A Sweet Rock Experiment (The New York Sun)
After walking down an aisle filled with environmentally friendly baby diapers and beige and pink clothing of organic cottons, a regular shopper at the newest Whole Foods Market, on Warren Street, finds herself facing a wall that holds a new row of lever-operated dispensers filled with nothing but rock sugars, from small chunks of white sugar to sizable jewels of blue and brown sugars. Not only ......more...Welsh pasties a hit in Cornwall (icWales)
IN what seems like a classic case of taking coals to Newcastle a Bridgend company is breaking the mould by selling pasties to Cornwall....more... Buy in Bulk: Go Green and Save Money (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - As more of us shop for green products and make wiser energy choices -- and increasingly have to watch our budgets -- buying in bulk is becoming a popular option....more... Pies to prize (The News Journal)
Liz Marden knows there are no shortcuts to first-rate pastry....more... Campaign cookies get the boot (The Kansas City Star)
Asking spouses of the candidates to trade cookie recipes has become a part of the modern presidential campaign....more... Ramen rules (The Herald-Mail)
Considered a college dorm food staple, instant ramen turns 50 this year. But ramen might be losing ground to fruits and veggies, according to recent market data on buying habits of college-age young adults....more... Humane husbandry (Eureka Times-Standard)
Two goats, two cows, two pigs, a few sheep, a brood of hens, a gaggle of geese and twin babies could be the start of filling up a modern day ark....more... Talking turkey and smelly shrimp (The Post and Courier)
I have a food problem. Rather, my van has a food problem. Traveling back from Edisto last weekend with fresh shrimp in a cooler, I suddenly braked. The cooler toppled over, spilling some shrimpy ice water onto the carpet....more... Brilliant bulb: Skye Gyngell reveals why we should all be fans of fennel (Independent)
Deliciously aniseedy in flavour, with a clean, clear crunch, fennel is one of my very favourite vegetables. It grows wild in abundance throughout Italy, France and Spain. Cultivated ? or "Florence" fennel ? with its large celery-like stalks and spray of yellow flowers, is similar to the wild stuff, except that its base is swollen and forms a tight, compact, creamy-fleshed bulb. Fennel first ......more... |