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If you can't bear the thought of eating hot food on a day like today and you've got a craving for oysters on the half shell, you might want to think twice. According to the New York Times, 74 New Yorkers have gotten sick eating raw oysters originating from the Pacific Northwest:

Both the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Food and Drug Administration have warned people not to eat the oysters, which are infected with naturally occurring bacteria that are most prevalent in the summer, when water temperature rises.

Continue reading "Beware the Oysters"

Ew: The Norwegian Sun Cruise line accidentally dumped 40 tons of raw sewage into Washington State waters:

Television can educate you in many many ways. Last night, on Food Nation Bobby Flay introduced this crazy pumped up clam, a geoduck. Pronounced "gooey duck," it seems like it's trying to reach out to kill you with its massive siphon. If you're near the Puget Sound, you're in luck - geoducks are native to that area. But beware of poisoning. Anthony Bourdain would not be proud of this attitude, but I have a life to live. A recipe for geoduck ceviche.