Yelp, the popular restaurant review (and other services) website, may be helpful in more ways than just showing you where to grab a delicious dinner. If you’ve ever scrolled through those reviews thinking that people were being dramatic when they claimed the food made them sick, you may want to take heed. Turns out the site may indirectly serve as a map to foodborne illness outbreaks.
Tag: New York City
Earth Day Wine & Food Events In NYC
UPCOMING EARTH DAY EVENTS IN NYC Courtesy of Jaquelline Ottman, greenmarketing.com Food Waste’s Shocking Truths: Hunger, Business and YOU – April 18 This event presented by the Columbia Business School [ … ]
Eating Vegan in New York, Part 2
New York is a hub for vegan cuisine as well as eco-friendly places to stay while visiting so without further ado, let’s get going!
Eating Vegan in New York City, Part 1
New York City, The Big Apple, The City That Never Sleeps…So many monikers for this world famous metropolis. One of the greatest cities in the world, a hub for business, entertainment and best of all, food! This island is home to some of the world’s best cuisine. Which is why one post is just not enough! I’ll start with a few delicious New York vegan hot spots but keep you wanting more in my next post! Let’s get started, shall we?
NYC Next to Ban Toys in Unhealthy Fast Food Meals (i.e. Happy Meals)?
If you’ve been a regular reader of Eat Drink Better, you know that we covered the San Francisco Happy Meal toy ban pretty extensively. And in December, I wrote a story titled “More Happy Meal Toy Bans on the Way?” in response to some push in Wisconsin to enact a similar ban.
Well, now, a little city in the Northeast that sometimes goes by the nickname “the Big Apple” is looking at implementing a similar ban as well. Yeah, you may have heard of this place, officially called New York City (formerly New Amsterdam).
Taxing Soda to Take on Obesity in New York City
One in four New Yorkers is obese, and soda is America’s hottest scapegoat. New York City may implement an 18 percent sales tax on soda and sugary drinks in the [ … ]
Behind Bravo’s Season 1 Top Chef Winner: Harold Dieterle Opens the Apron in an Exclusive Interview
The Bravo TV Series, Top Chef, is one of the highest rated food shows on television right now, and it all started with Season 1 where Harold Dieterle won over the [ … ]
Behind Gavin Kaysen: Award-Winning Chef and Vegetarian Virtuoso
Behind the Burner brings us another beacon of culinary mastery, Gavin Kaysen, a renowned chef whose vibrant vegetarian dishes are as notable as he is, and whose unique approach to simplicity brings [ … ]