The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

Inspectors checked more than 200 SLO County restaurants last month. Here's what they found.

When food gets stuck in your esophagus (food pipe), you can usually still breathe because your airway isn’t blocked. Home remedies like drinking carbonated beverages, water, or effervescent ...

I’ve tasted plenty of trendy “fusion” food in Atlanta—much of it contrived. (Grits sushi, anyone?) Today’s chefs, many second-generation immigrants, are modernizing their menus with respect to their ...

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