This is exactly what I'm talking about, WTF? We need to be more consciously aware of what we eat and not assume that if someone gets food poisoning that, thats normal. ITS NOT NORMAL, ITS NOT SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN. This should never happen in America and unfortunately it does too often then not and we have to understand what is in our foods before buying anything because if not one of us might be that next victim.
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-24-meat-wagon-antibiotic-resistant-salmonella/
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
An Inspirational Documentary: 'Food, Inc'
To learn more and how you can help, go to: http://www.foodincmovie.com/
The Hit List
The following steakhouses will be targeted to find out 3 main points (questions):
1. What percentage of fruits, veggies and other products are purchased by local farmers and/or vendors?
2. Do you purchase organic grass-fed beef? If not, will you consider it in the future? When do you see this happening?
3. Do you purchase anything else organic such as eggs, chicken or pork?
And when you think about it, what makes a restaurant "5 star", "Zagat rated" or even "Michelin star"? Do we ever think about the conditions these animals are living in, what they're fed and just as important how are the people treated who work in these industries? Have we become this detached that we don't care anymore until something happens to us?
Below you will see the following restaurants I've chosen to go after and this should help me figure out whom to support. Always remember we get to vote three times a day: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner so choose wisely:
1. What percentage of fruits, veggies and other products are purchased by local farmers and/or vendors?
2. Do you purchase organic grass-fed beef? If not, will you consider it in the future? When do you see this happening?
3. Do you purchase anything else organic such as eggs, chicken or pork?
And when you think about it, what makes a restaurant "5 star", "Zagat rated" or even "Michelin star"? Do we ever think about the conditions these animals are living in, what they're fed and just as important how are the people treated who work in these industries? Have we become this detached that we don't care anymore until something happens to us?
Below you will see the following restaurants I've chosen to go after and this should help me figure out whom to support. Always remember we get to vote three times a day: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner so choose wisely:
- Gibson's Steakhouse: (312) 266-8999
- Morton's Steakhouse: (312) 266-4820 (UPDATE ON MORTON'S: 7/22/09: I spoke with Capri Kinney, Guest Relations Coordinator at Morton's Steakhouse in Chicago, her response, " We do purchase a variety of vegetables from local vendors however not at farmers markets or organic grocery stores. Our beef is grain fed which produces better marbling and flavor."
- Sullivan's: I met the General Manager at the Taste of River North festival and got the chance to ask the questions and his response, "produce is bought locally (i.e. fruits and vegetables) but Meat and Poultry is corn fed"
- Capital Grille: (#4 Best of CitySearch 2008) (312) 337-9400
- Rosebud: (312) 942-1117
- ZED451: (312) 266-6691(UPDATE: Got an email back from the general manager said they purchase from local farmers markets BUT yet again buys corn-fed meats)
- Ruth Chris: (312) 321-2725
- Myron and Phil's Steak Seafood: (#1 Best of CitySearch 2008) (847) 677-6663
- Saloon Steak House: (#2 Best of CitySearch 2008) (312) 280-5454
- Chicago Chop House Inc: (#3 Best of CitySearch 2008) (312) 787-7100
- Joe's Seafood & Steak: (312) 379-5637
- Keefer's: (312) 467-9525
- Gene and Georgetti's Restaurant: (312) 527-3718
- Kinzie Chophouse: (312) 822-0191
- Smith & Wolinsky: (312) 670-9900
Would you like steak with that corn?
I recently saw a documentary called, 'Food, Inc' and I'll probably never look at food the same again. This movie isn't what you think it is, it what you know it is and what we all should be educating ourselves for the sake of our health.
This movie is about how we eat, what we eat, where it comes from, how we treat our animals, ourselves and the environment. It talks about the struggle of farmers, a bio-tech company called Monsanto that owns patent to the soybean or as some would like to call it GMOs (genetically modified foods), a mother's grieving her 2 yr old son dying from e coli infection and how over 46,000 items in a single grocery store are actually owned by 5 companies.
This documentary has educated me and built awareness which I am now dedicating to research and reporting. I will post all of my findings on this blog. My first project is finding out what makes a five star high end steakhouse a good steakhouse? When we think of Gibson's, Morton's Chicago Chop House, etc we probably think of a big juicy steak that's rich in all sorts of flavors, but what if we found out where it came from how cattle are actually fed would it make any difference? What if you found out that cattle traditionally are grass-fed animals (herbivores) and were never really meant to eat anything else. What if you found out that about 80% of cattle are corn-fed and we make them eat it because corn makes them as fat as possible as fast as possible. What would you say if I told you that?
If this isn't reason enough to think about what we eat, where we eat and finding out where are food really comes from then I don't know what will.
This movie is about how we eat, what we eat, where it comes from, how we treat our animals, ourselves and the environment. It talks about the struggle of farmers, a bio-tech company called Monsanto that owns patent to the soybean or as some would like to call it GMOs (genetically modified foods), a mother's grieving her 2 yr old son dying from e coli infection and how over 46,000 items in a single grocery store are actually owned by 5 companies.
This documentary has educated me and built awareness which I am now dedicating to research and reporting. I will post all of my findings on this blog. My first project is finding out what makes a five star high end steakhouse a good steakhouse? When we think of Gibson's, Morton's Chicago Chop House, etc we probably think of a big juicy steak that's rich in all sorts of flavors, but what if we found out where it came from how cattle are actually fed would it make any difference? What if you found out that cattle traditionally are grass-fed animals (herbivores) and were never really meant to eat anything else. What if you found out that about 80% of cattle are corn-fed and we make them eat it because corn makes them as fat as possible as fast as possible. What would you say if I told you that?
"when cattle are corn-fed, their intestinal tracts become far more acidic, which favors the growth of pathogenic E. coli bacteria, which in turn kills people who eat undercooked hamburger."
(source; http://www.foodrevolution.org/grassfedbeef.htm).
If this isn't reason enough to think about what we eat, where we eat and finding out where are food really comes from then I don't know what will.
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