Mexico is a pretty big country, like the United States, and it offers many different kinds of foods. Each area of the country has a different style of food and its own regional specialties. There are dishes which are very popular in some areas of Mexico but relatively unfamiliar in other areas of the country.
In fact, some of the dishes, which people in the US think of as Mexican, are largely unknown in Mexico itself! For example, let us take chimichangas and nachos. Chimichangas were actually invented in the southwestern …

DENVER — Some Colorado shoppers are raising questions about a new food labeling system which is showing up at local supermarkets.
It’s called the “Smart Choices” program which is spearheaded by a Colorado based non-profit, The Keystone Center.
Michael Hughes, the Center’s vice president of science and public policy told 7NEWS that the new food labeling system is designed not only to help people plan their diets, but to help companies reformulate products.
But several parents shopping at the King Soopers on South Broadway in Littleton said the new “Smart Choices” checkmark means …

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
Food Safety Products in China: Industry Study with Forecasts for 2013 & 2018
http://www.reportlinker.com/p0135785/Food-Safety-Products-in-China-Industry-Study-with-Forecasts-for-2013–2018.html
Abstract:
Growth will be driven by the continuing expansion of processed food and beverage output, and a greater focus on food safety and supply chain security by larger food processing firms.
Executive Summary:
Demand to increase 15% annually through 2013
Demand for food safety products in China is forecast to increase 15 percent per annum through 2013 to ¥13.0 billion. Growth will be driven …

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Kolache Mama announced the opening of its first location today, serving up “fast food for foodies.” Located at 45 East 45th Street outside the Roosevelt Hotel, Kolache Mama is the first store in New York City to exclusively offer these delicious baked goods.
With cult followings in other U.S. regions, kolaches are light and flavorful, fresh-baked goods filled with various sweet or savory ingredients. To bring this popular baked good to NYC, Kolache Mama retained a team of world-class chefs to create an original menu …

Researchers at the University of Manitoba have made bioactive edible films and coatings from the starch of yellow field peas to improve foods’ quality and safety.
Dr. Jung Han of the U of M’s Department of Food Science said in a release this week that his main goal was to make a bioactive material delivery matrix — a neutralm food-grade material — that could contain or incorporate various kinds of bioactive components.
Han’s project was funded by the Western Grains Research Foundation’s Endowment Fund.
“The raw materials I used were ingredients from yellow …