Food and Drink

Alright, it's hurl time: > Jasmine Roberts never expected her award-winning middle school science project to get so much attention. But the project produced some disturbing results: 70 percent of the time, ice from fast food restaurants was dirtier than toilet water. > The 12-year-old collected ice samples

Finally, it looks like I'm doing something right: > Elders who drink green tea regularly may have sharper minds than those who don't drink green tea. > The finding comes from a Japanese study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. I drink regular green

 Lighten up, ladies. It's a joke. I'm not even a big fan of Moosehead. Now I'm gonna have to go buy a case: > After complaints from a feminist group and incensed customers, New Brunswick's Moosehead Breweries has pulled an ad

> A rowdy Stanford University mascot was fired after being discovered drunk during a basketball game, university officials said. > Fifth-year senior Erin Lashnits, who dresses as a tree for the university's irreverent band, was stripped of her duties last week after her blood-alcohol level was measured at

> Taking inspiration from Monty Python and the success of last year's "Big Ad" commercial, Australian brewer Lion Nathan has put together a $1 million advertisement that should please the beer gods. > The ad for Tooheys New depicts teams of people using huge catapults to

Yeah, I know it's only Monday, but I could use a drink, and this is interesting: > A wine collector has paid $96,000 for the privilege of drinking some very old wine. It's a French Sauterne, vintage 1787 -- the most expensive bottle of white

> A new study from Czech doctors indicates that moderate beer consumption slows aging and reduces the likelihood of heart attacks [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002842.php]. But wait: > The study was paid for by a group of major Czech breweries.

Another beer mapping project [http://beermapping.com/].