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  • Restaurant Don'ts

    Posted: August 7th, 2010 - 11:25pm by Sol Erdozain

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    Raw chicken is probably the first thing that most people think of when thinking of foodborne illness. You would think chefs would know to use a thermometer to prevent undercooked chicken from ending up on the table.

    However, tonight I witnessed a chef on 24 Hour Restaurant Battle (on the Food Network) serve some raw chicken to his diners. Not just to any person at that, but Marcus Samuelsson and Scott Conant, who were judges on the show. At least they got it right, immediately recognizing the risks and spitting it out.

    Every person in the vicinity turned around when Samuelsson pointed out: “That is dangerous; that is not undercooked, it’s raw.”

    If your restaurant makes people barf, it’s not going to fare so well. Mr. Blumenthal learned that the hard way last year when his restaurant was shut down due to norovirus.
    The chef on the show also learned the hard way; the raw chicken cost him the $10, 000 prize.
     

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  • Muppet and RNC chairman Michael Steele sidelined with food poisoning

    Posted: July 30th, 2010 - 5:24pm by Doug Powell

    Republican National Committee Chairman and Muppet impersonator Michael Steele had to cancel an appearance today before a national meeting of black journalists because of a bad case of food poisoning.

    A RNC spokesman said in an email to CNN,

    "While traveling out West the Chairman came down with a bad case of food poisoning. He is disappointed to miss the opportunity to take part in this valuable dialogue and looks forward to engaging with NABJ in the very near future."

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  • Food poisoning postpones Elton John's Arizona concert

    Posted: July 21st, 2010 - 8:40pm by Doug Powell

    Food poisoning has apparently caused the postponement of Elton John's scheduled concert at Tucson Arena.

    The Arizona Daily Star reports that Wednesday night's show was nearly sold out with about 8,800 tickets purchased. Organizers say the British rocker will perform Thursday night instead.

    A spokeswoman for the Tucson concert venue says John apologizes for the inconvenience caused by his illness, but doctors say he will be fine to take the stage Thursday.
     

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  • Dining a La Lohan

    Posted: July 20th, 2010 - 9:34pm by Sol Erdozain

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    Lindsay Lohan has been making headlines lately for the whole drunk driving and defying court thing. I miss the good old “Mean Girls” days. She looked so innocent at the beginning of that movie, when the only place she felt safe eating at was in the toilet stall.

    Maybe she was on to something.

    "There's more faecal bacteria in your kitchen sink than in your toilet after you flush it. People nuke their bathrooms, but not their kitchens."

    The research, from the University of Arizona, also points out that the toilet is also cleaner than cutting boards in the kitchen, computer keyboards in the office and workplaces where there are children.

    Ok, so maybe Lindsay did it because it was in the script and it’s not exactly a trend to follow in dining, but the point is sanitation.

    Clean kitchen surfaces, use a separate cutting board for meat and wash your and your kids’ hands.
     

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  • OMG Carrot Top was in the hospital for food poisoning

    Posted: June 22nd, 2010 - 4:43pm by Doug Powell

    I glance through celebrity blogs to find examples of America’s best and brightest suffering from food poisoning like mere mortals.

    Really.

    PerezHilton.com is reporting that Carrot Top – a bad comedian turned I-don’t-know-what, and who has his picture inexplicably splashed around Las Vegas -- was briefly hospitalized yesterday for an unspecified issue.

    Carrot Top said in a statement today:

    "It was food poisoning and the resulting dehydration that made him drive himself to the hospital. Fluids were put into his system for a few hours, and then he was released."

    Perez says, Bullshiz! If you have food poisoning, you can barely move your body to the toilet, let alone drive yourself to the hospital!
     

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  • Crooner, twitterer, celebrity dater and sensitive pooper, John Mayer cancels tour

    Posted: June 2nd, 2010 - 11:01pm by Doug Powell

    PerezHilton.com reports that John Mayer's team has announced the singer wouldn't be finishing his European tour as he fell victim to diarrhea.

    Sources are reporting that John allegedly fled from his tour due to a case of food poisoning. Supposedly, John spent the night on the john after he ate something nasty at the catering table in Copenhagen. This "intestinal illness" was allegedly painful enough for John to request to return home.

    Do they not have Pepto-Bismol in Denmark? If we were his tour promoters, we'd be pissed at his shiz! That's a lot of a money lost over the squirts.

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  • Phoenix Suns coach loses lunch and game

    Posted: May 28th, 2010 - 7:58am by Doug Powell

    Last night was rough for Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry, as his team lost at the buzzer to the L.A. Lakers in basketball’s western conference playoff game; and he vomited into a garbage can during the game, which he blamed on food poisoning – the chicken wrap or the fried guacamole.

    I’m going with the guacamole. I still can’t touch the stuff after a girlfriend 25 years ago had a tragic guacamole vomiting incident – tragic in that it was everywhere, accompanied with the burning scent of garlic and avocado.

    And is there anything Americans won’t deep-fry?

    A colleague reports that after the game, one of the television dudes theorized the coach was likely targeted by some restaurant worker who was a Laker fan.

    After hurling, Gentry stayed on the bench, had an IV treatment at halftime and later blamed his condition on fried food from a nearby eatery, adding,

    "I was not going to leave the sidelines. I told someone it's very similar to college. Once you get it out of the system, everything's OK. It's like a Friday night frat party, OK?" 

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  • Andy Roddick pulls out of Madrid tennis match due to a lot of barf

    Posted: May 12th, 2010 - 12:55pm by Doug Powell

    American tennis ace Andy Roddick withdrew from the Madrid Masters due to illness ahead of his opening match on Wednesday.

    Associated Press reports Roddick said he had been vomiting for the last couple of days and felt too weak to play after warming up for the match.

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  • Lance Armstrong out of Circuit de la Sarthe race with illness

    Posted: April 7th, 2010 - 7:22am by Doug Powell

    Cyclist Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the Circuit de la Sarthe four-day race because of gastroenteritis, his RadioShack team said today.

    No word whether the barfing was food-induced or not.

    He finished 27th on Sunday in the Tour of Flanders, and said he felt the best he had all year.

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  • Bryant will play for Lakers while barfing

    Posted: March 7th, 2010 - 7:54pm by Doug Powell

    Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has a stomach illness but is expected to play against the Orlando Magic.

    Lakers coach Phil Jackson said before Sunday's game that Bryant would likely play despite being a little late to the game because of the illness.

    It was unclear how Bryant contracted the illness, although Jackson speculated that the All-Star likely ate something that didn't sit well.

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