The Food Life

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a flu going around. What’s that got to do with food? Well, apparently with all the fear of swine flu, particularly the “swine” part, pork sales dropped this week. In response, health officials made a big push to get people to call it Influenza A, H1N1 But that pork chop is no cause for panic. Most flu viruses are not spread though food. So keep on eating all the bacon you please (until your arteries clog up, that is).

In other food news, or at least new items in the local and online food world:

New York Times readers apparently learned this week what we in Kitsap already know: We’ve got some darn fine shellfish in the beaches of Hood Canal.

The Panda Inn in West Bremerton closed but they’ll keep their East Bremerton restaurant open.

Sonic may be looking to open a spot in Kitsap. Bremerton and South Kitsap and Silverdale could be possible spots. As a Bremertonian, I say we should hold out for Burgerville.

In Port Orchard, a new vegetarian restaurant has opened. I’d love to hear from anyone who’s been there and get a broader perspective on how it is.

And finally, again looking nationally, People are looking for cheap eats and some news orgs respond. NPR challenges people to make a meal that feeds a family of four for less than $10. The latest is a recipe for $9 mac and cheese. Even the New York Times jumped on that bandwagon by serving up suggestions on cheap but tasty cuts of meat.  These recipes may be just the thing Americans need, because according to Steve Almond in the Wall Street Journal, in these times of economic turmoil, they’re turning ever more to easy calories in sweets, fast food and junk food.

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