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News Thu May 24 2007

Skip the Monkfish at Dinner Tonight

MSNBC.com is reporting that two Chicago area people became ill after eating a frozen product labeled as monkfish but that actually may turn out to be a poisonous pufferfish. This on the tail of a Sun Times report busting a number of high profile Chicago restaurants for selling any number of fish as "red snapper" that were far from snapper, including tilapia.

 
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Andrew / May 24, 2007 8:11 PM

Fugu in the monkfish? Yikes!

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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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