Posted by Sheryl Kirby in food for thought, news and media, on the web on November 10, 2008 at 4:52 pm

Here's some food for thought for today...

• It's never too early to start planning - New Year's food traditions.
• Would you lie about being allergic to get out of eating a food you don't like?
• Can low income earners afford to eat a healthy diet? It depends where they live.
• This braille wine label makes you wonder why more food packages don't have the same feature.
• How to be a farmers market vendor - a university in Wisconsin is offering a course.
• The downside to free-range farming - exploding eggs. A UK farmer has found that when her chickens are scared of something in the sky (hot air balloons, planes) they run into each other, causing the eggs inside them to explode, eventually killing the birds from infection.
• Keeping costs down by limiting food waste - 15% of every food dollar spent on produce goes in the trash.
• And finally - "Is this really how any serious chef wants to be remembered?" Gordon Ramsay Holdings tops the list of most admired restaurant brands in the UK - two spots above McDonald's.