By S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times Making its debut at the prestigious Vinexpo beginning Sunday in Bordeaux: French wine in a can! Will Winestar’s single-serving cans create a riot in the hallowed halls of the international wine and spirits fair? Maybe not. The Paris-based company isn’t dealing in the generic swill those adorable single-serving […]
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By Kemp Minifie, Epicurious With “Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health”, Jo Robinson has written the next “Omnivore’s Dilemma” — a book of revelations that food lovers and home cooks everywhere will be reading, recommending, quoting, and living by. Robinson may not be a household name yet, but her groundbreaking […]
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By Kathryn Reed One of the fun things about going to dinner where everyone is asked to bring something is that there will be a variety of food. Such was the case last week. Everyone was asked to bring an appetizer. Unfortunately I didn’t have much time to come up with something original. But others […]
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By Avery Johnson, Wall Street Journal Vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters, according to a study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine, a Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors tracked 73,308 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for almost six years. The church is known for promoting a vegetarian diet, though not all […]
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Homewood Mountain Resort has planned two mountaintop farm-to-table summer dinners. Guest chefs Breana Greene and Kellan Hori will create locally-sourced meals served atop Homewood’s slopes overlooking Lake Tahoe. The five-course dinners will be July 6 and Aug. 31. Each dinner is $150 per person, with a limited number of reservations available. Advance reservations are required […]
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By Kathryn Reed We all get in ruts with things we make or want to eat. My favorite homemade pizza is Sue’s spinach pesto. But I knew one pizza would not be enough for four – especially if that was all that was being served. Lucky for me my sister, Tami, shared the recipe below […]
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By Brady Dennis, Washington Post Who needs coffee for breakfast when you can pour Wired Wyatt’s caffeinated maple syrup over your Wired Waffles? Remember Cracker Jack? This year saw the advent of Cracker Jack’d Power Bites, with as much caffeine per serving as a cup of coffee. Americans, it turns out, are willing to gobble […]
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By Zoe Zellers, TheDailyMeal.com “Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd, buy me some … Twinkies split down the middle, stuffed with a hot dog, and topped off with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles with a cherry on top … It may be an edible heart attack, but I […]
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By Marcy Franklin, TheDailyMeal.com It’s been said that you’re never farther than 170 miles from a Starbucks in America — and we can assume that will become only more true as Starbucks continues its global domination. As of July 2012, there were 17,651 Starbucks locations worldwide, with an additional 1,500 slated to open in 2013. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sue came waltzing in the front door and said she was making dinner. No arguments from me. She said she was going to make a pasta dish so I would have ample carbs before my tennis match the next day. While I can’t promise this recipe will increase your athletic endeavors after […]
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