Chicken breasts. Fried them, boil them, put them in a stew. But what happens to the all the dark meat? Apparently they've been shipped to Russia, but now Russia is getting all trade protectionist and won't take them any more. It's the politics of chicken breasts, people! Who knew?

Check out Nadia Arumugam's excellent article on chicken breasts.

Where's the beef? Taco Bell is being sued, because their beef doesn't actually contain all that much beef.

It started with a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court on Jan. 19, by two law firms on behalf of consumer Amanda Obney. The complaint claims that tests of the chain’s beef filling found only 35% actual meat and 65% things you’d be more likely to find in a food scientist’s laboratory than a suburban kitchen –- such as binders, preservatives, extenders and additives.

All this nonsense makes me think about becoming vegetarian. If it weren't for bacon….