2012-05-16 17:32:14
A sleek new $1.4 billion international terminal featuring airy windows and eye-popping artwork opened Wednesday at the world's busiest airport in hopes of positioning Atlanta to attract more globe-trotting travelers.
The sparkling launching pad has been in the wo......
2012-05-16 16:14:09
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sought Wednesday to raise the profile of agricultural research at universities like Penn State as Congress begins the arduous task of renewing the farm bill.
Penn State leads more than 65 federal research grants totaling mor......
2012-05-16 15:55:35
Lawyers representing a disgraced egg industry magnate, his son and one of their company's financial officers say their clients are potential targets of a criminal investigation into the 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands of Americans and led to a massive recall of thei......
2012-05-16 15:12:00
Is it really more expensive to eat healthy?
An Agriculture Department study released Wednesday found that most fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods cost less than foods high in fat, sugar and salt.
That counters a common perception among......
2012-05-16 02:34:29
Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development.
Hundreds of armed police and soldiers tried to sweep out villagers in nort......
2012-05-15 17:10:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a bowl of Mac 'N Cheese, the timeless classic, at Wendy's, where they have a new slogan: "Quality is Our Recipe." We're not opposed to quality, so let's see if Wendy's delivers the goods.
Here's the blueprint: spiral cavatappi (there's your vocabulary word of t......
2012-05-15 17:07:00
JEANNE JONES
This light but hearty one-dish vegetarian meal is surprisingly delicious, and tastes far more complicated than it is. It can be put together in minutes and prepared in advance, which makes it ideal for entertaining. In fact, I always make this dish the day before I plan to serve it because it giv......
2012-05-15 15:34:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
The owners of an Ephrata Township facility that processes food for people in developing countries are seeking permission to expand. Mennonite Gospel Mission Food Ministries, a volunteer operation based at 44 W. Mohler Church Road, asked the township's board of supervisors Tuesday to allow it......
2012-05-15 12:16:21
No one's talking about giving intelligence tests, but researchers say they've shown that plants have smarts -- the sort needed to help them survive dry times.
Years from now the findings could lead to crops that are better able to withstand drought conditions. Al......
2012-05-15 11:44:12
Alabama beer lovers are pleased that the state Legislature passed a measure to allow beer to be sold in larger containers, but they're still awaiting the fate of a measure to legalize home brewing.
The Legislature sent the bill to allow larger bottles to Gov. Ben......
2012-05-15 11:24:56
It could be slim pickings at the farmers market this summer when it comes to early peaches, cherries and apricots.
Blame the erratic spring weather. Summerlike temperatures in March prompted fruit trees to bloom a few weeks early, only for the fruit blossoms to b......
2012-05-15 09:51:13
A 22-year-old University of Idaho football player was fatally shot at a weekend party in Los Angeles, authorities said.
Detectives were trying to determine a motive and a suspect in the early Sunday death of Ken McRoyal of Carson, who was killed while attending a......
2012-05-15 08:31:14
In a Cannes lineup packed with veteran auteurs -- Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Alain Resnais -- and relative newcomers like Lee Daniels and Andrew Dominik, here are six films to watch out for among the 22 contenders for the coveted Palme d'Or:
THE ANGELS' SH......
2012-05-14 17:29:56
The maker of the beef product dubbed "pink slime" by critics said Monday it was laying off 86 employees from its corporate office in South Dakota, citing what it calls a misinformation campaign about a product that food-industry experts agree is safe.
B......
2012-05-14 17:10:07
To much of the world, it was Monday. To Mario Batali, it was Day Four.
The chef, his wife and their two teenage sons are eating for a week on the equivalent of a food stamp budget in protest of potential cuts pending in Congress to the benefit program used by mor......
2012-05-14 16:48:52
A charity that takes care of more than 1,000 retired racehorses told a court Monday that its herd is doing well, its finances are sound and that a lawsuit by New York's attorney general should be dismissed.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation filed court paper......
