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While a considerable amount of public health research has focused on food and beverage advertising during children's television programming (and its impact on kids' nutrition), a new study from the Dartmouth Medical School has taken on the largely neglected and unregulated field of food and beverage product placement in popular movies. The authors ...

There's a chance this may be my last post on Epi-Log. A surfeit of other projects lately has meant I haven't been able to dedicate the amount of time I like to for each piece here, and the folks at Epicurious have been gracious enough to let me take some time off while I concentrate on other work (and actually get to spend an occasional hour or ...

Twilight: The Restaurant (No, Seriously): Last year, a female friend who was gaga over Robert Pattinson dragged me kicking and screaming to the first Twilight movie. But I am not flying to Forks, Wash., to eat at the new Twilight-themed restaurant Volterra. (Steak and seafood.) Do you hear me, Marina? Know Your Bread: Ever wonder how wheat in the ...

I turned out to be extremely lucky and was invited as a plus-one to the New York premiere of ''Julie & Julia'' and to the after-party at the Metropolitan Club on Thursday night. I know the ''Julie & Julia'' talk is everywhere in bloggerdom, and I won't go on about the movie itself here (with one exception; see below): You can read James Cury's ...

Movie madness continues: This weekend launches the third annual NYC Food Film Festival. The complete food movie schedule lists several dozen films. Those of you not in New York can view trailers, or in some cases whole short films, right here: All this movie mania comes on the heels of coverage earlier this month: See our previous posts about: ...