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Washington Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security”
The Washington Post today reports on plans to station 20,000 more U.S. troops inside America for purposes of “domestic security” from September 2011, an expansion of...
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I went into my new dietitian with fear and doubt in my heart.
I came out with hope.
She was totally young and friendly, and was definitely healthy. Although she has never had an eating disorder, she took me seriously, and...
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Celente Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012
Celente says that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation, that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter rebellions, tax revolts and job marches,...
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The holidays are often as wonderful as they are stressful not only for parents, but for kids as well. It can be easy to skip meals, eat too many treats, and loaf around. University of Rochester Medical Center eating disorders and childhood obesity experts, alike, say we should be careful...
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http://bakersfield.wikispot...
So, WikiSpot is a place where one can easily create a Wiki page, for free. I decided to go ahead and generate one for Bakersfield. It's just bare bones right now, but I'd be really interested to see what a bunch of 'fieldians can accomplish with...
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Reporter Jenny Shearer writes today about rising food prices.
Specifically, she found that food prices for items prepared at home were 7.6 percent higher in September than during the same period in 2007, according to the Consumer Price Index.
Jenny talked to everyone from a woman who grew...
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A new Filipino restaurant called Kubyertos has opened at 3401 Chester Ave. Building D Unit A, in the plaza known as the Ice House.
Kubyertos means “spoon and fork” in English, manager Gloria Esteban said.
The quick-serve eatery is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and serves breakfast, lunch...
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T-Bones Steak House, serving exclusively Certified Angus Beef, has opened at 8020 District Blvd.
The restaurant, which serves family-style meals with meat, potatoes, beans, salad and bread, also dishes up chicken, fish, lobster, crab, shrimp, appetizers and has a children’s menu. Food is...
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Q: In recent news we were told about the fire department’s budget struggle with fuel costs. What’s interesting is how often I see the big red 5 MPG fire truck parked outside of a local fitness center on a regular basis. Doesn't the fire department have fitness equipment at their...
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By LYNNLEY BROWNING
Published: September 22, 2008
New ammunition has been added to the battle that is pitting a leading artificial sweetener against sugar, leading the two sides to claim fresh grievances.
The latest salvo comes from Duke University researchers, who...
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Binge eating and purging can occur in boys and girls at a variety of ages, but the risk factors for these behaviors largely vary by age group and gender, according to an article released on June 02, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives...
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A recent study published by the International Journal of Eating Disorders reveals that university undergraduate women who actively participate in sports and exercise-related activities tend to have higher rates of attitudes and behaviors related to eating disorders compared to...
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Driving around northeast Bakersfield, I'd noticed a restaurant was going in near the corner of Columbus and Haley streets. So I made a few calls.
Farmer Boys has opened another Bakersfield restaurant at 2617 Haley St., in the same shopping area as Lowe’s.
It joins the location already in...
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Texas-style barbecued brisket. Reputed by some to be among the most challenging meats in barbecue, it turns out delicious and cuts tender as chocolate cake when perfectly cooked.
Do it wrong, cook it too fast, and the result is an inedible tough lump that might be useful as a...
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DIETS DO NOT WORK. Period.
The diet industry makes BILLIONS of dollars off of the fact that people are so impatient and insecure- do not be another ignorant sheep, listening to their false claims! Don't buy into that crap, seriously! And don't waste your money! (Read the fine...
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It is important not to deny that you have a problem. For years, while struggling, I (as well as so many other girls/women) would brush off the known consequences of an eating disorder. Little did I know, that these life-changing issues can, and WILL, occur if left unchecked....
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I've passed by the Oroweat Bakery Outlet at 222 Oak St. many times and not given it much thought. Saturday, I was curious.
I ended up spending $7.27 and walked out with four items that would have cost at least $16.50 elsewhere, according to my price checks. (One item was the raspberry danish...
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A lot has changed since manager Gary Romriell started working at the Community Action Partnership of Kern Food Bank over 10 years ago.
I toured the facility with Romriell this morning at the Public Health Services Department event to promote healthy food.
(Read "Food bank offers healthy...
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I wrote a short item about Elaine's Cafe and Market, a new business in downtown Bakersfield, catty-corner from Happy Jack's. It specializes in vegetarian and vegan fare.
Proprietors Tim and Tracy Thompson want to share their love of healthful food with the community. They sell sandwiches, salads...
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Have you heard? "Fresh Apple Fries" are the newest kid-menu offering from Burger King.
The "Fresh Apple Fries" are uncooked apple slices shaped like French fries, and they come with a low-fat caramel sauce for dipping, according to the Associated Press.
Why can't apples...
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A chicken wings pick-up and delivery service opened Tuesday inside a Pizza Hut store on Panama Lane in southwest Bakersfield.
The WingStreet location, 3351 Panama Lane, sells chicken wings in a variety of styles, as well as appetizers and side orders. Operating hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m....
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The Sequoia Sandwich Co., a Bakersfield-based chain of delis, is opening a fourth location this month in the Clovis Commons Shopping Center in Fresno County as part of the company’s long-term growth plans in the Central Valley.
The new store, to open June 25, is company-owned.
“We...
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If all you have is pocket change, Taco Bell is launching its "Why Pay More?" value menu on Thursday. It's to include 10 products, including four new items (Triple Layer Nacho, Melted Three Cheese Roll-Ups, Cheesy Double Beef Burrito and the Big Taste Taco) with prices at 79 cents, 89...
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Someone let me know about daily specials at the IHOP just off Buck Owens Boulevard.
For example, Tuesday is crepe day and for about $5.99 you can pick any crepe off the menu — and get an ice cream sundae.
I don't think any meal on the "specials" list hits $7, and some days...
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The sandwich wars are on!
I drove by a Subway last night, and it had a large sign saying foot-long subs were $5.
Less than half an hour later, I spotted a TV ad for Quizno's that clearly was battling against Subway, as it offered $5 Large Deli Favorite Subs.
They fight for customers, you...
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Want some 'free' chicken?
McDonald's is offering free Southern Style Chicken Biscuits and Sandwiches at its 14,000 U.S. restaurants on Thursday, May 15.
Here's the deal: You have to buy a medium or large drink at a participating restaurant.
The offer's good from 7 to 10:30 a.m. for the...
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Today in the BC in the Letters to the Editor, there is a letter written by someone who recently patronized a local restaurant and discovered at the conclusion of their meal that the place tacks on an 18% "service fee" to their customers' check. This fee has nothing to do with gratuity;...
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For anyone who's still planning a party for tonight — or just wants to get some basics at a cheap price — an Albertsons ad has some good coupons.
For example — four 12-packs of selected varieties of Coke, Pepsi and 7-Up products for $9, with a minimum $10 purchase on qualified...
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In reporting the story yesterday about Kern being No. 3 for its concentration of fast food and convenience stores, I came across a couple of buzz words.
Fast food jungle. Food desert.
Considering we live in neither a jungle nor desert — well, most of us anyway — I came up with my...
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When the Wall Street Journal talks economics you'd be wise to listen.
So it might be worth paying attention to a columnist there who writes it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food. Read the article here.
Here's TV station Channel 23's report on local food rationing, ending with the...
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We've learned that Uno Chicago Grill has plans for Bakersfield.
When and exactly where aren't known yet, but a father-and-son team have purchased the rights to open five eateries in Central Cal.
Read reporter John Cox's full report.
Have you tried it? Tell us what you think.
Want a peek at...
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The big blue bus whisks us down Hwy 1, past the Jack Nicklaus Golf course, currently under construction ~ a mere $350 to play we learn. Going past small concrete houses, villas and many hotels we embark at Melia Cabo Real, greeted by friendly Company big wigs, our choice of water, Mai Tai,...
