By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times There’s good news for shoppers in the latest Consumer Price Index update from the Department of Agriculture, released last week. Food prices in general should show little to no increase over last year. But there are a couple of exceptions and a couple more troubling caveats. First the good […]
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By Lettie Teague, Wall Street Journal They’re friendly, they’re cheap and they’re easy to drink — three very good reasons domestic red blends are some of the most sought-after wines in the market today. Although blended reds aren’t new (they’ve been produced for centuries all over the world) thanks to a number of talented winemakers […]
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By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times Can it be mere coincidence that March heralds the arrival of both my birthday and the first California asparagus? I think not. As Einstein said, God doesn’t play dice with the universe. And while I no longer am filled with the same childlike excitement about each approaching birthday, I […]
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By Marsha Maxwell, Deseret News One dollar and fifty cents per day could make a difference for your health. That’s the difference in cost between a healthy diet of whole foods and an unhealthy diet of processed foods, according to a meta-study by Harvard University. “For 60 percent to 70 percent of Americans, $1.50 a […]
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By Eliza Barclay, NPR When admiring such enticing items at the grocery store as an avocado for $1.50, an $8 chocolate bar or fresh wild Alaskan salmon for $20 a pound, you’ve probably experienced sticker shock. Indeed, retailers and restaurants offer myriad opportunities to blow your food budget in one fell swoop. But our spending on […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes it amazes me the things I’ve never made. I checked off another one last weekend. Polenta. Considering it’s just cornmeal, it is pretty amazing restaurants can charge high prices for it. I realize it depends what is on top of it, but still. And anytime wild mushrooms are part of any […]
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By David Despain, Outdoors University of Copenhagen sports physiologists first developed the “train low, compete high” protocol in 2005 for athletes looking for a performance edge. It encouraged the idea of double workouts every second day. In practice, athletes would eat breakfast to fuel their morning session, then skip lunch prior to their evening session, […]
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By Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Not long ago, the great processed-food companies like Kraft and Kellogg’s towered over the US food landscape like the high hat that adorned the head of Chef Boyardee, the iconic canned-spaghetti magnate whose empire is now owned by ConAgra. But now, Big Food has fallen on hard times. Conagra, which […]
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By Kathryn Reed Shredded Brussels sprouts have gained in popularity so much that it’s now possible to buy the veggie pre-shredded in grocery stores. And while this would save a time, it seems to me that doing it yourself will mean having a fresher product. I could be wrong. Or maybe it was just that […]
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By Roberto A. Ferdman, Washington Post When the nation’s top nutrition panel released its latest dietary recommendations on Thursday, the group did something it had never done before: weigh in on whether people should be drinking coffee. What it had to say is pretty surprising. Not only can people stop worrying about whether drinking coffee […]
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