The Year in Food 2008

Published on Monday, December 8, 2008, by The CHOW Editorial Team / Edit Post

2008 will be remembered as the year the United States elected a black president while the economy took a nostalgic romp back to 1929. It was also the year that our diet faced some serious challenges: The fishing industry imploded, food prices shot up, and our favorite banana hovered on the brink of extinction, to name just a few. But the economic downturn also forced cooks to get creative and revive a we’re-in-this-together spirit of community. If 2007 was the year of molecular gastronomy and the astronomically expensive hamburger, 2008 was the year of the picnic table, gourmet roach coach, and modern potluck. Here for your consideration—and in the interests of posterity—are about 50 of 2008’s most irritating, entertaining, important, or otherwise noteworthy gastronomic happenings.

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  • WATER BUFFALO STEAK, ANYONE?

  • oh, I agree --bananas in india are delicious! So very different from a U.S banana...

  • the cavendish isnt my favorite banana...it sucks compared to the varieties of bananas in india

  • I was extra caffeinated in 2008 but not with coffee. My addiction was to energy drinks...Amp and Red Bull were high on the list.

  • Yelp is a great site. Long Live Yelp!

  • Look again. The regulations in both the US and Canada have an acceptable standard for melamine in baby formula. This came out when it was found in Nestle products. What exactly is the acceptable amount of platic you wish to feed your baby? Why are our governments saying that something that cannot occur naturally or accidentally in the manufacturing process and is only used for doping protein...+READ

    Look again. The regulations in both the US and Canada have an acceptable standard for melamine in baby formula. This came out when it was found in Nestle products. What exactly is the acceptable amount of platic you wish to feed your baby? Why are our governments saying that something that cannot occur naturally or accidentally in the manufacturing process and is only used for doping protein results is legal? How much money does this make Nestle and any parties responsible for approving it's levels in food that it's worthwhile poisoning us? And let's not forget it isn't adult humans it's affecting. It's only those incapable of speaking up for themselves and saying when it hurts. When countries such as Saudi Arabia are preventing this from happening to them, how can we in North America continue to blame China? They sell what we buy.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/27/infant.formula.melamine/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail-COLLAPSE

  • Another notable toxic food event was the whole melamine contamination in "consumables" made in China. Pet food to diary, living things got sick and died after eating some 'food product(s)' from China.