Samantha Bonar

Coffee can not only keep your eyes wide open, it may also help prevent blindness, according to a new Cornell University study. Just one cup a day could help prevent deteriorating eyesight from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma, aging or diabetes. The key ingredient is a potent antioxidant called chlorogenic......

If you think "organic" means safe, think again. Organic, "Purity" brand mangoes are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a nasty organism that can make people very ill and cause miscarriages. Their distributor, San Francisco-based Pacific Organic Produce, is voluntarily recalling the fruit because a single sample......

Anhing Corp. of Los Angeles is conducting a national recall of Caravelle brand chili powder due to possible contamination with our old friend salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The imported chili powder was sold at retail stores in 8-ounce plastic tubs with lot code 560916. The product has......

Albacore tuna caught off the Oregon coast since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi power plant meltdown in Japan has slightly elevated levels of radioactivity, according to a new study by Oregon State University. The disaster, which followed a 9.0-magnitute earthquake and tsunami, led to leakage of unknown quantities of radioactive materials into the......

If your idea of the four food groups is cheese, charcuterie, bread and wine, Milkfarm in Eagle Rock is set to become your new grocery shopping central.  Leah Park Fierro, formerly head cheesemonger/manager of the Cheese Store in Silver Lake, opened the cheese-and-charcuterie haven April 7, inspired by the little specialty shops......

In what may be the first full-length feature film based on a candy, filmmaker Adam Rifkin (Detroit Rock City, Underdog) has optioned the film and TV rights to Peeps, Deadline reports. The drama will be a Lego Movie-esque family epic set the night before a Peeps diorama contest. An adventurous young......

Just when you thought giant corporations couldn't get any shadier: If you "like" a General Mills product on Facebook, or download a coupon or enter a contest, you have just "agreed" to never sue the company. "Dislike"! Legal experts are hash out whether General Mills' new posted legal terms are......

Kraft Foods is recalling 96,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer wieners because they may mistakenly contain cheese, the Associated Press reports. (Never mind that the cheese is probably the best thing in there.) The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says packages labeled "Oscar Mayer Classic Wieners" may actually contain "Classic Cheese......

A new report  released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what regular readers of this blog already know: Foodborne illness remains a major problem in the United States. The agency cites "limited progress" in its annual survey of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. The survey - technically called the......

If you think of green tomatoes only as the favorite side dish of Southern gal pals who serve up abusive exes as barbecue (H/T Fannie Flagg), think again! A new study has found that a compound in green tomatoes, tomatidine, not only boosts muscle growth and strength, it protects against muscle......