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Cupcakes are, but doughnuts aren't. Ritz crackers are, but saltines aren't. Granola bars are, but granola cereal isn't. Confused? So are shoppers in California, where the state government last week extended its sales tax to candy and "snack foods." But the exemption for food products remains, forcing beleaguered bureaucrats into an exercise in semantics: What is a "food," and what is a "snack"? The extra $200 million may help balance the books, but it has nearly unbalanced grocers as they try to price chocolate chips (a tax-exempt baking product) vs. chocolate kisses (candy, which is taxed...
...This phase will also address the tricks associated with serving size. Until the federal agency jumped into the fray, private physicians and nutritionists had been fighting a lonely rearguard action in this realm of superslim slivers and oversize wedges. A manufacturer wishing to boost the nutrient value of a cereal, for example, simply bases the label on an oversize portion. If low calories are the object, the portion becomes minuscule. Take, for example, Entenmann's fat-free Chocolate Loaf Cake, which boasts a scant 70 calories per 1-oz. serving. No one with a sweet tooth would ever...
Besides improving the food in the dining hall, Berry has also been campus environmentalists' best friend this year, promising to replace disposable cups in the Union next year with permanent glass and plastic. Cereal, too, will be served in large containers to reduce cardboard waste. And Berry is planning to institute a comprehensive recycling program next year, beginning with a test run in the Union...
...other tastes are somewhat eclectic, although no less cultivated. He likes ballet and modern dance, especially Trisha Braun and Merce Cunningham. He rarely watches TV--except when Wimbledon and the other big tennis matches are on. He's partial to omelettes at dinner and cold cereal for breakfast. He occasionally eats chocolate-chip cookies...
...change of cups, in the long run, will save the Dining Services "an incredible amount of money," Hockenstein said. Eliminating paper cups is only one part of the effort to make the Union more environmentally sound, Hockenstein added. The Union is replacing single-serve cardboard containers with new cereal dispensers and is selling mugs to help curtail paper-cup waste before year...