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Aug 22, 2007 9:51 AM CDT

10 Gourmet Restaurant Swindles

As eateries cut costs, watch out for cheap shortcuts

(Newser) - As the price of food goes up, what cost-cutting measures at restaurants might end up on your plate? The Independent lists 10 shortcuts, swindles and downright lies you should be wary of.

Lookalike fish species
Supermarket-bought salads
Instant powdered eggs and potatoes

Snakehead Shake Up Fishermen

Jul 8, 2007 10:30 AM CDT

Snakehead Shake Up Fishermen

Invasive species could be ecological disaster or next big thing in angling

(Newser) - It's ugly, it's mean, and it's seductively hard to hook. The Snakehead fish, a native of East Asia and recent immigrant to the Potomac River watershed, has divided those wary of its potential environmental impact and those who see it as the next big thing in sport fishing. Some entrepreneurial...

Polluted
Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Jul 6, 2007 4:23 PM CDT

Polluted Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Industrial chemicals raise contaminant levels into range unsafe for eating

(Newser) - Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened," says a report released yesterday that lists industrial...

Flying Fish
Crash Into Boaters

Jul 4, 2007 5:37 AM CDT

Flying Fish Crash Into Boaters

Once-endangered sturgeon weigh up to 200 lbs, can't be killed

(Newser) - Boaters on Florida’s Suwannee River have been knocked unconscious by "sturgeon strikes" as the muscular fish rocket through the air, the New York Times reports. The collisions have caused a broken pelvis, shattered leg and a slashed throat. The fish, which can weigh up to 200 pounds, have...

Chinese PR Combats
Export Rap

Jun 30, 2007 11:05 AM CDT

Chinese PR Combats Export Rap

Enemies in Washington stymie effort to promote food products called unsafe

(Newser) - China is on a public relations blitz to keep its exports solvent after nonstop coverage of unsafe toothpaste, fish and even tires in the US, China's largest customer, last week. Beijing broke its pattern of protest over the coverage, shutting down 180 offending factories and promising consumers that tainted food...

Tuna Shortage Triggers
Sushi Crisis

Jun 25, 2007 4:21 AM CDT

Tuna Shortage Triggers Sushi Crisis

Japanese chefs resort to deer and even horse meat

(Newser) - Plummeting supplies of tuna have become a recipe for disaster in Japan, where sushi lovers eat 60,000 tons of the fish a year. Desperate chefs are experimenting with increasingly bizarre sushi substitutes, including deer and even horse, the New York Times reports. But sushi without tuna in Japan is...