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This week's big food news in the UK was that lifestyle factors like eating red meat, bacon, and drinking alcohol raise the risk of cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund presented evidence gleaned from thousands of studies that 1/3 of all cancers are due to dietary factors. The story got lots of press, then the backlash started, from folks like chefs, newspaper columnists, and food producers. (None of whom, apparently, have ever read a single scientific study, much less thousands.)
And still more evidence that a low-fat diet cuts risk of ovarian cancer after menopause.
And in case you didn't know, organic produce really is healthier.
Did you know there's an £8 billion mountain of wasted food in Britain?
Felony cheese making? Bathtub cheese? Have vegans taken over the world and someone forgot to tell me? (via)
The 6 most terrifying foods in the world, too late for Halloween. (Not vegan-safe.)
God forbid global warming means we have to resort to this.
Sadly, scientists have taken the joy out of chocolate by determining that our craving for chocolate is caused by bacteria. (And I love the last line, "J. Bruce German, a professor of food chemistry at the University of California Davis, said the Kochhar research made so much sense that people should have thought of it earlier.")
Lookie here! There's a new vegan cream on the market. Sadly, not in the UK, but it fits into a suitcase. (Hint hint!)
Via VeggieGirl, I've discovered vegan dinnerware. And other cool stuff.
Herbivoracious has a couple of interesting posts (here and here) about interning at Cafe Flora in Seattle, a restaurant I'd love to be able to visit.
We're not so much trouble after all: Tastes Like Home cooks for vegetarians. Can I be invited?