Food News Wednesday, March 30

Comfort Food: Bad for Body, Good for Soul - Consumerist
Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags - NY Times
Baby formula is staple of theft rings - USA Today
Celebrity chef launches food website for men - Independent UK
Appetite for Louisiana seafood takes a hit - Times-Picayune
Boulud expands into casual cuisine - Reuters
EU talks on food from cloned animals collapse - Reuters
Japanese Farmers Take Hit on Radiation Fears - Voice of America
Japan Finds More Food Tainted by Radioactive Material - NPR
Study: Less salmonella in organic chicken - Food Safety News
Bitterness blocker makes foods seem sweeter - MSNBC

Food for Thought

The One Food Andrew Zimmern Won't Eat - Broward New Times
Old hookers, cheap laughs, wild accusations - Eatocracy
Anthony Bourdain Sort of Responds to City of Ate - Dallas Observer
Top 5 Most Ridiculous Denver Yelp Reviews - Westword
How we taste, and the truth about 'supertasters' - Oregonian
Alice Waters: Eat Local - Mother Nature Network
Just How Loud is That Restaurant? - Zagat
An Open Letter to Overstimulated Energy Drinkers - GQ
Best of Britain in 19 Rooms: Royal Wedding Food - Mail UK
Are Hot Dogs Better for You Than Roast Chicken? - TIME
Modernist cuisine skeptics just don't get it - Globe and Mail
Modernist Cuisine mistakes chef for great creator - Globe and Mail

Best of the Blogs

A Decent Cappuccino - A Taste of Paris
Goat Cheese Risotto - What's Gaby Cooking?
What Is It About Pastitsio? - Three Many Cooks
Let's Get Naked and Eat Breakfast - Girlichef
Buttermilk Almond Muffins & Meyer Lemon Curd - Family Style Food
Why We Love March: Asian-Braised Kale - The Slow Chef
Making Chocolate Frosting - Joe Pastry
Portly Papa - Chubby Hubby

Wine and Spirits

Trying to stay sober in Russia - The World
Whiskey Gains a Following in a Vodka World - Moscow Times
A Washington Winery Under the Radar - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Defining Sustainability: A Concept of Varied Means - Palate Press
Virginia's Declaration of Vindependence - Imbibe
The charms of lesser nebbiolo wines - Washington Post
7 Cheeky Wine Labels - Snooth
They Knew It Was Much More Than a Hunch - Cherries and Clay
Three more old world wines worth checking out - Westword
Cocktail Chemistry: Parsing the Bloody Mary - NPR
Bucket List: The Beers to Drink Before You Die - Poor Taste

The Business of Food

Avoid recalls, track food from seed to supermarket - Marketplace
Harry & David pensions in limbo after bankruptcy - Oregonian
Alton Brown signs 3 more years at Food Network - AJC
USDA official tackles challenges facing agriculture - Oregonian
Starbucks CEO laughs at notion his coffee costs $5 - Consumerist