Blue Martini, Candy Buttons, and Vietnam's Black Pepper in Today's Eater's Digest

A daily dose of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Tonight marks the one year anniversary of the Blue Martini at City North. They're throwing a party to celebrate and they want you to go, here's your invite. What doesn't have salmonella these days? Turns out it was the...

By Shannon Armour

February 3, 2010

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A daily dose of food news, with no preservatives or additives.

Tonight marks the one year anniversary of the Blue Martini at City North. They're throwing a party to celebrate and they want you to go, here's your invite.

What doesn't have salmonella these days? Turns out it was the pepper on the outside of salami that was making people sick. Get the full story here.

Despite the rumors, Haggis is still banned from being imported into the United States. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. We'll let NPR give you all the details.

We came across step by step instructions on making very realistic looking candy buttons and figured we couldn't keep it to ourselves. Learn how to make your own at Bake It Pretty.

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