Eric S. Burkett is a San Francisco-based Kitchen manager, cook, and freelance writer. His work appears online in Delish on MSN.com, the Food Examiner in Examiner.com and Food Safety News. His work has been published in San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Wheel of Dharma and in ViMax Publishing & Marketing Inc. publications. He is a former daily newspaper reporter, who says, “Writing and cooking are my two great loves.”
New regulations for controlling the spread of a form of Salmonella, whose mode of transmission still isn't entirely understood, kicked into effect last Friday. The new regulations, the FDA insists,...
Part II in a II-part series on Linda Rivera's battle with E. coli O157:H7. Once a week, Jeanine Iyala loads her two kids into the car and makes the roughly...
Part I in a II-part series on Linda Rivera's battle with E. coli O157:H7.It's one of those glorious, fogless summer days in San Francisco when the winds whisk the skies...
Do inexpensive plastic toys lure children--or their parents--into making unhealthy food choices? A leading consumer advocacy group believes they do and is threatening to sue fast food giant McDonald's if...
Ice. While it's found nearly everywhere from Mars to the coils of a restaurant's refrigerator--that is, when it's not working properly--ice really doesn't come into its own until now, the...
While the country's poultry producers wonder aloud whether they're even necessary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new compliance guidelines to reduce the levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter...
Are you looking for a tasty little cheese with an image problem?It's delicious in enchiladas, it complements black beans beautifully, and it's a wonderful addition to salads. Unfortunately for queso...
With spring comes Easter which, counter-intuitively to some perhaps, draws my attention to the flavors of the Mediterranean and Middle East. But while others are craving hams and deviled eggs,...
The Easter egg hunt went well. The kids had fun decorating the eggs the night before and even more fun hunting for them the next day. At the end of...
Passover began at sundown last night, an annual reminder to Jews around the world of the sacrifices their ancestors made in their quest for freedom from slavery in Egypt thousands...
Hamburgers used to be fun. Remember that? Barbecues, picnics, casual get-togethers: fun. With the most recent recall of more than five million pounds of ground beef by Huntington Meat Packing...
Is anything more American than St. Patrick's Day? Even the Irish themselves didn't begin really celebrating--really celebrating--St. Patrick's Day until about 15 years ago. Beginning with a one-day observance that...
Farmers are going to have to wait a little while longer before they know whether they'll be able to plant this year's crop of genetically modified sugar beets. Federal District...
Just as there is no set standard list of ingredients that must be included in jambalaya, even the dish's origins are open to speculation. Some cookbooks--many, actually--suggest it has French...
Elanco, the same company that jumped feet-first into the controversy surrounding artificial recombinant bovine growth hormones with its 2008 purchase of the Posilac brand from Monsanto, has now moved into...
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