The Washington Post: Keeping food safe when the power goes out. Power outages have been a common problem during this summer of severe weather. Washington Post food blogger Jennifer LaRue Huget has a list of helpful hints on how to keep your food safe, and when to throw it out.

Detroit Free Press: Report: Ford Field vendors cited frequently for health risks Detroit's Ford Field is among the least safe places to eat among sports venues, according to a report by ESPN. Seventy percent of the food vendors at the football stadium were cited for critical or major food violations in 2009. Some of the violations included problems with employees neglecting to wash their hands, or leaving half-eaten food in warming units.

Detroiters can take pride in knowing that while 70 percent is bad, it doesn't even begin to approach the score received by the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., where the Washington Wizards play. At the Verizon Center, 100 percent of the vendors have been cited for critical violations, with mouse droppings among the most frequently cited complaints.

The Atlantic: As Fancy Soap Goes, So Goes Olive Oil Food writer Corby Kummer writes of his visit to an olive oil shop in Rockland, Maine, and decries the trend toward flavored oils and vinegars.

"I didn't buy any! And I still sternly disapprove, and of the whole tweeness of the phenomenon. Check out Ari Weinzweig, the country's leading expert for my money on olive oils and vinegars, and order one from Zingerman's."

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