{"id":6791,"date":"2012-08-05T20:58:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2012-08-05T20:58:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:58:22","slug":"highlights-olympic-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/highlights-olympic-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights: Olympic Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Theoretically, my lack of television could put a damper on my Olympic spirit. \u00a0Luckily the internet and a friend with a DVR are keeping me completely in the loop. \u00a0I\u2019m filling up on as much swimming, diving and gymnastics as I can, but I\u2019m open to watching anything.<\/p>\n

However, I\u2019m generally much more interested in food than sports. \u00a0Luckily, the internet has been good enough to combine the 2 for me.<\/p>\n

Among countless other things, the organizers of the Olympics have to provide 14 million meals for athletes and spectators. \u00a0Civil Eats has a very interesting piece<\/a> on where the food is coming from, what\u2019s being served and how they\u2019re making it happen.<\/p>\n

The Olympic Dining Hall sounds fascinating. \u201cIt’s a 5,000-capacity, 24-hour facility where organizers expect 25,000 loaves of bread, 232 tons of potatoes, 75,000 liters of milk and more than 330 tons of fruit and vegetables to be consumed by the time the Games finish on August 12.\u201d \u00a0It\u2019s all free. \u00a0CNN has the details<\/a> of what\u2019s served and various athlete\u2019s eating habits.<\/p>\n

3 of the big sponsors of this year\u2019s Olympics are McDonald\u2019s, Coca-Cola, and Cadbury\u2019s. \u00a0Marion Nestle argues on Food Politics that fast food and junk food companies shouldn\u2019t be sponsoring.<\/a><\/p>\n

Supertaster James Norton decided to try out McDonald’s and Coke as fuel for his psuedo-Olympic trials<\/a>. \u00a0Apparently they\u2019re \u00a0not an excellent source of fuel. \u00a0Who knew?<\/p>\n

The Kitchn thinks that an international-themed potluck<\/a> would be a great way to celebrate the Olympics and they are recipes to help make it happen. \u00a0If I was more organized, I think it\u2019d be a fun closing ceremonies party.<\/p>\n

If international food isn\u2019t your thing, maybe this Olympic rings themed party<\/a> on Serious Eats would be more to your liking?<\/p>\n

If You Can Make This You Can Make That has the instructions for making Olympic onion rings<\/a>–in the Olympic ring colors.<\/p>\n

If a full English breakfast<\/a> sounds appealing, Food Republic has the recipe for you.<\/p>\n

If you want to carbo-load like an Olympian<\/a>, CNN\u2019s Eatocracy has some restaurant suggestions to help you out, from a 2,000-Plus-Calorie Pizza to a 1,500-Plus-Calorie Breakfast.<\/p>\n

My international travel so far all happened between 2002 and 2008 and in those 6 years I visited London 3 times. \u00a0This Serious Eats post \u201c10 Must-Eat British Foods During the Olympics<\/a>\u201d just makes me want to go back again.\u00a0 As does Chow’s list of London\u2019s best pubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

image via Wikipedia<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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