The Food Detectives

I read about an interesting new program this morning that will premiere on The Food Network this week called “Food Detectives” that looks like lots of fun…a sort of cross between “Unwrapped,” “Good Eats,” and a bit of “Newton’s Apple” and “Mr. Wizard”

~Bill

Food Detectives

Scripps Howard News Service
July 28, 2008

Premieres tomorrow night at 9 on Food Network

HOST Ted Allen, who was the food and wine specialist on the Emmy-winning “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.”

THE DEAL The series promises to explore the link between science and food by revealing answers to some of the world’s most puzzling food mysteries.

With the help of editors from Popular Science magazine, each half-hour episode will involve experiments designed to answer age-old questions like, “Will an apple a day really keep the doctor away?”

MORE EXPERIMENTS Allen made his cohorts stuff their mouths with hot peppers so he could find the best remedy for stopping that painful burning sensation you get after eating certain spicy foods.

On another show, he tests the centuries-old myth that ginger prevents motion sickness or cure nausea. To carry out the experiment, “We had to come up with a way to make people nauseated,” he said. How did he do it? “Think lots of hot dogs, fast-moving taxis, carnival rides,” he said.