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  • Oreo cookies
  • A new study finds that Oreo cookies are as addictive as cocaine.
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food, drugs, health
  • Tremor spoon helps stabilize shaking hand
  • A San Francisco start up believes it's come up with a solution to help people with tremors eat a little easier.
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food, health, carolyn johnson
  • Craze
  • Scientists say a popular sports supplement sold in nutrition stores in the U.S. and around the world is secretly spiked with a chemical similar to methamphetamine.
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drugs, fitness, food, health
  • In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic benefit Transfer card, food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Economic Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
  • Xerox Corp. says that access to food stamp systems has been restored in 17 states that were affected by a temporary outage.
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food, national/world
  • A Costco employee cooks chicken at Costco in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, March 3, 2010
  • Costco's South San Francisco store has recalled nearly 40,000 pounds of rotisserie chicken linked to a salmonella outbreak.
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food, centers for disease control, fresno, costco, business
  • chicken packaged by Foster Farms
  • It was announced Friday a South San Francisco Costco is recalling almost 40,000 lbs. of rotisserie chicken and other products.
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food, centers for disease control, fresno, costco, business
  • chicken packaged by Foster Farms
  • The Agriculture Department says three Calif. poultry plants linked to a salmonella outbreak in raw chicken can stay open, for now.
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food, centers for disease control, fresno, business
  • Foster Farms faces shutdown in light of outbreak
  • The Agriculture Department says three Calif. poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak can stay open, for now.
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food, centers for disease control, fresno, news
  • Want free french fries? This weekend Burger King is giving away its new lower-fat snack called Satisfries.
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food, burger king, diets, business
  • Burger King wants people to feel less guilty about gobbling up its french fries -- so they're cooking new fries with less calories.
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food, burger king, diets, business
  • Duffin
  • A food fight is now underway in the U.K. after allegations Starbuck stole a sweet treat.
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starbucks, food, business
  • chicken packaged by Foster Farms
  • Federal officials are threatening to shut down three California poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak.
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food, centers for disease control, business
  • chicken packaged by Foster Farms
  • The CDC says the government shutdown slowed its discovery of and response to a salmonella outbreak.
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food, centers for disease control, business
  • chicken packaged by Foster Farms
  • A Daly City woman came close to serving and eating chicken linked to a salmonella outbreak.
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food, news
  • chicken packaged by Foster Farms
  • The USDA is issuing a public health alert for raw chicken packaged at three Foster Farms facilities in California after 278 people have fallen ill.
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food, business
  • Cover smartphone app
  • If you've ever gotten tired at a restaurant waiting for your server to bring your check, a new app may be just the ticket.
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new york, apps, cellphone, food, restaurants, smartphones, iphone, android, technology
  • It seems the "fast" in "fast-food" is losing some steam, at least for customers who use the drive-thru.
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food, study, business
  • A large cup of Starbucks coffee sits outside a Starbucks in Washington, Wednesday, Sept., 15, 2010, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • How about some free coffee? Sunday is National Coffee Day, and some of your favorite places are participating.
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starbucks, food, watercooler
  • Safeway is voluntarily recalling some of its angel food cake due to mislabeling.
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safeway, food, recalls
  • The chairman of the Italian Barilla Group, Guido Barilla, during a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, April 15, 2002. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer)
  • There are new calls for a boycott of Barilla pasta after what some are calling a non-apology over anti-gay statements from the company's chairman.
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food, lgbt, same sex marriage, business
  • Pasta maker Barilla fending off calls for boycott
  • There are new calls for a boycott of Barilla pasta.
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food, lgbt, same sex marriage, business
  • Bakersfield restaurant
  • A doctor's being called a hero after performing an emergency tracheotomy at a restaurant in Bakersfield with a steak knife and a pen.
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central valley, food, california news
  • A new survey is putting a dollar figure on just how much Americans spend on lunch.
  • A new survey is putting a dollar figure on just how much Americans spend on lunch.
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food, study, watercooler
  • First the Bay Area, now Southern California. Meatballs laced with poison are now putting pet owners in one community on alert.
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animal, animals in peril, food, crime, southern california, los angeles, california news
  • Two of the Bay Area's newest grocery stores will shut their doors for good Thursday.
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food, bayview hunters point, san jose, business
  • In this May, 2002 file photo Panera Bread Co. CEO Ron Shaich stands behind a counter in a St. Louis cafe. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)
  • The CEO of Panera is admitting that his attempt to live off a food budget of $4.50 a day is not going so well.
