Posted by Sheryl Kirby in food for thought, news and media, on the web on December 4, 2008 at 8:01 pm

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

• Burger King draws criticism for their "Burger Virgins" campaign in which they have people from different countries (appearing in their national costume for some reason) try burgers for the first time.
• The counts for the melamine scare in China are higher than previously thought, with almost 300,000 children made sick after consuming tainted formula.
• "...isn't the ludicrous, out-of-date superstition that MSG is as deadly as Satan's fingernail raspings robbing us of a key ingredient?" Tim Hayward of the Guardian defends his favourite food additive.
• Could you live on nothing but organic food for three years?
• Australia and the EU sign a deal to phase out the use of old world wine terms for new world wines.
• One peanut butter manufacturer goes from mass-produced to artisanal.
• Have scanner, will cook. One man posts scans of 24,000 old recipes (from labels, old cookbooks and family recipe cards) to Flickr.
• And finally, it brings new meaning to the phrase "This bread is as hard as a rock!" - an entire dinner created from rocks and gemstones.