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  • 40 Percent Of 9-18 Year Olds Use Calorie Information In Fast Food Restaurants When Making Food Choices

    A new study published online in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the U.S. in 2010, girls and youth who were obese were more likely to use calorie information given in the restaurants to inform their food choices. It also found that young people eating at fast food or chain restaurants twice a week or more were half as ...

  • Cheap beers getting pricier

    A bartender pours a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. The popular beverage is going up in price, as are other cheaper beers as brewers try to keep customers from switching away from their more-expensive ...

  • Historic dining under the stars

    Twinkling fairylights, a cicada symphony and a long table set for dinner under a starlit sky set the scene for a memorable outback dinner at the historic Durack homestead.Celebrity chef Anna Gare, WA food ambassador Don Hancey and indigenous chefs joined culinary forces for the Durack Homestead Dinner -- one of the social highlights on the Ord Valley Muster events calendar.Gare, who hasn't ...

  • Top spots for outdoor wining dining

    The unfurling of restaurant patio umbrellas across the city is a sure sign that Boston is on the cusp of summer. Whether you want to sip a cocktail with a water view or chill out in a quiet nook, there’s an outdoor spot for everyone. Here are some of the ...

  • N.J. operates top-shelf liquor patrols to snare restaurants who swap brands

    TRENTON, N.J. -- On the hunt for cheap booze -- or worse -- investigators fanned out around the state ordering drinks at restaurants and bars. And they found they didn't always get what they asked for -- and in one place, they got coloring and rubbing alcohol masquerading as ...

Movie Review

Rumble in the Bronx (Hong Faan Kui)

Even if you could overlook the lame slapstick comedy, the stilted, poorly dubbed dialogue, stolen diamonds that look like glass marbles, the producers' attempt to pass off a Canadian location crested with scenic mountains as the Bronx, and the fact that the only sympathy in the film comes from gangsters beating on a whiny kid in a wheelchair, "Rumble in the Bronx" would still be a bad movie. Ever ... ...

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  • Judge grants bail to accused in Edmonton restaurant crash that killed toddler

    Geo Mounsef, 2, is shown in a handout photo from Dec. 19, 2012. The toddler was killed when an SUV plowed onto the restaurant patio where he was dining with his family. (HO/THE CANADIAN ...

  • As grocers restaurants bicker many U.S. menus still lack calorie counts

    The Food and Drug Administration hopes to have the regulations in place later this year. Restaurants would likely have six months from then to ...

  • Accused in toddlers death at Edmonton restaurant granted bail

    EDMONTON -- An Edmonton judge, unwavered by screaming and expletives from an angry crowd, granted bail to an accused drunk driver whose SUV plowed into a restaurant patio and killed a toddler. Two-year-old Geo Mounsef was pinned to a wall in the crash last weekend and later died in hospital. The boy's mother stormed out of the courtroom Friday while the judge was still reading her ...

  • Dutch cannabis cafe ban in doubt after trial run in Maastricht

    Maastricht was chosen to test the ban on "drugs tourists" from May 1st last year because its location on the borders with Germany and France means it attracts some 1.6 million visitors to its 13 city centre coffee shops every year. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA ...

  • A cracking good dish Mark Hix cooks with crab

    Crabs are also good value compared to lobster, especially if you know how to use the shells. So when you buy crab, think two meals: one with the meat, and then another with the shells simmered up into a broth or a delicious smooth, creamy bisque - though that was definitely way out of my grandmother's repertoire. If you don't want to cook your own crab, most good fishmongers will sell ...

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