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But just as sales picked up, food-safety scares tied to lettuce and jalapeños ate into demand in the restaurant sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The first alpha-gal fatality was confirmed in 2025 after Brian Waitzel, an otherwise healthy JetBlue pilot, died four hours after he ate a hamburger at a backyard barbecue in New Jersey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The researchers also note that food frequency questionnaires rely on participants accurately remembering what they ate, which can introduce recall bias.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
If I ate a soup I liked out in the world, I’d jot down what was in it, what the broth tasted like, sometimes sketch the bowl.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Because them apples ate it all up with their poison.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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