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Article: No trans fats? No problem, New York City says
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the ''Godfather'' couldn't leave a box behind.
But even the most respected chefs of this and other pastries are being ordered to make changes by Tuesday -- the day New York's trans fat ban takes full effect.
New York is the first American city to adopt such a stringent rule.
Starting this week, the ban extends to almost all prepared food in restaurants, bakeries, cafeterias, salad bars and food carts.
Chefs who relied on trans fats to make their pie crusts flaky, their crackers crispy and their muffins moist have worked overtime finding substitute ingredients. With the deadline looming, it ...