Topic Food News & Trends
Power Snacking: Yogurt, Strawberries, Chia Seeds and Essential Oils
My sisters and I are on a pretty interesting “natural beauty regime” these days. We are the driest girls you’ll ever meet (in both wit and complexion), so we’re
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Our First Demo: Horace and Lydia Pizza Crusts This Friday!
Our first demo! This Friday, January 13th from 5:00 to 8:00, I’ll be at Sunset Hill Green Market handing out free slices of Four Cheese pizza fresh from the toaster oven. Hope to
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San Francisco’s Ferry Building – A Model Marketplace
Not many cities would restore a bleary, old building to surpass its former glory and then dedicate it to organic, sustainable food accessible to the public. It’s so west coast. So
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Where Are All The Women – by Laura Shapiro
Women have come a long way from the days of discrimination in the work place, but there are other factors influencing women chefs from rising to the top in
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Bennie and the Cru Cellar Treasures Wine Club
Have you ever been invited to an exclusive wine club dinner party featuring delectable food, rousing repartee with prestigious foodies, and rare bottles from their private collections? Cru Cellar Treasures,
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Gourmet Magazine’s New Website
Gourmet Magazine has its very own website, free from the generic assemblage of Epicurious. It’s great. It’s perfect! It finally feels like Gourmet! The change is way overdue. I bought my very
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The American Tourist Stereotype – Still Going Strong
This isn’t my bitch blog. I don’t use it to take out my frustrations. But a quick trip to San Francisco this week was a blatant reminder of stereotypes and manners, or
Continue Reading→Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations on the Travel Channel
Day after tomorrow begins a new season of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, the only food show that opens each segment with aninappropriate content warning. If you don’t have the Travel Channel, it’s
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Slate.com: Our Diet’s Effect on Carbon Emissions
At work we stumbled upon the horrifying fact that our garlic was being flown in from China. “How can that be?” we asked. “It must be some mistake,” we reassured ourselves. Apparently when you call our
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ChikaLicious: One of Manhattan’s First Dessert Bars
I was googling around one night looking for interesting things to eat during my upcoming trip to Manhattan and cyber-stumbled upon ChikaLicious, a dessert bar on the Lower East Side. A
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New York’s Best Chocolate Shops: An In-depth Tour
Oh, the sinfully delicious things they are doing with chocolate on the other coast! Dark chocolate truffles rolled in smoky paprika; chocolate covered caramel with flowery honey & roasted pine
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Chez Pim, Haute Couture Chickens and Eggs
(Photo borrowed from Pim’s Website, chezpim.com) Pim, blogger extraordinaire, does a lot of good with her food blog, Chez Pim – this year alone she united food bloggers everywhere and raised over $60,000 for
Continue Reading→The Great American Snackocracy
…Nothing teases out the great paradox of the American character — that we are both a nation of striving, frenetic doers and a nation of blubbery, inert slobs —
Continue Reading→“What’s in Your Beef?” by Charles Stuart Platkin
Yesterday the Seattle Times Food & Wine section came out with an article on beef labeling standards - just supports what I’ve suspected for years. Here it is: What’s in your beef? Even the label
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Non-Alcoholic Pairings: Fad or Food Future
Really?! Who’d a thunk it? Non-alcoholic beverages specifically paired with dishes at some of the nation’s top restaurants. That seems to be the trend. It all started with Paul Roberts, wine director
Continue Reading→Tell the USDA: We Want Stricter Labeling Standards
We only have a few more days to state our concerns to the USDA about the integrity of grass fed animals before the comment period closes and ruling begins. “The Agriculture Department has
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South 47 Farm: U-Pick It or They’ll Pick It For You
The farmers market season is in full swing all over the Puget Sound. My neighborhood farm is South 47 Farm in Redmond near Woodinville and, I assure you, the peak-sweet produce is
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