Biggest Food Newsmakers Of 2011, Kids Making Lattes, E. Coli In Cookie Dough & More

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 The Biggest Food Newsmakers Of 2011 The term "food celebrity" encompasses a wide variety of professionals, from TV personalities to accomplished chefs. What this group does have in common, however, is the ability to reach and influence a large audience. In the list below, we recount the chefs that have continued to make headlines this year, for better or worse. Whether these chefs were fighting against flavored milk in Los Angeles schools, starting a new TV show or creating airplane food, we've got them covered. The Food Companies That Spent The Most On Lobbying In 2011 Five-Year-Olds Make A Pretty Good Latte Farmers Defy Weak Economy To Have One Of Best Years Ever Mom Was Right: You Really Shouldn't Eat Raw Cookie Dough BLOG POSTS Karl Kozel: The Fine Art Of Bartending Etiquette The fine art of buybacks was designed as a reward. It showed gratitude from the house for a customer who'd become a regular. culture magazine: 5 Cheese Questions For A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Food Critic When I lived in New York, I tended to spend about twice as much at Murray's each year as I did at every supermarket combined. Menuism: How To Dine Out With Kids Have you ever gone to a restaurant hoping for a quiet, relaxing dining experience only to find that the table next to you is the temporary playground for a couple of rowdy kids and two stressed-out parents? Anna Brones: Formulating the Foolproof Foodie Menu Here is a foolproof guide to help you along your way to launching a successful business, one that's sure to get you plenty of write-ups in the blogosphere and, more importantly, tweets from food nerds. Lisa Turner: In Praise of Kale If you're lucky enough to live in sunnier climes, you'll find plenty of local greens, including kale, at your market. And those of us in less-temperate zones can still enjoy this sort-of seasonal green all winter long.

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