By Phil Wahba, Reuters Americans cut back on drinking carbonated soft drinks again last year with soda sales reaching their lowest levels in nearly two decades, according to a leading beverage industry newsletter. Total sales volume fell 3 percent in 2013 to 8.9 billion cases, the ninth straight year of decline and the lowest since […]
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Virginia City’s 31st annual Chili on the Comstock returns to the historic town on May 10-11. The two-day event has about 30 chili cookers who are competing for a spot in the International Chili Society World Finals later this year. Competitors start from scratch on Saturday morning and a winner is picked each day. A […]
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By Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffington Post Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread is trying to move its schmear a smidgen closer to the green slot on the food pyramid. Kraft Foods Group Inc. has retooled the packaging on the iconic cheese product, swapping the round, gray containers for oblong tubs designed to promote newly added natural ingredients. […]
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By Dana Sullivan Kilroy, Los Angeles Times Not milk? Choosing milk for your morning cereal or coffee used to be pretty simple: skim, low-fat or whole. These days, though, market shelves and refrigerators are crowded with an array of alternatives: soy, almond, rice, hemp and more. While some people opt for these beverages because they’re […]
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By Kathryn Reed Asparagus has a tremendous amount of health benefits and it can be cooked in so many different ways. And now is the time to be eating it, although it has a long growing season in California. The first harvest – January-April – is in the southern desert valleys. Then February-May is when […]
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By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — The high-stakes battle over labeling foods with genetically engineered ingredients is back. Less than two years after California voters narrowly turned down a labeling ballot measure, the state Senate is grappling with the issue. The 2012 campaign cost the food industry $46 million to fight, five times […]
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By Catey Hill, MarketWatch You’re not seeing double: Your bar tab really is that big. Margaritas, screwdrivers and Bloody Mary’s are among the cocktails that could become more expensive in coming months. And drinkers can’t blame the actual alcohol for that. Thanks to a convergence of factors ranging from weather to bacteria, the price of […]
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By Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR When it comes to fried foods, sometimes I feel cursed. My husband can eat as many spicy, crispy chicken sandwiches as he wants and never gain a pound. But for me, just smelling the chicken fryer seems to expand my waistline. Now doctors at Harvard Medical School show what we’ve all […]
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By Kathryn Reed With the weather being so warm in Tahoe, it is time for summer drinks. Often after a hike or snowshoe a beer sounds good. On Sunday, Sue surprised me with something she calls Rejuvenation. I’m not sure that it rejuvenated me, but I was feeling better by the time I was done […]
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By Alastair Bland, NPR Seafood often travels huge distances over many days to reach the people who eat it. And it’s often impossible to know where a fillet of fish or a few frozen shrimp came from — and, perhaps more important, just how they were caught. Fortunately, activists are doing the homework for us, […]
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