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Sonic is selling half-price fountain drinks and slushes from 2 to 4 p.m. each day in April
The drive-through's Web site says they're offering 168,894 drink combinations for half the cost.
There are at least 10 locations in Bakersfield and surrounding areas. Click here for maps.
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Reporter Courtenay Edelhart is working on a story today about the rising cost of food, and how that's hitting people in the pocketbook.
What are you doing to save money on food? Are you going to restaurants less? Shopping at discounters rather than the grocery store you used to visit?
If...
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Why is it I always seem to get hungry when I'm surrounded by unhealthy food?
Particularly, this seems to happen when I'm in a convenience store trying to pay for gas or stick to just buying a gallon of milk.
I recently went on a tour of a local 7-Eleven with dietitian Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu,...
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I felt that this needs to be said, because it is sooooo SAD to see how way too many SERVERS are looking and dressing lately. I don't know if I am getting picky or what?? But as far as I am concerned, how does anyone expect to earn GOOD MONEY looking like S%#*?? I would rather that...
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Owner and chef Christina Galvan opened Big Popy's Deli in downtown Bakersfield March 3.
She's an East High and California School of Culinary Arts’ Le Cordon Bleu Program grad. "Big Popy" is her dad's nickname.
Galvan loves downtown Bakersfield and wants to see it grow.
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Diabetes is a condition that has unfortunately been passed down through families, said one Southern California pediatrician.
Dr. Patricia Riba, a pediatrician with the Community Care Health Center in Huntington Beach, spoke at a recent Latino and health care workshop put on by the California...
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Tesco, the third-largest food retailer in the world, is coming to Bakersfield. Its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets will be opening in northwest and southwest Bakersfield and Wasco and Delano this fall.
I went to a Fresh & Easy in Simi Valley to check out what's coming to Kern. The...
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Did you eat some of the recalled beef?
The state Department of Public Health released the list of retailers that received beef from the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., the Chino slaughterhouse at the center of the biggest beef recall in U.S. history. (The complete list is attached to this...
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Just why are people who live here fascinated when new chain restaurants open? Is it that we want to feel like we're in the big city? Are we already big city? Are we bored, with nothing else to do? Or do we just love to eat?
Assistant editor John Cox spent the last few days (among other work!)...
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The amount of beef being recalled is staggering.
As In-N-Out Spokesman Robert Emmers said, "Once you read it (the list), you really won’t want a hamburger."
Roughly 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef products were recalled Sunday after footage of cattle being abused at...
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We know how people react to restaurant openings around here. Go! Go the first day! Go before the first day if you can nab an invite!
Famous Dave's, a national BBQ shop, opens to the public after a 10 a.m. Monday "rib-cutting." No word yet on what exactly that entails. Use your...
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If you saw Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser speak last night at Cal State Bakersfield, you probably left a little smarter and a little more grossed out by hamburgers.
Some things he mentioned that I checked up on:
Schlosser mentioned that McDonald's is marketing beef in China by...
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Eric Schlosser is an out-and-proud carnivore.
His favorite meal: cheeseburger, French fries and a chocolate shake.
But that doesn't mean the "Fast Food Nation" author goes easy on the burger-and-fries industry. If you know anything about him or his New York Times bestseller, you know...
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In a county obese with burgeoning waistlines, choosing Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal as the next “One Book One Bakersfield...One Kern” installment seems all too fitting.
This latest "One Book" effort kicks off Thursday.
Here are some facts...
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Lots of opinions were published this week about local restaurants. I'm not sure if I agree with them all.
Pete Tittl
The resident food critic of The Bakersfield Californian, Pete Tittl, reviewed the Red Pepper in this Thursday's Eye Street. Some of the Inside Guide reviewers don't rave about...
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Here are some recent reviews on the Inside Guide that made me giggle.
I enjoy getting lunch here, especially when I have coworkers in from out of town. Nothing like good nose running chile verde to make your day a little spicier.
Find out the Restaurant & Rating
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