"News" articles like these are really just pretty thin publicity for TV shows. The intent is to fill some space but mainly to get you interested enough that when you get to the end of the article and realise that it was all an advert, you're invested enough to make plans to watch the programme.
(although once, many years ago, I did do a blue cheese sauce to a meal, and gave myself and my wife a spectacular night and next day of... ejecta. Never going to forget that experience :( )
If you're travelling and eating in a lot of questionable restaurants, grilled cheese is supposed to be one of the safest things to order. This article seems to agree.
Rice is one of the few foods that's particularly bad to leave out at room temperature due to B. Cereus causing Fried Rice Syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_cereus
