Category Archives: Food Safety

Video: Beard Awards Food Safety Interview With Andrew Zimmern May 2010

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

  The James Beard Awards are coming up. Last year I got to chat with Andrew Zimmern about food safety. Who will I speak to this year on the red carpet???

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We Are All Bacteriosapians…Would YOU Drink Raw Milk?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Way back in 1991 my college friends and I drove to Washington DC (a typical college roadtrip). I was not quite a food scientist yet but I knew that Washington was where the F.D. A. lived and it was an … Continue reading →

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Food Safety Rules Should Apply To Everyone! Not Just the BIG GUYS !

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

I am not going to state the obvious—we all know and agree that food safety is important and no one wants their product to be the next eggs, spinach or peanut butter recall! The best way to prevent a food-safety … Continue reading →

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How To Defrost a Turkey and Other Food Science Thanksgiving Related Mysteries!

Posted on November 25, 2010 by

Last year I wrote a blog that debunked and clarified some Thanksgiving myths. At the time, not too many people were reading my blog and I feel like I don’t want my hard research to go to waste on the … Continue reading →

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What’s Lurking In Your Food

Posted on March 5, 2010 by

  Believe it or not, there is a good chance that Clostridium botulinum (aka, C. bot, as we microbiology people call it) is in your food. It is widespread in nature and found in soil and water all over the … Continue reading →

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