http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog Food, wine, dining, beers, culinary experiences from around the world. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:51:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's the Bloody Mary's 75th anniversary!  Originally, this tomato juice-based cocktail was invented in Paris, but perfected in New York about a decade later.  Read more... Check out a twist on the Bloody Mary, the Bloody Caesar: http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/12/01/happy-birthday-bloody-mary/ Photographer Carl Warner creates these foodscapes out of, well, food.  Awesome.   See more... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/26/marketplace-masterpiece/   You may be eating more frozen pizzas than before, now that the economy's gone south.  Ever wonder how those pizzas were made?  The BBC went on a tour of a frozen pizza factory to check out how much precision goes into your food.  Check the video out here... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/21/the-life-of-a-frozen-pizza/ We shouldn't consume any more than a teaspoon of salt a day, but salt seems to be hidden in everything! So much, that we're getting more than double of the recommended daily amount. "Chances are you're getting almost twice that--and don't even know it--because so much sodium is "hidden" in processed ... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/20/saltand-lots-of-it/   Check out how well you know your wine (or beer, or coffee) with these online quizzes.  What's your wine IQ? http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/19/whats-your-wine-iq/ A massive recall of Lean Cuisine brand frozen chicken dinners has resulted in 879,565 pounds of poultry being pulled off shelves. "Foreign objects" identified as small pieces of hard plastic found in the dinners have resulted in one injury and various consumer complaints. According to MSNBC.com, the following products are ... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/18/lean-cuisine-microwave-chicken-dinners-recalled/   Boys have come and gone, but the one thing I could look forward to every morning was Joe...my cup of Joe that is. Until I found out coffee may actually be making us fat!   Like so many others I drink coffee for the wake up and energy, but according to research ... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/18/does-drinking-coffee-make-you-fat/ Now here is information I have always wanted.  Here is a list of the best locations in the world for chocolate and the names of their finest chocolate makers: Zürich, Switzerland - Why? Sprüngli, Lindt and Teuscher Hershey, Penn. - Why? Hershey's London, England - Why? Cadbury's and Green & Black's ... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/12/world-tour-of-chocolate/ Like many foods beer changes seasonally, with different flavors making their way into different pints.  Check out these suggestions for the best beers for each season: Spring The trees are budding. Birds are chirping. Life begins anew. Try Dogfish Head's Aprihop, which is brewed with apricots. Or try a bock, a German ... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/12/for-every-season-beer-beer-beer/ A new study has found that the vast majority of beef and chicken served in fast food was fed almost exclusively corn.  The study looked at McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King.  The findings of the study suggest that mandatory ingredient labeling would be beneficial to the fast food industry.  Read ... http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/food/blog/index.php/2008/11/11/fast-food-is-corny/