For The Love of Food

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.

This week Trader Joe’s salads get E. coli, BPA is hurting us more than we realized (by a lot), and a 3-minute alternative to potato chips.

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Links of the week

• California companies recall more than 180,000 pounds of salads, wraps over E. coli outbreak <<Since probably more than a few of you eat salads and shop at Trader Joe’s, you should probably know about this. (The Oregonian)
  
• Trans-fat: FDA proposes to eliminate GRAS status <<Hey, check it out! The FDA is doing its job!! (Food Politics)
• Bisphenol A Is Affecting Us at Much Lower Doses Than Previously Thought <<This is pretty scary. Doses ten to forty times lower than previously thought can impact health. (ScienceDaily)
• A Beginner’s Guide: Why You Should Practice Meditation and How to Get Started <<Though we probably didn’t need seven full paragraphs on why meditation is kinda-sorta paleo, it’s a good primer and worth the read. (Mark’s Daily Apple)
• OBJECT OF INTEREST: CHEESE POWDER <<A fascinating glimpse into the world of processed food. (The New Yorker)
• Diet clue to why we over-eat <<Not enough protein? It’s conceivable. (New Zealand Herald)
• Heavy but healthy people still at risk of heart disease <<I’ve long been suspicious of the argument that metabolic health = total health. Here’s some new evidence suggesting otherwise, especially regarding obesity. (Medline)
• Microwave Kale for a Healthy Alternative to Potato Chips <<I’m a little surprised by this, but it definitely seems worth trying. (Lifehacker)
• A Beginner’s Guide to the Most Confusing Cooking Terms <<I learned more here than I expected. Turns out I was just ignoring this stuff all along. Have I mentioned lately that cooking isn’t my strong suit? (Lifehacker)
• perfect, uncluttered chicken stock <<It’s soup season! If you haven’t learned to love soup as much as I do, this recipe will show you the error of your ways. (smitten kitchen)

What inspired you this week?