trans fats

Grinders

• They Can Have My Trans Fats When They Pry Them from My Cold Dead Fingers
  A day after the news about the New York City Health Department’s proposal to ban trans fats was first reported, the Crisco is really hitting the fan.
• Consider the Source
  The Center for Consumer Freedom battles the impending NYC trans fats ban with an over-the-top TV ad.
• "The Right to Be Stupid"
  As the debate continues over New York City's proposal to ban trans fats, one restaurateur gets downright patriotic in expressing his outrage.
• Fast Food's Far-Reaching Tentacles
  In a bid to control emerging fast-food markets abroad, U.S. restaurant chains are busting out menu innovations like octopus-topped wasabi-and-salmon pizza and tandoori chicken sandwiches. What are ...
• No Crisco in the Kitchen
  Can your fries be crispy and your chicken crunchy when there's no more shortening in the kitchen? An NYC culinary school puts the new trans fat ban to the test.
• Mmm! Science-y!
  Amid all the hubbub about trans fats, newspapers nationwide are testing trans-free oils in their own recipes to see if the healthier versions measure up. The results vary as widely as the tasters t...
• Making Concessions
  New York amusement park Rye Playland bans trans fats. No more Twinkies for you, buster.
• The End of Ignorance Is Bliss?
  The Treasury Department wants you to know how many calories there are in that beer you're quaffing.
• And Next Year, the Fair's Going Vegan
  The fryers at the Indiana State Fair go trans-fat free.
• Marginally Less Crappy Junk Food
  Frito-Lay reengineers its chips; a snack-eating nation yawns in response.
• Food and Drink Bans of the Future
  What will the health police proscribe next?

Stories

• The Year in Food 2007
  Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more