2012-05-14 13:59:19
Police detectives were working Monday to determine a motive and find the killer of a University of Idaho football player who was shot to death at a weekend party.
Ken McRoyal, 22, of Carson was killed early Sunday while attending a photo shoot to promote a new wo......
2012-05-13 14:20:42
There's a back door for Asian carp to sneak into Minnesota, and fisheries officials are worried that the invaders might have found it already.
Commercial fishermen recently caught dozens of Asian carp in northwestern Iowa's Great Lakes, one of that state's most p......
2012-05-13 13:45:05
New England fishermen looking for relief after a debilitating cut in the yellowtail flounder catch may soon find help from the booming scallop industry.
Scallopers inevitably snare yellowtail by accident. So regulators trying to protect the struggling species giv......
2012-05-13 10:41:17
Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of labor shortages linked to the state's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Keith Dickie said he and other gro......
2012-05-13 06:34:21
The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox crosses and wearing skull-and-crossbones T-shirts cheer on the cops.
It's the latest flare-up in a growing feud pitting su......
2012-05-13 00:06:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
I am married to the World's Greatest Mom. I know this because she has a coffee mug that says so. Her daughters continue to reaffirm this fact every year at Mother's Day by presenting her with more awards that proclaim her World's Greatest Mom. Therefore, it must be so. I know that most ......
2012-05-13 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Silvano Perez knows his way around a good chicken pot pie. Though he's of Mexican heritage, he's come to know the cuisine of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. And really, how much more "Dutchy" can you get than pot pie? "I learn every day," said Perez, 30, who makes the dish both at home for ......
2012-05-12 19:23:02
An Oregon peacemaker said she's so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf --deemed "the hope of all nations" by a Lakota Sioux rancher last year -- that her organization is donating a white buffalo bull from its herd.
Arby Little S......
2012-05-12 15:28:37
Foreign art lovers are breaking bread with Cuban waiters, drivers and parking lot attendants this week in a unique experience that forces diners and chefs alike to overcome barriers of culture, language and five-plus decades of animosity between Washington and Havana.
......
2012-05-12 13:59:33
An Oregon peacemaker says she was so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf in Texas recently that her organization is donating a white buffalo bull from its herd to the Lakota Ranch.
Arby Little Soldier, who owns the ranch near the North Te......
2012-05-11 16:08:12
Whether she was hiking in the woods, growing organic vegetables or working on her master's degree in psychology, Aimee Copeland embraced her passions with determination and a constant smile that made friends wonder if she ever had bad days.
Now the 24-year-old Ge......
2012-05-11 13:28:56
George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense.
Obama told the crowd that his famed "Hope" ......
2012-05-11 02:15:43
One of the last Palestinian farming villages that still uses irrigation systems from Roman times says its ancient way of life is in danger as Israel prepares to lay down its West Bank separation barrier.
With construction possibly beginning in the coming weeks, t......
2012-05-10 22:34:00
TOM MURSE
An influential congressional panel has passed legislation shepherded by U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts to impose higher fees on the medical device industry to pay for speedier government reviews of its products.
The legislation would be a boost for investors and businesses trying to get their device......
2012-05-10 22:19:44
In fields along a northern Indian highway, mountains of grain have turned black with mildew after getting soaked in the rain.
The millions of tons of wheat rotting because India ran out of warehouse space to hold another bumper crop illustrate a core problem of t......
2012-05-10 17:55:12
After a failed drug test called his character into question during a tumultuous offseason, Ryan Braun is the one doing most of the bashing these days -- looking every bit like the reigning NL MVP during a recent hot streak.
At home, he is cheered wildly during ev......
2012-05-10 17:43:51
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Deadlocked" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
2. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King (Scribner)
3. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing))
......
2012-05-10 16:14:37
There has been plenty of NFL talent to come out of the state of South Carolina -- many from the Geathers family tree.
