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Quick bites from around the food safety arena The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have linked 431 illnesses in 32 states to fresh jalapeño pepperscontaminated with Salmonella Javiana. The peppers were grown in Sinaloa, Mexico and distributed by San Diego-based Coast Citrus Distributors. More …

Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. …

What happens when you grill a pie? The crust gets smoky and the bottom stays crisp from the indirect heat. This one uses a standard pie crust laid on the grill, topped with fresh figs halved and arranged cut-side up, crumbled blue cheese tucked between …

CDC’s August 20 update puts the iceberg lettuce Cyclospora outbreak at 10,930 illnesses, 454 hospitalizations and two deaths across seventeen states, with no new states added. Federal regulators have announced twenty-one foodborne outbreak investigations so far in 2026, against twenty-eight in all of 2025. The number of outbreaks is …

The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are …

The CDC has reported that the number of people infected in an outbreak of Salmonella and E. coli infections linked to alfalfa sprouts has grown to almost 60. And, 15 states coast to coast are now involved. The outbreak was first reported by public health …

A cake you do not bake? Greek yogurt pureed with fresh strawberries and honey, set with gelatin dissolved in warm cream, and folded with whipped heavy cream. It chills in a springform pan for five hours or overnight and comes out pink and mousse-like. No …

Most paneer tikka recipes tell you to marinate for thirty minutes. That is not enough. This one calls for at least four hours, preferably overnight, and you can taste the difference. Paneer cubes soaked in yogurt mixed with ginger paste, garlic paste, chopped mint, chopped …

I made this grilled cheese on a night when I had three partial blocks of cheese in the fridge and a jar of pesto that needed using. Goat cheese, cheddar, and parmesan all went on the same sandwich, with the pesto made from pumpkin seeds …

I learned this from an Indian cooking class where the instructor said the secret to good stir-fry is not the wok, it is the spice mix before the main ingredient goes in. The shrimp marinate for ten minutes in turmeric, cumin, coriander, and red chili …