Snacks (page 24)

The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI) Michael Jacobson continues his crusade for a “Twinkie tax” on high-calorie food in this month’s CSPI newsletter. Jacobson says the…

Maryland's Jim Stump and Jon Mayer, the "Feasty Boys," have a cooking show on local area cable that people just can't seem to get enough of (with good reason!). The Feasty Boys stand by their assertion that there is no food that "cannot be improved with a generous layer of cheese-topped off with a dollop of butter to promote browning." As Stump says, "We don't have a garlic press, so we buy garlic powder. We cook a lot of ground beef and chicken, down-home cooking with a lot of fat involved." To each his choice.

The American Institute for Cancer Research continues to blame restaurant portion sizes for obesity in this very sympathetic write-up in the San Antonio Express. As we've said before, nobody makes anybody eat anything.

No, we're kidding. The tsar's daughter hasn't been found. However, we're not kidding when we tell you that Scotland is about to name a new "fat tsar" to force the Scots to change what they eat. Don't be surprised if the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Michael Jacobson starts calling for a "fat tsar" here to impose "fat taxes."

Are your kids fat? The Hudson Institute’s Michael Fumento says if they are, it’s not restaurant food, Dream Cast, TV, or computers, to blame–it’s you. The Ottawa Citizen agrees and…

USA Today's Craig Wilson says you ought to tell the food police with their "don't eat this, don't eat that" message to take a hike this holiday season. "Is your favorite childhood memory of Christmas a carrot stick? I didn't think so. Isn't mine, either. A carrot was something you left for Rudolph," Wilson exclaims. As for pie, "Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?"

Repeated food scares have led us to this: Waukesha, Wisconsin elementary schools are considering banning homemade treats and classroom cooking. The move comes in response to an E. coli…

Nanny nutritionists try to blame obesity on restaurant portion sizes. Last we checked, no one forced anyone to eat anything. ("Is bigger really better?," Chicago Sun-Times, 11/01/00)

The Center for the Science in the Public Interest has found a new type of restaurant food to disparage. This time, it's Greek food. CSPI already says you shouldn't eat most Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, and fast food. Now these food nannies say forget the Greek salad, moussaka, and gyros too. Where in the world can we get something to eat?

The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is blaming obesity on the marketing practices of restaurants. “Value marketing has confused Americans about what a normal and appropriate portion of food…