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food, national/world
  • El Camino executive chef Jacques Wilson
  • Executive chef Jacques Wilson came to El Camino Hospital in Mountain View to reinvent the idea of "hospital food".
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health care, food, mountain view, health
  • El Camino executive chef Jacques Wilson
  • Executive chef Jacques Wilson came to El Camino Hospital in Mountain View to reinvent the idea of "hospital food".
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mountain view, food, health care, health, carolyn johnson
  • A bottle of soda and sugar cubes
  • We all know too much sugar can rot your teeth and expand your waistline. But is it "the most dangerous drug" of our time?
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centers for disease control, food, obesity, diabetes, smoking, cigarettes, drugs, health
  • SanDisk cans of food designs
  • To celebrate their 25th year SanDisk challenged their employees to create a design before donating the cans of food they collected.
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milpitas, charities, food, hunger, south bay news
  • Ghirardelli chocolates
  • Thousands are expected to attend the 18th annual Chocolate Festival at San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square this weekend.
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tourism, food, wine industry, alcohol, san francisco news
  • Some high school students in San Francisco are testing more than their culinary skills in a program this fall.
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restaurants, food, education
  • The Fresh and Easy grocery chain has been sold and the company says some stores will close.
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food, business
  • Restaurants consider doing away with tipping
  • Restaurants in New York, Chicago, and even here in the Bay Area, are doing away with tipping.
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restaurants, food, san jose, business
  • Restaurants in New York, Chicago, and even here in the Bay Area are doing away with tipping.
  • Restaurants in New York, Chicago, and even here in the Bay Area are doing away with tipping.
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restaurants, food, san jose, business, lisa amin gulezian
  • Kid eating
  • In the Bay Area, several organizations have come together during Hunger Action Month to tackle hunger, especially among children.
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charities, children, food, tenderloin, marin county, news
  • Kid eating
  • In the Bay Area, several organizations have come together during Hunger Action Month to tackle hunger, especially among children.
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charities, children, food, tenderloin, marin county, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • La Toque in Napa
  • The ABC7 News I-Team learned Napa restaurant La Toque is in big trouble for continuing to serve foie gras.
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napa, food, animal, animals in peril, i-team
  • Warriors warmup at Oracle Arena
  • The new billion-dollar arena for the Golden State Warriors on San Francisco's waterfront is behind schedule.
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golden state warriors, construction, nba, oracle arena, oakland, food, nba
  • Football fans
  • There's new research showing that when your favorite football team loses, it could mean a gain for you.
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food, diets, medical research, study, health
  • Hundreds of volunteers gathered in San Francisco Wednesday to help the city's homeless population.
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homeless, food, volunteerism, charities, non-profit, ed lee, san francisco news
  • The first hamburger grown in a lab was the product of a project secretly backed by a Bay Area tech titan.
  • The first hamburger grown in a lab was the product of a project secretly backed by a Bay Area tech titan.
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food, google, watercooler
  • Westbound I-80 coming off the Bay Bridge.
  • Monday, a big rig getting off the Bay Bridge caught fire during the morning commute.
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bay bridge, I-80, fire, traffic, CHP, food, bay area traffic, vic lee
  • Big rig fire causes massive traffic on Bay Bridge Monday morning
  • Big-rig fire closes WB I-80 lanes for 10 hours Monday, a big rig getting off the Bay Bridge caught fire during the morning commute.
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bay bridge, I-80, fire, traffic, CHP, food, san francisco news
  • Sports fans can enjoy a little baseball and have a little fun at a certain politician's expense Thursday.
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san francisco giants, food, mlb
  • Vitamin Water.
  • The claim that Vitamin Water is a healthy alternative to sugary soda is being challenged in court.
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food, coca-cola, news
  • UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab successfully breeds endangered white abalone in captivity
  • After ten years of trying, scientists at UC Davis' Bodega Marine Lab successfully bred the endangered white abalone in captivity.
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sonoma county, uc davis, endangered species, food, southern california, news
  • SFO tests out food trucks
  • The food truck trend has taken off across the Bay Area and now it's landing at San Francisco International Airport.
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san francisco international airport, food, news
  • SFO food trucks
  • The food trucks at San Francisco International Airport were a huge hit on its first day; they sold out of 60 pounds of pork.
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san francisco international airport, food, news
  • You still have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. But researchers at Hampton Creek Foods in San Francisco are working to change that.
  • You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. But Hampton Creek Foods is working to change that.
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soma, food, news