Archive for July, 2009


FDA Food Recall WarningIn a nutshell: Lots of products with nonfat dry milk as an ingredient are being recalled. It’s the old domino effect.

from the United Food Group distributed by the FDA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — July 30, 2009 — United

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Kirsch (or kirschwasser) is one of those liqueurs that, if you you have it, you probably have it because you’ve made a Black Forest Cake (aka Kirschtorte) at some point in the not too distant past. This dry cherry…

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Tucson restaurant news

Even though the temperature has been 100-plus degrees for the past 21 days, there doesn’t seem to be any slowdown of what’s happening restaurant-wise in Tucson. Some like it hot…

Fiesta de la Musica
El…

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So much for my career as an investigative reporter.  Thanks to one our readers, I learned of the ACTUAL location and believe it or not, it is one street down from where I live!  I go past it when…

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Update 7/30/09  – So much for my investigative reporting skills.  Here is the actual location.

To our regular readers, I apologize that this topic is not food related, but how often does Hollywood come to your hometown! 

Well,…

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In a nutshell: cilantro recalled due to possible salmonella

from the Frontera press release distributed by the FDAFDA Food Recall Warning

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 28th,

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Hotel Congress


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Originally uploaded by aemerybrown

Classic signage against a Tucson sunset sky.

Thanks for the cool photo.

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Tucson restaurant news – downtown

What today looks like a large dusty lot just outside the north entrance to Hotel Congress will soon be transformed into a beautiful tree lined plaza that will more than triple the…

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A few days ago, I posted about a peanut recall that happened Feb 09 but the press release was received July 24, 09. Here’s the explanation of what happened per the FDA:

Due to an uncontrollable system…

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