Food three ways: Fat, fast and Fieri

From the Department of Research That Surprises No One: Researchers have added a sixth taste to what our taste buds can distinguish. Along with sweet, salty, bitter, sour and umami, they now say that fat is a flavor.

‘Well, of course, it’s a flavor,” said the nation’s movie theater concession staff as they opened a fresh barrel of “Real Fat Flavor” to douse your popcorn with.

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Would you like health care with that? New York state’s wage board approved a gradual increase of wages for fast-food workers to $15 an hour, although a legal challenge is likely. An attorney that represents restaurants in New York criticized the decision.

“It’s what legally we call ‘arbitrary and capricious,’” said Carolyn Richmond, whose law firm’s legal fees are what satirically we call a logical and defensible $435 an hour.

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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host Guy Fieri checks out “real deal food” at a dive bar in Las Vegas at 10 p.m. on Food.

What do you suppose Fieri pays the guy who follows him around with an automated defibrillator?

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