Brothers Jumpy and Robert Sr. are the patriarchs of a group that has produced six pro football players with more on the way. Jumpy, known as &quo......
2012-05-10 11:53:20
"Restaurant Man" (Viking), by Joe Bastianich: Joe Bastianich knows Italian food. The restaurant partner of celebrity chef Mario Batali and the son of Lidia Bastianich, the star of several public television cooking shows, he grew up around meatballs and marinara.
......
2012-05-09 20:41:00
TIM MEKEEL
A Lancaster-based biotech company has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval to conduct clinical trials of its first product.
Immunomic Therapeutics will proceed to further test the product, a DNA vaccine for people who are allergic to Japanese red cedar pollen.
...
2012-05-09 18:48:28
A Swiss pharmaceutical company has issued a voluntary recall of a lethal injection drug held by Nebraska, but state officials said Wednesday they won't return the drug and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it won't enforce the company's decision.
Naari A......
2012-05-09 12:24:21
The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers.
Currently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7,100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Me......
2012-05-09 09:50:53
A cow runs circles in a small pen, her baby close by her side. Ranchers, their brows wrinkled, scribble in a glossy catalog while high on a podium the auctioneer slams his gavel, taking bids as the price of the pair rises rapidly.
The high-profile auction at the ......
2012-05-08 21:17:22
The same disdain for alcohol that drove Christian clergymen to establish this Jersey shore town that calls itself America's Greatest Family Resort led voters to overwhelmingly reject a proposal Tuesday that would have let restaurant patrons bring their own wine or beer to enjoy with......
2012-05-08 19:26:13
Louisiana health officials say they closed a harvesting area and ordered a recall of oysters taken from there since April 26 after 14 people became ill with norovirus.
The closure started Tuesday and was expected to last at least three weeks.
......
2012-05-08 18:33:38
Louisiana health officials say they closed a harvesting area and ordered a recall of oysters taken from there since April 26 after 14 people became ill with norovirus.
The closure started Tuesday and was expected to last at least three weeks.
......
2012-05-08 17:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Smokehouse BBQ Chicken sub at the world's No. 1 fast-food chain, Subway, with 36,688 restaurants practically on every corner. It'll be 36,689 by the time you finish eating your sandwich.
Here's the Smokehouse BBQ Chicken blueprint: shredded white-meat chi......
2012-05-08 16:58:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne, I just love to make this soup in the spring and summer. — Patti, Flint, Mich.
CREAM OF ZUCCHINI SOUP
6 cups zucchini, unpeeled and diced
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1/2 cup carrot, chopped...
2012-05-08 12:02:38
Massaging poultry, dropping food and utensils, and warbling her way through boeuf bourguignon and coq au vin, Julia Child left an indelible mark on American food.
As television's towering, ebullient "French Chef," Child put within reach of the average A......
2012-05-08 08:00:13
Western Pennsylvania fruit farmers say a combination of early warm weather and frosts caused major damage.
The Erie Times-News (http://bit.ly/KIMaHk ) reports Tuesday that some farmers lost 80 to 90 percent of their fruit crops.
Rich Erdle, me......
2012-05-08 03:14:24
A committed "locavore," Robin McDermott once struggled to stock her kitchen with food grown within 100 miles of her Vermont home. She once drove 70 miles to buy beans and ordered a bulk shipment of oats from the neighboring Canadian province of Quebec.
......
2012-05-08 02:11:15
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has triggered social unrest and occasional violence.
The timing of Hun Sen's action seemed to reflect his ......
2012-05-07 23:23:17
Compost, "crack" and something called cereal milk -- unlikely ingredients that have propelled Christina Tosi to the head of her culinary class.
The protege and dessert maven of uber chef-of-the-moment David Chang was named rising star chef of the year o......
2012-05-07 21:31:45
The winners of the 2012 James Beard Foundation restaurant and chef awards announced Monday are:
NATIONAL CHEF AWARDS
-- Best new restaurant
Next in Chicago
-- Outstanding chef
......
