With immigration reform in the news, here’s another tale of the federal government telling foreigners that they’re not welcome in the United States: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding thousands of pounds of mimolette cheese captive in a New Jersey compound because the regulators say the orange-hued, gouda-like fromage has too many mites on its rind.
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It’s a moldy world out there, especially in the kitchen. You have questions about food mold, right? Well Hank Green has your answers.
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Let’s learn a few important grammar lessons with the help of yummy, delicious food. H/T Pleated Jeans
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A Taco Bell employee who worked at the Ridgecrest, California location posted a picture on Facebook of him licking an entire stack of taco shells. The picture has since gone viral, although he has gone bye-bye after being fired by the fast-food chain.
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Why do ice cubes shrink, ice cream get frosty, and vegetables dry out in the freezer? H/T MinuteEarth
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How inventor Clarence Birdseye revolutionized food preservation by bringing the North Pole into kitchens. H/T MinuteEarth
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New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is a diehard nanny, but he’s certainly got plenty of company among New York’s seemingly bottomless pool of control freaks. Reason.TV’s Nanny of the Month for April comes from Eastchester, New York where a local official wasn’t satisfied with outlawing traditional fast-food joints like McDonald’s and Burger King. He decided to kick it up a notch and shield locals from “fast casual” restaurants like Panera Bread and Chipotle. And to think these newcomers, with their earth tones and organic offerings, thought they could stave off the taste police!
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Gluten is a sticky protein composite found in cereal grains. Hank Green gives us some insight into the importance of gluten in history, as well as its impact on health in our own time. H/T SciShow
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“The fact is that organisms are never perfectly suited to their environment,” says evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk, “the way evolution works is through a whole series of compromises and jerry-rigged solutions based on what was there before.”
Zuk sat down with ReasonTV’s Tracy Oppenheimer to discuss her findings in her new book Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. She says that the paleo diet, philosophy and lifestyle overlook “a lot of really cool stuff that’s been happening in evolution.”
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Ben Crystal from Personal Liberty Digest wonders if President Obama’s signing of the Monsanto Protection Act will spur a fresh produce counter-attack. In this edition of The Great Eight, Crystal also weighs in on Ashley Judd’s decision not to run for Senate in Kentucky and on Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s latest belligerent warnings.
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