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the fat and the furious; Jeffrey Steingarten takes aim at America's war on trans fats.
Byline: Jeffrey Steingarten
Last December, when the board of health here in New York City banned trans fats from all 24,000 of our restaurants, food carts, and caterers, I became apoplectic. That's what I always become when somebody tries to tell me what I may and may not eat. This time I was not 100 percent apoplectic, because it seems pretty clear that trans fats are really bad for us. On the other hand, what about pie? I do get extremely upset when I think about pie. Isn't a ban on trans fats the functional equivalent of a ban on piecrust and thus upon pie itself? Pie is the key to a contented life. I simply cannot manage without pie. Me, I've been avoiding ...
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The New York City Board of Health last week voted...000 restaurants to stop cooking with trans fats, making New York the first major U.S. city to adopt...the next six to 18 months, cooks in New York's five boroughs will have to change...