2012-05-07 20:56:54
Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product that critics have dubbed "pink slime," a company official said Monday.
About 650 jobs will be lost when the plants close o......
2012-05-07 16:33:23
A genetic study of horses across Eastern Europe and Central Asia has traced the domestication of one of man's most powerful animal allies to wide-open grasslands shared by Ukraine, southwest Russia and Kazakhstan, researchers said Monday.
Researchers generally da......
2012-05-07 16:28:10
A genetic study of horses across Eastern Europe and Central Asia has traced the domestication of one of man's most powerful animal allies to wide-open grasslands shared by Ukraine, southwest Russia and Kazakhstan, researchers said Monday.
Researchers generally da......
2012-05-07 14:44:31
The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation's foremost horse-breeding operations.
Rita Crundwe......
2012-05-07 11:57:08
Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold milk.
Americans might get squeam......
2012-05-07 11:56:45
Chocolate dog food. Old garden hose. Weirdly fishy.
Take a panel of seven foodies and ply them with with exotic versions of popular American snacks from around the world, and these are the reactions you get. Tentative nibbles and scrunched noses.
......
2012-05-07 10:57:09
"The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance" (Free Press), by Thomas McNamee: Many of us can no longer remember what life was like before arugula and balsamic vinegar became part of the larder, celebrity chefs strutted their stuff......
2012-05-07 02:29:33
As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators.
The bird's sta......
2012-05-06 00:12:00
LAURA LIPPSTONE
It's not often that a rabbi personally shows up to bless a new restaurant, even if there is a sandwich named after him. Or that customers rejoice, practically getting down on bended knee, soup spoons in hand, hoping aloud that it prospers so that those schleps to Baltimore and......
2012-05-06 00:06:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Sometimes, television can be a good thing. Especially if it inspires one to cook. That's the case with Angel Mejias, 33, who found his path to this recipe for Brown Fried Rice With Sweet and Sour Pork through a famous Public Television show. "When I was 12 years old, I used to watch 'Ya......
2012-05-06 00:04:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
A Cuban Sandwich. Have you ever had one? They're great tasting and simple to prepare. You'll like this one. My friend Rebecca Becker from Steaks and Stuff at Roots Market was telling me about her family trip to Florida this past winter and that she ate something new, a Cuban S......
2012-05-04 23:08:42
The winners of the 2012 James Beard Foundation book, broadcast and journalism awards announced Friday are:
COOKBOOK AWARDS
-- Cookbook Hall of Fame
"Home Cooking" and "More Home Cooking&qu......
2012-05-04 22:09:40
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH,Associated PressJEFFREY COLLINS,Associated Press
Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs, federal officials said Friday.
At least ......
2012-05-04 22:08:30
Six volumes, 2,438 pages, 46 pounds and $625 added up to two hefty awards Friday for Nathan Myhrvold's cookbook, "Modernist Cuisine."
The massive and much lauded tome on the science of food and cooking by a former chief technology officer of Microsoft w......
2012-05-04 17:11:01
Authorities are investigating the death of a rare white buffalo on a North Texas ranch just days shy of its first birthday.
Lakota Ranch owner Arby Little Soldier says he found the buffalo, named Lightning Medicine Cloud, dead Monday. The buffalo's mother was fou......
2012-05-04 16:37:21
The animals seized from a renowned horse breeder accused of using her day job as a city bookkeeper to steal millions in public funds have telling names: Jewels by Tiffany, Have Faith in Money.
Rita Crundwell lavished attention on her prize-winning animals, and th......
2012-05-04 12:49:54
After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle.
Thirteen years a......
2012-05-04 10:42:50
A California jury has awarded nearly $2.5 million to a woman who said she almost died when a chicken bone pierced her esophagus while eating at a Round Table pizza restaurant.
