A man who forced a chicken to drink whisky and blew cannabis smoke in its face before suffocating it has been spared jail by a County Durham court.
Gary Maxwell, 21, Drink News also smashed another hen’s head repeatedly against a shed wall until its neck snapped.
after the judge heard he had quit drink and drugs.
Maxwell, [...]
According to Chief Health Inspector Lionel Michael, no instances of food poisoning or illness were reported.
While his assessment does not necessarily mean a “food illness-free” Carnival, it is likely that any cases that may have occurred were either not serious enough to be reported or went largely unnoticed.
Tags: carnival, chief health, food illnesses, food poisoning, [...]
At Maison Boulud in the heart of Beijing, renowned French chef Daniel Boulud is praising the quality of local produce in China but lamenting the lack of good frogs’ legs.
Boulud, 53, a Michelin two-star chef known for his signature restaurant Daniel in New York, opened the doors of Maison Boulud, his seventh restaurant, in June. [...]
Some say that if you’ve never been to Randy’s Restaurant, a 200-seat diner in Trenton, Ga., you’ve never had a really good piece of fried chicken.
“It’s as good as my grandmother’s,” said Deborah Tinker, director of the Dade County Chamber of Commerce and a frequent customer. “And they have a really good variety of vegetables [...]
A stiff drink comes with a stiff tax in Pittsburgh and surrounding towns these days, and that has made the county executive public enemy No. 1 in some quarters, reviled by name in song and on bar bills.
Even comedians have gotten into the act, complaining that rising drink tabs meant fewer people coming to see [...]
Police in Dumfries and Galloway have said a spate of drink driving offences has “ruined” its road safety figures.
The number of road crashes and casualties in the region has fallen for the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2007.
However, a spokesman said that recent weeks had seen a surge [...]
BINGE drinking” is a useful term that indicates an excessive, unhealthy and dangerous level of drinking. “Binge” drinkers aim to get drunk, often as quickly as possible. It is disappointing to see the term misused in the current debate over the new National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines (Sunday Age, 15/6).
These guidelines are not [...]
Officials are telling residents not to use tap water in any capacity.
“We just don’t want them to use the water for anything at this time,†said Michele Appelgate, public information officer for Cerro Gordo County.
All operations at the city’s water treatment plant were shut down shortly after noon today due to the flooding conditions.
City Administrator [...]
We peeked into the space of the upcoming Trattoria Italian Kitchen (1850 West 4th) last week and they’re getting close. This will be the fifth restaurant from the Glowbal Group, which counts Italian Kitchen (on Alberni), Glowbal, Coast and Sanafir in its stable. According to one of the parent company’s managers, it’s on track for [...]
Drinking and eating during labor can provide women with the energy they need and should not be routinely restricted, says a new clinical bulletin from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
“It’s important that we don’t unnecessarily restrict a woman’s ability to eat or drink during labor. In addition to providing hydration, nutrition and comfort, self-regulating intake [...]
