Enjoy those Thanksgiving leftovers...but be sure to store and reheat them properly.

8:52 minutes (2.04 MB)
Some of this week's topics include: Haagen-Dazs needs your helping creating a new ice cream flavor; General Mills take out ingredients and prices rise; an environmentally friendly supermarket is in motion; obesity invades France.

9:07 minutes (2.09 MB)
Phil Lempert discusses tainted bagged spinach, school lunches, allergies, and all the other news in the world of food and food labelling.

In the past month, we've seen food recalls for spinach, baby carrots, ginger, and whole wheat bread. And it's making me nervous.

10:16 minutes (2.36 MB)
The Supermarket Guru shares the latest tips, trends and news flashes in the world of food and food safety. Learn how Coke and Pepsi are making their beverage offerings healthier; discover what to look for on a food label; hear the latest gossip on Godiva chocolate...and more.

10:13 minutes (2.34 MB)
Phil Lempert takes you down the aisles and talks about the latest happenings in the supermarket world. He discusses General Mills and consumerism. He asks why cereal the most affordable meal to serve? How does one avoid an ice cream headache? Find out this and so much more here with the LIME's Supermarket Guru!

10:18 minutes (2.36 MB)
In this podcast Phil Lempert talks about the latest happenings in the supermarket news as well as the latest happenings in Washington DC dealing with the FDA and food safety.

And here I thought pesticides and genetic food engineering were alarming enough. But it seems that Franken-food has an even scarier new sequel.

The news is rife with reports of high mercury levels in fish and dire warnings for women planning to breed. Lost amid these dueling studies and conflicting health requirements is a truly important question: What about sushi? Can you be healthy and still allow yourself the world's most delectable upscale treat?

Conflicting Reports:

While a certain amount of naturally-occurring mercury always showed up in fish, the 50% of American power that comes from the combustion of fossil fuels (that's coal, to you and me) has led to a sharp increase in mercury which travels from air to soil to water and finally into the biggest, bottom-feeding fish. n 2004, the FDA and EPA joined forces to recommend that women of childbearing age and young children should steer clear of Shark, Swordfish, King Mackerel and Tilefish, since they have the highest levels of mercury.

No more pollo con mole for me. First comes the news that 40,000 pounds of Dagoba organic chocolate had to be recalled after a laboratory in Oregon, where the company is based, confirmed that three kinds of Dagoba chocolate bars contained high levels of lead.