Food

Remember when you were a kid and your folks told you to "Eat your vegetables"? Well, according to a report from the Stockholm International Water Institute bythe year 2050 we may not have a choice. Scientists at the Institute say, “There will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected 9 billion population in 2050 if we follow current trends and changes towards diets common in western nations.” So why just veggies?

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Tokeru Kobayoshi has made a career out of eating, eating copious amounts of food in record time. He was at it again yesterday at the New York State Fair where, according to Syracuse.com, he devoured 100 Hoffman's hot dogs--without the buns--in 10 minutes in Chevy Court. The 128 pound Japanese born competitive eater has won numerous titles for his ability to consume amounts of food people twice his size would find difficult to even consider. And what did he plan to have for dinner? Another hot dog? Nope.

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Autumn is a season of change, changing leaf colors, changing from Daylight Savings Time to Standard and, for the makers of Saranac, the changing of specialty summer beers to specialty fall beers. YNN reports that the F.X Matt Brewing Company is introducing a seasonal variety pack featuring several fall seasonal brews.

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The dish with Sara Evans is an exclusive new feature which gives the ‘Anywhere’ hitmaker a platform to share her many delicious recipes (remember, she’s a mom and stepmom to 7 kids!) with country music fans. Check back each week in August and early September for a fun new quick-and-easy recipe straight from the singer herself!

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Now Central New York is home of one of the biggest road races in the country, The Boilermaker. Now we are home to one of the biggest Chili cook offs with Chili Palooza. What happens if you combine the love of Chili with the love of Boilermaker? Introducing the Boilermaker Chili.

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Do you think your Chili is the best around? Do you have a special blend or recipe you use? Well it’s time for you to show it off and put your money where your mouth is! It’s time four our 2nd annual Chili-Palooza. We challenge you to a friendly Chili Cook off.

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It is the perfect summertime drink, cold, refreshing and with a variety of flavors satisfying to everyone's taste buds. We're talking "made in the shade" lemonade which is being celebrated today, National Lemonade Day. You can buy it fresh, frozen or--for generations--from a local lemonade stand run by some enterprising young entrepreneurs. Here are some things I'll bet you didn't know about lemonade.

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During the heat of the "Frog Days Of Summer", those cold drinks and ice cold treats sure hit the spot, and sometimes we feel it in our head. Brain freeze. You know, when you drink or eat something ice cold too quickly and then get head pain?

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Some might say "stick with what you do best" while others would suggest that diversification is the way to survive.  The New York Post reports that the folks in charge at Cinnabon are taking the latter route with the introduction of the new Pizzabon which, according to a company spokesperson, is "like a regular pizza but smaller and with less taste of sauce".  The ingredients?

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Now that the weekend is over it's time to think about what you need to do to burn off all of those beer calories you consumed over the past 2 or 3 days. Sure, you had fun but now it's back to the business of fitness. One twelve ounce beer contains around 150 calories and if you had more than one (and you know you did) then you can do the math. How much exercise is needed to burn off that one brewski?

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It is a fact that the Utica-Rome area has some of the best Italian food and finest Italian restaurants in the country. That list will be a little shorter soon with word that Grimaldi's Restaurant on Bleecker Street in Utica will be closing its doors sometime in the next few weeks. According to YNN the Castronovo family issued a statement explaining the closure.

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The "Frog Days Of Summer" turn to food, as August is National Sandwich Month. I don't know about you, but I like sandwiches, and during hot summer nights, I don't mind having one (or two) for dinner.

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