The Malaysian Insider :: Food
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| Chefs review the best – and worst – food critics in the US Posted: 21 Sep 2013 09:47 PM PDT For the second year in a row, the title of most popular and respected US food writer in The Daily Meal's chef survey went to Jonathan Gold of the Los Angeles Times, who was likewise voted as having the best culinary knowledge and prose and is described by chef respondents as "perhaps the best of them all" and "one of a kind." Before becoming a food critic, Gold wrote about "death metal and gangsta rap" for Rolling Stone and Spin magazines, and he was also the first food writer to win a 2007 Pulitzer Prize in the art of criticism. He's also the most likeable of food critics and was voted the one writer chefs would most likely want to share a meal with. The lone category where he failed to take the top spot was for a critic's "perceived integrity", which Daily Meal editor Arthur Bovino defines as a critic who writes objectively "and can be trusted not to be getting his or her wedding catered for free". They refrain from accepting free meals or bottles of wine and they don't try to wield their power. In that category, Gold drops to fourth place and is replaced by the San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Bauer. For the survey chefs were polled anonymously but Daily Meal editors reassure readers that respondents are all "elite industry figures and most are household names". While chefs hold Gold in high favour for his writing chops and culinary prowess, the writers who are generally disliked among the captains of the industry include Brad A. Johnson of the Orange County Register – described as the dullest writer – and the New York Post's Steve Cuozzo. The two garnered the lowest overall scores across most categories. – AFP Relaxnews, September 22, 2013. |
| Swiss chocolate maker wins health claim approval on blood flow Posted: 21 Sep 2013 08:25 PM PDT That's the latest argument chocoholics can use to justify their sweet indulgence after the European Commission gave premium Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut its blessing to use the health claim that cocoa flavanols can "help maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, which contributes to normal blood flow". The luxury chocolate maker becomes the first in the industry to be able to make such health claims. The approval was based on evidence presented by the Swiss chocolate maker using the brand's Acticoa cocoa powder and dark chocolate. Scientists were able to prove that a daily intake of 200 mg of cocoa flavanols helps maintain healthy blood flow. The chocolate maker will now be able to put the health claim on its Acticoa cocoa and chocolate products within EU countries. After heart health, the functional food industry — foods that make health claims — has been eyeing healthy blood flow as the next big trend. A concentrated tomato extract FruitFlow claims to improve blood circulation by inhibiting platelets from clumping and aggregating, a known cause of heart attacks, stroke and venous thrombosis. – AFP Relaxnews, September 22, 2013. |
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