How ultra-processed food took over the American diet – CBS Chicago Watch CBS News Americans are among the biggest consumers of ultra-processed foods in the world. In fact, ultra-processed foods make up more than half of an adult’s diet, and two-thirds of a child’s diet. Those are the findings uncovered in a new CBS documentary that looks at why these foods have become so common in our diets and how gaps in federal regulations are failing to keep pace. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On This…

Each year, the editors of Food & Wine magazine select the best new restaurant in America, and this year, it’s right in downtown Oakland.  Burdell on Telegraph Avenue is re-imagining soul food in a manner that is capturing the attention of the food world in a big way and has earned the title “Restaurant of the Year.””We first kind of heard about this in January and then I think it was March or April when we got the news about what they were snooping around for,” said owner Geoff Davis. Geoff Davis has spent 20 years in the restaurant business,…

Eating like a local for Chris Shepherd often begins with finding food being grown by locals.In this episode of “Eat Like a Local with Chris Shepherd”, headed to Spring to meet the family behind Atkinson Farms. Bobby Atkinson is a fourth-generation farmer and gave Shepherd a tour of his family’s 100-acre fruit and vegetable farm.Atkinson explained how the farm has grown to be a key supplier for farmers markets and local restaurants. Families can also shop their farmstand in Spring or exploring their pick your own berry fields.Watch this episode of “Eat Like a Local” Saturday at 10 a.m. on…

There are still plenty of restaurants in Kentucky that Food Network’s Guy Fieri has yet to visit. It’s not like he’s ignored the Bluegrass State–that’s hardly the case–but we have so many great eateries here that he needs to return.Guy Fieri Has a Restaurant in Downtown LouisvilleAnd I’m sure he will but maybe in an official/unofficial capacity. In other words, since he has a restaurant in downtown Louisville, he might be back in the Commonwealth on official RESTAURANT business while leaving the cameras at home.Louisville has become quite the destination for foodies; the NuLu area is flush with taste-tempting options,…

Climate experts say when it comes to global warming, pay attention to what we eat. Food and agriculture make up more than 25% of the pollution that heats our planet. What’s driving all that climate pollution in food? Food waste, deforestation, and a huge global demand for beef, to name a few. When it comes to climate change, food matters. So NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. We’ll explore how we grow food, what we’re shopping for in the grocery store and cooking, what we’re eating, and what we end up throwing…

In this weekly column, Eater documents the city’s permanent restaurant and bar closures. If a restaurant or bar has closed in your neighborhood, let us know at ny@eater.com. Ditmas Park: Longtime Filipino icon Purple Yam, open since 2009, closed August 30. Co-owner Amy Besa announced on her personal Instagram, that she and her husband and chef Romy Dorotan said it’s time to “hang up our aprons, Chef hats and turn off our stoves.” 1314 Cortelyou Road, at Argyle Road East Village: After a decade, Heavenly Market and Deli has shuttered in what had been the retail space of an NYU…

It’s a good sign that grocer Yellow Banana reopened a Save A Lot store in the West Garfield Park neighborhood last week, providing a bit of relief in one of the city’s most parched food deserts.The community’s residents certainly saw it that way, lining up in droves Thursday to attend a reopening ceremony and shop at the store at 420 S. Pulaski Road. But as the Sun-Times Watchdogs reported recently, the Ohio-based Yellow Banana company is also being rocked in other states by store closures, fines, delinquent tax and utility bill payments, health code violations and a $2 million lawsuit.That’s…

Food from the Mediterranean is a familiar favorite in the Bay Area. But while the traditions of countries like Spain, Italy, and Morocco are fully represented in our restaurant landscape, others haven’t yet broken through. Rafik Bouzidi is on a mission to make sure that Tunisia’s cuisine is the next to appear in the long-overdue spotlight.Executive chef and owner of Gola, Rafik Bouzidi.(Courtesy of Gola)“Tunisian food is extremely attached to history,” says Bouzidi, executive chef and owner of Gola, the city’s only restaurant dedicated to Tunisian food.Located at the crossroads of the ancient world, tiny coastal Tunisia has witnessed the…

Hey friends, Chris Shepherd here — Season 2 of “Eat like a Local” is here, and let me tell you I am excited! Having been in the restaurant business in Houston most of my life, I have wanted to see and explore the Houston food scene to its fullest. I have driven all over this city and the surrounding areas for years searching for delicious meals and learning about the people that make them. The best part about this city is that I’ve still barely scratched the surface.I had never thought about working in TV, but after sitting with the…

People are putting a North Carolina eatery in check after they posted a strict dress code. Kim’s Kafe, a soul food restaurant in Greensboro, posted its rules regarding what people are not allowed to wear when visiting, saying that it “has been in place all summer.” Their dress code, according to their Facebook post, includes: No shorts No crop tops No leggings No T-straps No white T-shirts No short skirts No “skimpy clothing of any kind” No cleavage showing “All we ask is that people respect our dress code as they do everyone else business,” the post said. “People are…