Why Flip Burgers When You Can Sling Weed?

By Philip Smith / AlterNet Apr 3, 2017 Colorado's legal marijuana industry is providing more options for young workers, but it has created hiring challenges for Denver restaurant owners. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Restaurant Owner Plans to Charge Customers for Obamacare

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 15, 2012 John Metz is hitting his customers with a 5 percent surcharge to offset the cost of paying for the health care program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Would You Like Sugar and Fat With That?

By Jane Black Mar 23, 2012 Tracie McMillan, author of "The American Way of Eating," goes undercover in grocery stores, restaurants and the country's agricultural fields to find out why it's so hard for us to eat healthy food. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Robert Mugabe Does Not Approve of This Humorous Fast Food Ad

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2011 Zimbabwe's own Robert Mugabe is the unlikely star of this startlingly funny little number that its sponsoring chicken restaurant chain, Nando’s South Africa, calls "Last dictator standing." This did not please the real-life version of the ad's fun-loving dictator. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Batali vs. the Bankers

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2011 Mario Batali, feel the wrath of the 1 percenters. The ginger-haired and orange-shod celebrity chef and owner of fancy New York eateries Babbo and Del Posto caused an uproar among Wall Streeters when he talked about bankers, Hitler and Stalin in the same sentence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watching the World Cup in the West Bank

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2010 The 465-mile-long wall that divides the Palestinian territories from neighboring Israel is both illegal and an eyesore, but one West Bank restaurant owner has decided to use the barrier for good: to screen every match of the World Cup soccer tournament. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Please Rob Me

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2010 A Dutch developer has created a website called Please Rob Me that takes Twitter data and compiles a list of people who say they are away from home and at a restaurant or movie -- with geocoded information and the likelihood of an empty house being broadcast throughout the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Questioning Sushi Safety

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2008 The FDA and EPA already warn against pregnant women and children eating canned tuna because of high mercury levels, but The New York Times has discovered even more mercury in a random selection of fresh sushi tuna. And it's not just those swanky city folk who are at risk. According to one marine scientist: "Mercury levels in bluefin [tuna] are likely to be very high regardless of location [of purchase]." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chinese ‘Penis Emporium’ Serves Up the Goods

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2007 Who knew that eating a donkey's, er member is good for the skin? Or that women should refrain from consuming animal testicles? These could be trumped-up claims, but the proprietor and employees of China's Guolizhuang restaurant, a self-described "penis emporium," stand by them, as brave BBC reporter Andrew Harding discovered on a recent culinary adventure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )