Food and Drink

This week's sign that End Times are near:

I haven't gone all "wah-wah fuddy-duddy why can't the world stand still?" on you in a couple of weeks, so if I may:

If your lunch still consists of a bowl of Campbell's tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, chances are you grew up using a typewriter.

Well, duh. Since "the era of cheap food may be over," maybe this whole biofuels business wasn't such a hot idea:

The pests from PETA have gone from being an irritating and annoying nuisance to being an interfering busybody:

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A northern Indiana festival that toasts the life of Johnny Appleseed is facing pressure from an animal rights group to honor the frontier apple tree planter's animal-loving ways by dropping meat from its menu.

Because they're awesome:

So now we finally know, though I'm not sure what real benefit the news will be to us:

OWENSVILLE — The Food and Drug Administration has identified a southern Indiana farm that produces cantaloupes linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak and says the operation has recalled its melons.

The FDA says Chamberlain Farms of Owensville could be one source of the multistate outbreak.

Oh, dear God:

First Lady Michelle Obama served a healthy meal to kids today, attending the official “Kids’ State Dinner.” The event was held at the White House to promote the First Lady’s “Lets Move” anti-obesity initiative.

Here is the menu, which was composted of winning recipes submitted by children for the contest. (via the pool report)

Yeah, go ahead and savor those tasty apple slices -- yeah, I'm talking to you, the one with the Big Mac in his grubby hands -- don't you want to be healthy instead of . . . whoops!

Pre-sliced apples distributed to fast-food and grocery chains across the country are among packaged products being recalled due to possible contamination with Listeria bacteria.

What? Women get the whole rest of the store, and I'm supposed to be excited about having one stinking aisle?

The idea was to give the lonely male lost in a supermarket a fun shopping experience, putting everything a man's man would need in one place. And New York City's Westside Market has gone and done justthat.

Today's "news our fathers wouldn't have understood" entry:

If the 40-year relationship of Bert and Ernie wasn't enough to convince you, know that the Muppets are officially supporting gay marriage.