NO SALAD IS SAFE, SHEEPLE! Earlier this month, romaine lettuce from California was recalled due to listeria concerns, and today, the salad sabotage continues, with the news that bagged salad mix might be tainted with salmonella. more ›

The Kebab Cobb wrap at Chop't in midtown consists of the following ingredients: grilled chicken, feta cheese, red onions, peppers, and pita chips chop't with romaine lettuce. Giant scary living insects are not included there, but sometimes they throw in a little extra protein free of charge, according to this account on Midtown Lunch. more ›

Consumer Reports Magazine ran tests on "pre­washed" and "triple-washed" salad greens sold in plastic clamshells or bags and found bacteria "that are common indicators of poor sanitation and fecal contamination—in some cases, at rather high levels." Out of 208 containers representing 16 brands purchased at stores in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, 39 percent had "an unacceptable level" of total coliforms and 23 percent were heavy with enterococcus, as determined by "industry experts." Those two things sound like something you don't want to eat, and Google confirms that indeed they are! more ›

Would you eat something growing in Central Park? One blogger recently took Wildman Steve Brill's foraging tour (check out our interview with him) and found plenty of edible plants in the area. more ›

Prospect Heights mom and Park Slope Food Coop member Yvonne Brechbuhler got a little something extra in a head of organic lettuce she recently brought home: a little green frog “no bigger than the tip of her pinky finger," according to the Daily News. Brechbuhler discovered the frog (pictured) only when she took out the lettuce to make a salad – after it had been in her refrigerator for three days. She insists that her fridge has no frog infestation and speculates the frog hitchhiked in the lettuce from South Florida, presumably seeking fame and fortune in the big city. more ›