Becky Bracken
Becky is a self-confessed food freak, news junkie, policy nerd and ravenous gossip hound and covers food safety and public policy for Foodista.com. Becky is a media veteran with a food specialty and has written for radio, television, print and online media. Recently, she launched her own food, news and celebrity site, FoodieGaga.com.
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July 13, 2011
Just after selling ice cream to Dayton, Ohio neighborhood kids, 60-year-old ice cream truck driver Carl Banks was shot and killed, the Dayton Daily News reports. Banks was found dead behind the wheel...
July 13, 2011
Harry Potter fanatics are all geeked up for the movie premiere of the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 2. Here are three killer Harry Potter cocktail recipes to help you...
July 13, 2011
The president and Congress are in a heated political game of chicken over the issue of raising the debt ceiling. President Obama, in an effort to bring Republican leadership back to the bargaining...
July 13, 2011
Heirloom tomatoes are most typically grown from seeds handed down through time that have not been genetically altered. The resulting fruit comes in all sorts of colors, sizes, shapes and most...
July 12, 2011
The Feds are putting on the full-court press for food safety this summer. Aside, from an eye-catching (if not disturbing) ad campaign, FoodSafety.gov has beefed up its offerings with tons of great...
July 12, 2011
To celebrate the final, historic space flight, food scientists at NASA's space lab have prepared an "All-American Meal" for the astronauts and invite people on Earth to make the same...
July 12, 2011
Welcome to Tuesday Foodie Must Reads, the only place some of the best, most thought-provoking and sometimes hilarious food news of the day. Today we have food vendors getting the you-know-what beat...
July 12, 2011
In a perfect, free-market economy, no food would be subsidized by the government. Instead, we live in an era where it's better business to make food in a lab than grow it in the sunshine. And...
July 11, 2011
There's no question that strapped families have started doing more and more of their shopping at dollar stores across the country. But Consumer Reports warns bargain shoppers to be vigilant about...
July 11, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama's signature issue has been promoting efforts to fight childhood obesity and her "Let's Move!" campaign. So it was with a certain amount of glee Washington...
July 11, 2011
It's okay. We understand. You're just tidy; a bit of a neat-nick. Clean freak is overly harsh. You just hate a mess. For the purposes of anonymity, we'll just call you Catie Cleanhouse....
July 11, 2011
The idea of food deserts contributing to the eating habits of low-income Americans makes sense on its face. And it's true, a new study confirms, that people living in low-income neighborhoods...
July 10, 2011
It's an idea so simple, it makes you wonder why no one's already thought of it. Take pressure off ocean stocks of fish by eating invasive species like Florida's lionfish. Humans...
July 10, 2011
Selling junk food to kids is big business. And recent rules against marketing nutritionally questionable foods to kids is something former White House communications director Anita Dunn will take on...
July 8, 2011
We've heard it all before. Puppies, babies and free food. Those are the only guaranteed marketing slam dunks left in this topsy-turvy world. So when Chick-fil-A's team came up with the...
July 8, 2011
Violence at various Newark fast food restaurants has increased at such an alarming rate, the Newark City Council voted yesterday to require all late-night restaurants which serve less than 20 people...
July 8, 2011
Although new cases of the deadly strain of e coli that broke out in Germany have dropped significantly, experts say that because the distribution of the contaminated seeds was so incredibly...
July 8, 2011
Apparently, Michigan hasn't caught on to the whole local food first idea. Julie Bass, an Oak Park, Mich. woman is facing 93 days in jail for planing a vegetable garden in her own front yard....
July 7, 2011
A recent poll revealed that in spite of publicity to the contrary, 63 percent of Florida residents are dubious about the safety of Gulf seafood following last year's crippling oil spill. So...
July 7, 2011
Big drama is unfolding around the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating World Record. The Nathan's World Record Holder was thought to be former champ Tekeru Kobayashi who ate an astounding 69 hot dogs in a...
July 7, 2011
BBQ is so much more than just meats slathered with sauce. Oh no, friends, there are regions, partcularly in the Southern U.S., where BBQ teeters on the verge of spiritual pursuit. It's a deeply-...
July 6, 2011
A new study was released that simply confirms what millions of gamers and Cartoon Network fans over the age of 17 already know. Fatty foods like potato chips, french fries and cheesy poofs produce a...
July 6, 2011
Summer and sippin' go hand-in-hand. But high-cal, sugar-laden sodas, juices and anything ending in "ita" are sure-fire bikini killers. So what's a thirsty summer reveler to do? Here...
July 6, 2011
Warabeya U.S.A., Inc., a Honolulu, Hawaii establishment, is recalling approximately 1,550 pounds of convenience meals that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of...
July 6, 2011
A trip to the hospital is an increasingly common end to a wedding celebration in China. Just the latest chapter in China's abysmal food safety record, is the sad trend of guests falling ill...
