By Eleni Giokos, CNNMoney It’s a rare bright spot in a very gloomy economy: South Africa’s winemakers are winning new markets around the world. Battered by the slump in demand for commodities, Africa’s most developed country is teetering on the brink of recession and unemployment is rising. But the country’s winemakers have a very different […]
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Each spring the El Dorado region comes alive to offer wine enthusiasts an assortment of wine and food pairings, barrel tastings, art, music, and other activities. El Dorado Winery Association’s 25th annual Passport Wine event is April 9-10 and April 16-17 from 11am-5pm. Twenty-four wineries will be participating. Passport holders will receive a commemorative 25-year wine glass. For tickets […]
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Slow Food Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Food Hub’s fifth series of Community Soup Nights in Truckee are March 9 at Full Belly Deli, March 23 at Red Truck, and April 6 at Fifty Fifty Brewing Company. Originally known as Project MANA’s Stone Soup, these soup nights bring family and friends together to enjoy a warm, […]
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee Let’s say you’ve got beer-connoisseur friends visiting from San Francisco or London or Berlin or Brussels, and they ask if there’s a good place in Sacramento to go for a pint. If you send them to Capitol Beer and Tap Room, you won’t have to worry that Sacramento is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mexican food gets a bad wrap for being unhealthy. A lot of it has to do with all the cheese and when lard is involved. It would be easy to skip the cheese and still have a flavorful dish. During summer when corn is in season I buy several ears, blanch them, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Kathryn Reed PARK CITY – With a ski-in distillery, food as satisfying as high-end big city restaurants, along with casual hangouts, it would be hard to be hungry or thirsty in Park City. It’s also easy to leave with a […]
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By Lydia Mulvany, BloombergBusiness The cheese police are on the case. Acting on a tip, agents of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a surprise visit to a cheese factory in rural Pennsylvania on a cold November day in 2012. They found what they were looking for: evidence that Castle Cheese Inc. was doctoring […]
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By April Fulton, National Geographic Who really invented noodles? Italians, Arabs, and the Chinese all claim to be the first to divide dough into bits and boil the pieces in water. Noodles of many shapes and lengths have been a part of global cuisines for at least 2,000 years, when but scientists found a 4,000-year-old noodle in China a […]
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Victoria LaFont, certified nutritional therapy practitioner, will teach Skillshare – Bone Broth for Optimal Health on Feb. 27 at the Tahoe Food Hub Farm Shop. Slow Food Lake Tahoe is hosting the class. Attendees will discover how easy it is to make a variety of broths and stocks, how to use them and the nutritional […]
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By Andrea Rodriguez, AP The 3.5 million tourists who flooded Cuba last year downed oceans of mojitos, lakes of daiquiris and rivers of thin, sour beer. Only an odd few accompanied their ropa vieja and croquetas with wine — mostly overpriced, low- to mid-grade vintages from Chile, Argentina and Spain. That may be about to […]
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