese Off Menu

John Johnson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:49:05 CDT

In an otherwise innocuous interview with AFP , the presidential chef in France let slip that that the health-conscious Nicolas Sarkozy has done away with cheese after meals. Which explains why Britain's Telegraph is trumpeting a "Sarkozy bans cheese from Elysée Palace" headline and trying to stir up an election-year kerfuffle...

15 American Foods That Freak Out the World

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:51:05 CDT

So you can't stomach the idea of drinking civet poop with your coffee ? Well, just imagine coming to America for the first time and encountering … mayonnaise. Houston Press writer Katharine Shilcutt took a survey of her foreign-born friends and came up with 15 examples of Western food and...

One of World's Priciest Cheeses Made From ... Gold

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:45:05 CST

If the idea of eating a $95 tiny wedge of cheese seems a little too, well, rich for your tastes, consider this: How often do you get the chance to dine on real gold? The Independent reports on England's "blingiest" cheese, a stilton flecked with edible gold leaf. Clawson Stilton...

Cheese War Breaks Out in Wisconsin

Matt Cantor — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:27 CDT

When in Wisconsin, don’t talk trash about cheese. A group of physicians is bold enough to do so—near the Green Bay Packers’ stadium, no less—and now it's being threatened with a lawsuit, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . The group rented billboard space en route to the stadium to install...

That Cheesy Meal Could Test Positive for... Cocaine

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:00:05 CDT

It turns out that you might not want to drive under the influence of, say, a taco: Police in Asheville, NC, thought they had busted a California man who was fleeing arrest under the influence of alcohol. He was also carrying cases of food that tested positive for cocaine. A...

US Pushes Cheese While Warning About Fat

John Johnson — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:54:03 CDT

The New York Times cries foul on the Department of Agriculture for being two-faced on cheese. On the one hand, the department warns people to cut down on saturated fats, like those found in dairy products. On the other, one of the department's very own marketing arms, called Dairy Management,...

PETA to LiLo: We'll Pay for Rehab If...

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:03:32 CDT

If Lindsay Lohan really wants her stint in rehab to be sponsored , all she has to do is give up her addiction ... to meat and cheese. Headline-grabbing PETA has reached out to the star, offering to pitch in $10,000 if she goes vegan for the rest of her stay—...

Lunch Ladies Get Even —With Cheese Sandwiches

John Johnson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:29:00 CDT

An Atlantic City high school punished students who engaged in a food fight with an unusual disciplinary tool: the dreaded cheese sandwich. After the melee, the cafeteria decided to teach the kids a lesson by serving only bare cheese sandwiches for 2 days. Parents protested what the Press of Atlantic...

KFC's Double Down Is Double Blech

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:24:30 CDT

Congratulations, KFC, your Double Down stunt has gotten more publicity than a Nazi-themed romp with Jesse James. So here's a little more, in the form of what the reviewers are saying: The Double Down "arrives at a new low," writes Sam Sifton of the New York Times . Even the chain's...