Australian masterchef (I just threw up a bit in my mouth) Calombaris sued for...
The problem with celebrity chefs is they tend to be morons. Food safety morons. Their practices make people sick. The only skill they have is describing cooking in prose equivalent to some soft-core...
View ArticleNeil Young, at home
If the Tragically Hip were the house band for my laboratory back in Guelph, then Neil Young was the spirit. Right now, he’s performing an acoustic set in his childhood hometown of Omemee, Ont. (that’s...
View ArticleFood safety in hospitals: Chemotherapy patients may be ill because they...
It’s no secret I have my share of demons, but I’ve always shared them publicly, (whether you wanted to know or not; if you don’t, go start your own blog and stop reading mine). Every Friday, on...
View ArticleI don’t see gender: ‘Sitting on the fence: Biology, feminism and...
Somehow, I was quoted in a Jan. 2000 publication of the Women s Studies International Forum, and received notification today. “The story of endocrine disrupters is no different. Yet science has long...
View Article‘A kinder gentler machine gun hand’ Food safety realities in the biz
Chapman has always been the kinder, gentler version of me. But sometimes, ya gotta get stuff done. I’m proud of everything he has accomplished but then thought, I was applying for about the 200th job...
View ArticleOwn it: Gossip goes away
I knew I wouldn’t get into rehab Friday morning because I had been drinking at 3 a.m. in a vain attempt to go back to sleep. Gotta blow zero to get into rehab, which I’ll do Monday. But, as I said to...
View ArticleSurveys still suck; so do organics
As my friend Farmer Jeff used to say, 20 years ago, if someone can make a living farming, even if it involves duping consumers, more power to the farmers. I have a less charitable view and figure it’s...
View Article‘I spent $50000 on IVF… and it failed’
There isn’t much food safety stuff that interests me, but writers gotta write. An Australian woman spent $50,000 on in vitro fertilization, and it didn’t work. We spent less than $1,000 10 years ago on...
View ArticleCuriosity, not assumptions, makes life interesting
I get lots of barfblog.com fan mail like the piece below. Normally I just cc Chapman on my reply, so someone can take over when I die (me in the hospital last week with gall bladder issues, my partner...
View ArticleDon’t drink hand sanitizer or bleach: Poison center calls up 20% during...
A preschool-aged girl was taken to the hospital after she drank an unknown amount of hand sanitizer out of a 64-ounce bottle, fell and hit her head, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said. Her blood...
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