I am a bit of a fiend for cookbooks. I read them like novels and often walk away with a whole slew of new ideas. I tend to buy based on chefs that I like or styles of cooking that I want to know more about. One type of cookbook that has never really been [...]

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E. Coli outbreak traced to romaine lettuce. Food shortages and price increases are hitting across the globe. Connecticut state employees fraudulently received food stamps. Argentinian beef is becoming a thing of the past. Smuggled Chinese honey is intercepted. Japanese food still being tested for radioactivity. Organic food can supply the world How the potato changed the world

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I love minty treats. I’ve been known to pocket more than my fair share of hard peppermint candies when leaving a restaurant. I also eat approximately seven thousand candy canes every December. I can’t get enough of that cool, refreshing mint-ness! Also cool and refreshing: Dairy Queen Blizzards. Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, [...]

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After reading the wonderful post from our friends at The Bitten Word, documenting food highlights from a two-week trip to China (!), I started thinking about some of the weirder food experiences I have had. True, I have had all kinds of sushi – octopus, urchin, eel, and many others – but that’s all pretty [...]

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When you picture fish, what do you see? Okay, get that picture of Nemo out of your head. What are you, five? Grow up. I mean fish you eat. Okay, let me be clear. What do you picture when you picture edible fish? Do you like your fish sauteed with a little olive oil? Blackened to [...]

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Holiday Marshmallow Madness Food Stamps for Frappuccinos? From Fast Food Russia With Love Plate colors drive food consumption. Jared throws his fat pants into the dollar menu wars circle. Chik-fil-A sues Kale lover. Sky-rocketing Peanut prices producing problems. Trans-fats still lurk in many of our favorite foods. I for one welcome our new ant overlords. [...]

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To some, the beloved Holiday tradition of taking time each day to open one window on a shoddily crafted cardboard house, only to be rewarded with a paltry subpar piece of waxy chocolate that would enrage even the most lax Willy Wonka quality control Oompa foreman could seem a tad odd. Advent Calendars may seem [...]

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This past summer a monumental change in the governments direction on how we should view the foods we should eat took place. It happened  more quietly than I think the government would have liked but the change has been made. In addition to a change in shape from Pyramid to Plate, the contents of the new plate are quite different. The first USDA food [...]

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