I can barely keep track of how many chefs have been behind the stove at PlumpJack Cafe, the sophisticated restaurant that was the mainstay of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s empire before he gave it up to go into politics. What I do remember is that there have been two in the past 12 months.
With each new [...]
A fruit once recognized only as a filler for your mother’s pies can be incorporated into countless recipes, from crisp salads to refreshing lemonade. Now is a good time to explore this fruit’s many uses, because it’s cherry season.
Rainier cherries, which hail from Washington, arrive later in the summer, and are sweeter than Bings, some [...]
Former international supermodel, Maria Liberati knows a thing or two about staying fit. In her best selling book, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, she stresses the importance of fresh, healthy ingredients and eating in moderation-the Mediterranean Diet way. her healthy style of eating has aleady been featured in Healthy Cooking and Tastes of Italia [...]
Retro food is a favorite topic of mine. I love showing others how to enjoy the nostalgia of foods past, while helping to reshape the recipes for today - particularly with a focus on making them healthier.
American Institute for Cancer Research - infoZine - Many of the dishes I remember fondly come from the days [...]
Prior to the tomato-linked salmonella outbreak, food-related illness and recalls that have affected Bay Staters in recent years include:
Beef shipped across the country, including to 112 Massachusetts schools, was recalled in February after the U.S. Department of Agriculture learned employees of Hallmark/Westland Meat in California were videotaped using a fork lift and electronic prod to [...]
The best meal a Civil War field soldier could have was a wafer so hard he needed to soak it in coffee, and maybe some not-so-fresh vegetables.
It has been said the Army marches on its stomach, and Fort Meade officials received a taste of military food service history this week when it dedicated a recently [...]
Millions of home cooks have tried and tested these recipes on their own families, so you know every one will be a success with your family, too!
Even the busiest family can sit down to a home-cooked supper every night of the week! Allrecipes, the #1 source for online recipes, has sifted through thousands of family-tested [...]
A stiff drink comes with a stiff tax in Pittsburgh and surrounding towns these days, and that has made the county executive public enemy No. 1 in some quarters, reviled by name in song and on bar bills.
Even comedians have gotten into the act, complaining that rising drink tabs meant fewer people coming to see [...]
Police in Dumfries and Galloway have said a spate of drink driving offences has “ruined” its road safety figures.
The number of road crashes and casualties in the region has fallen for the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2007.
However, a spokesman said that recent weeks had seen a surge [...]
BINGE drinking” is a useful term that indicates an excessive, unhealthy and dangerous level of drinking. “Binge” drinkers aim to get drunk, often as quickly as possible. It is disappointing to see the term misused in the current debate over the new National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines (Sunday Age, 15/6).
These guidelines are not [...]
