All Blog Posts Tagged 'FOOD' (14)

DMX had the plane ride from Hell last night -- throwing up all the way from Miami to Charlotte, and then rushing straight to the hospital after landing.

According to DMX, he had some "bad shrimp" at his baby mama's house in Miami before he got on a plane -- commercial -- and then spent most of the flight tossing his…

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Human rights groups are outraged over a video of tourists coercing women from India's Jarawa tribe to dance in exchange for food.

The undated video, shot in India's Andaman Islands, came to light when Britain's Observer newspaper posted it Saturday.

The footage shows young women from the…

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A Texas mother who was desperate over being denied food stamps shot her two children and then committed suicide after a seven-hour standoff with SWAT teams at a state welfare office, authorities said.

Ramie Grimmer, 12, and her brother Timothy, 10, were clinging to life at a San Antonio hospital after Monday…

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The distraught girlfriend of a New Zealand man sat next to his dead body for hours after he choked and died while eating an in-flight meal.



Robert Rippingale, 31, was flying from Singapore, where he worked, to his native New Zealand last week to celebrate his parents' 50th birthdays, the New… Continue

The food fight is on over the honor of chicken and waffles, a dish cooked up for midnight ramblers in Harlem and now considered one of uptown's culinary signatures.



Carl Redding, a chef who was raised and trained in Harlem and ran Amy Ruth's restaurant before opening Redding's in Atlantic City,… Continue

An argument over eating etiquette on the subway led to a fierce brawl between a pasta-loving passenger and a middle-aged straphanger, an online video shows.

The YouTube clip begins with a woman chowing down on spaghetti while trading barbs with another woman sitting across from her… Continue

Where's the beef? Not at Taco Bell, apparently.



A law firm is claiming that the fast food chain is using false advertising when it says its Mexican delicacies are filled with "ground beef" or "seasoned ground beef."



In fact, the lawsuit claims, the "taco meat filling" used by Taco Bell… Continue

In the war on obesity, a new battleground has been chosen. For those receiving public assistance, the idea that food stamps can’t be used for anything you might want is nothing new, which is why there’s such a big black market selling food stamps for cash. You can’t buy cigarettes, alcohol, food in restaurants, imported food, paper products, or toiletries with food stamps, and if New York City Mayor Michael… Continue

Girls in the U.S. are hitting puberty earlier than ever before. Even some 7-year-olds and 8-year-olds are developing breasts, according to a study in the journal of Pediatrics.



It’s thought that spiraling rates of childhood obesity may play a large role in some girls’ earlier… Continue

A black Ohio man claims in a federal discrimination lawsuit that a white worker at a Pennsylvania Burger King spat on his food while a co-worker tried to obscure his view.

A spokeswoman for Burger King's Miami headquarters did not immediately respond to questions about the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Erie.



Glenn Goodwin, of Cleveland, says the worker spat in his food in November 2008 at a restaurant in Fairview,… Continue

A Texas couple has been arrested for imprisoning their daughter in an unlit closet for a year - all because she was caught filching food from the refrigerator, say cops.



Leticia, and Alfredo Ines, 40 and 43, were charged Saturday in Brownsville with second-degree injury to a child and unlawful restraint.



The girl was so malnourished, she appeared to be only 8 years old when she was found by authorities, investigators… Continue

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For the people of Haiti shock was giving way to despair and rage Friday as decaying bodies choked the streets of Port-au-Prince and aid workers struggled to distribute dwindling food, water and medical supplies.

As aid continued to pour into the devastated island nation, Cuba granted the U.S. government permission to fly through restricted air space on medical evacuation flights.



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Stories about celebrities trashing their hotel rooms, making absurd demands on waiters, and generally acting like enormous babies are... well... often true. But not in Beyonce's case. When Beyonce and Jay-Z ate at New York restaurant Marea last night, Beyonce left a sweet little surprise behind when she was done -- a cute little reindeer on her plate, made of out... whatever it was she ate that was red and yellow and green. Adorable, right? I can't… Continue