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Food History

A Theory that Explains a Seemingly Unnecessary Word on Ketchup Labels

February 8, 2015 No Comments
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The other day, I noticed something odd on a bottle of ketchup. Because of my eating habits at home and at restaurants, I don’t see a lot of ketchup bottles, and so when I bought a bottle of Safeway brand ketchup so that I could make the delicious “Spicy Chipotle Toltec Barbeque Glaze” from Mark […]

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Miscellany

More Abuse of the “Natural” Label on Food Packaging

March 31, 2012 No Comments

(Updated 12/14/16:  fixed broken links) The word “natural” takes a lot of abuse in the food business.  It’s slapped on just about any product to as a lure to buyers, and yet, it doesn’t have much meaning, except in narrow circumstances.  Recently, I ran across a somewhat unconventional usage on the “Pita Bite Crackers” from […]

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Fish, Restaurants

Seafood Mislabeling Causes Confusion at the Sushi Bar

February 12, 2012 No Comments

(Updated 10/15/16: new photo, fixed or removed broken links; 1/7/17: new labeling law in New York) As a follow up to my piece about seafood mislabeling, let’s take a trip to the sushi bar, where things can be even more confusing. An already challenging language barrier is made more difficult by mangling of Japanese words […]

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