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McDonald’s workers advised to eat less fast food

McDonald’s workers advised to eat less fast food

MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS A McDonald’s rep says it agrees with the advice on its website, which has content from a third party. A burger and fries is a comparatively unhappy meal – or so advises a website for McDonald’s workers. The words of wisdom on eating healthy come from third-party content provided on the McResource Line site, where a recent posting ...

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Pilot delays flight for hours — until his gourmet food is delivered

Pilot delays flight for hours — until his gourmet food is delivered

NICK KOON/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/VIA KRT Captain Noushad reportedly would not fly Pakistan International Airlines’ flight PK-711 from Allama Iqbal International Airport, in Lahore, until he could get his gourmet food. A foodie pilot fed up with the on-board menu delayed a flight to New York for two-and-a-half hours so sandwiches could be delivered from a five-star hotel. Captain Noushad reportedly ...

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People are embarrassed about their food orders: study

People are embarrassed about their food orders: study

michele piacquadio/Getty Images/iStockphoto The study authors said people who ordered pizza online spent more money and asked for higher-calorie items. The ordering habits of the masses have changed thanks to apps like Seamless. For some, the main selling point for these services, other than convenience, is that they save them from talking to another human being while placing their food ...

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Cops raid exotic French food shop, find porcupine, ‘bush meat’ — ‘unfit for human consumption’

Cops raid exotic French food shop, find porcupine, ‘bush meat’ — ‘unfit for human consumption’

PGile/Getty Images/iStockphoto Frozen porcupines, gazelles, bats and caterpillars were all heading for the dining table. It hardly sounds like a Paris fine dining experience. Police who raided an “exotic food shop” in the French capital this week found it stuffed with gazelles, bats, caterpillars and five frozen porcupines — all destined for the dining table. RELATED: LION TACOS A HIT ...

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CIA and its new food science program

CIA and its new food science program

Robert Sabo/New York Daily News Our reporter, Justin Rocket Silverman, uses a pipette on a piece of meat as he observes the experiments going on at the Culinary Institute of America. In a windowless room 90 miles north of New York City, highly trained CIA scientists experiment with cutting edge technologies like ultrasonic homogenizers and “robovaps.” “We’re testing preconceived notions ...

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