What Is ‘Queer Food’? A Conference Explores (and Tastes) Some Answers.
The pastry chef Anna Salzman brought her homemade sugar cookies for her workshop, “These Cookies Are Going to Change Your Life: An Introduction to Self-Expression Through Pastry Recipe Experimentation,” at the Queer Food Conference at Boston University.
By Erik Piepenburg

Olive oil use associated with lower risk of dying from dementia
An observational study has found that regular olive oil consumption may have cognitive health benefits.
By Teddy Amenabar

Walnuts Recalled From Natural Food Stores After E. Coli Outbreak
The outbreak linked to shelled organic walnuts distributed by Gibson Farms has sickened 12 people and hospitalized seven in California and Washington State, federal officials said.
By JOHNNY DIAZ