Dec 11th, 2007 · Airlines are re-evaluating their menus to make them more "flavorful" and "nutritious," according to a New York Times report. You can now get meals like chilled black olive spaghetti, and orange chicken salad with roasted pecans. Those meals are available for six to eight dollars, on some flights run by US Airways, Midwest and Delta.
Aug 22nd, 2007 · Chicago's foie gras ban is one year old, but in spite of the law, restaurants are still serving it. Some get around the ban by "giving it away for free" (with an $18 salad). It's among a series of laws in Chicago that seek to change behavior but are rarely enforced.
Jun 29th, 2007 · Companies that produce everything from salad to silicon chips say they're disappointed by the Senate's failure to overhaul the nation's immigration system. Business interests had been among the biggest backers of the immigration bill. The measure would have increased the number of temporary visas available to high-tech workers, and made it easier for skilled employees to get green cards.
Jun 4th, 2007 · Think the problems causing last fall's spinach scare are solved? Think again. The company at the center of the tainted spinach scare, Natural Selection Foods, has started an ambitious testing program. More than 30 times since October, they've found disease-causing bacteria on samples of salad greens arriving at their processing plant. Sam Fromartz reports.
Sep 21st, 2006 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expressed doubts that it will ever pinpoint the source of the recent E. Coli outbreak. In Central California's Salinas Valley -- the so-called "salad bowl of America" -- spinach farmers are plowing under their crops and laying off field hands. Tamara Keith of member station KQED reports.
Jul 4th, 2006 · You can tell a little bit about what part of the country you're in by the sundaes on the menu. From Maine's fruit-salad sundae to New Mexico's green chili variety, there are frozen desserts to suit just about every taste bud.
Jan 21st, 2006 · Thousands are gathering in Yuma, Ariz. for a chance to walk through the largest salad bar in the Southwest. The occasion? The Eighth Annual Yuma Lettuce Days. Organizer Barbara Rochester talks greens with Debbie Elliott.
Sep 14th, 2005 · Pursuit of the perfect grilled beef salad became a courtship dance for food writer T. Susan Chang. Love and a delicious yam neua resulted. She explains the flavors of Thai cookery and shares a recipe.