Fifty-nine-year-old Calla Felicity says she and her mom were eating a barbecue chicken ......
2012-05-04 10:37:11
Here's what Cinco de Mayo has become in the U.S.: a celebration of all things Mexican, from mariachi music to sombreros, marked by schools, politicians and companies selling everything from beans to beer.
And here's what Cinco de Mayo is not, despite all the sign......
2012-05-03 21:11:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church is famous to thousands as the home of November's Greek Food Bazaar, where folks line up for homemade Hellenic delights such as stuffed grape leaves and pastitso.
Well, here's another chance to get Greek food at the church at 64 Hershey Ave.
And y......
2012-05-03 18:33:36
A charity that takes care of 1,100 retired racehorses has been driven into insolvency and some of its animals have been neglected, are suffering and are underfed, the New York attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundati......
2012-05-03 17:16:25
A member of Penn State's Board of Trustees who represents the agriculture industry was re-elected to the board Thursday, a day before results for the more widely-publicized campaign for three alumni-elected seats are to be announced.
Delegates of state agricultur......
2012-05-03 16:39:29
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King (Scribner)
2. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)
3. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
...
2012-05-03 14:56:50
April Bloomfield harbors a deep fear that keeps her from joining the ranks of tattooed top chefs. But it's not the needles that bother her.
"I'm so scared it wouldn't come out perfect," she says of getting a tattoo. "And I'd have to look at it for ......
2012-05-03 07:05:18
Chinese food and retail giant Bright Food Group Co. says it has bought a 60 percent stake in British breakfast cereal maker Weetabix for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.94 billion).
Shanghai-based Bright Food said Thursday that the acquisition from private equity firm Lio......
2012-05-02 19:14:01
Investigators looking into California's first case of mad cow disease say they have tracked down at least one of her offspring in another state.
Since there is no live test for the disease also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, it was euthanized and brai......
2012-05-02 16:44:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
Ephrata Township officials on Tuesday approved plans for a new shopping center, but ground-breaking could still be several months away.
Ephrata GF, the developer behind Ephrata Marketplace — anchored by Giant Food at the intersection of Route 322 and Pleasant Valley Road ......
2012-05-02 15:17:44
Here's what Cinco de Mayo has become in the U.S.: a celebration of all things Mexican, from mariachi music to sombreros, marked by schools, politicians and companies selling everything from beans to beer.
And here's what Cinco de Mayo is not, despite all the sign......
2012-05-02 12:39:47
Backstage with the rock band Train before a performance at San Francisco's hallowed Great American Music Hall may not be quite what you expect from a Grammy-winning, multiplatinum group.
What's missing from the dressing room -- groupies, bling and that we're-abou......
2012-05-01 20:31:06
The Great Depression-era program the Department of Agriculture uses to kill coyotes, mountain lions and other predators that threaten livestock is outdated, illegal and a waste of federal money, conservationists say in a new lawsuit.
Wildlife Services, an agency ......
2012-05-01 17:40:00
The new trophy for the winner of the Iowa-Iowa State football game will depict the team's mascots after a public vote.
Fans had been asked to submit ideas for a new trophy after the original -- which depicted a farm family huddled around a bushel of corn -- was d......
2012-05-01 17:09:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a large cup of Double Fudge Frozen Hot Chocolate at the No. 1 purveyor of soft-serve ice cream, Dairy Queen, with 6,000 restaurants from California to the New York island, from the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters … this Peanut Buster Parfait was made fo......
2012-05-01 17:03:00
JEANNE JONES
This is one of the few green vegetable dishes that my family will eat. I realize it's full of fat, and I would like to reduce it yet keep it edible. Thank you. — Katherine, Champaign, Ill.
SPINACH CASSEROLE
2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen chopped spi......
2012-05-01 15:54:12
The owners of the shuttered Sahara casino on an aging stretch of the Las Vegas Strip say they've secured $300 million in funding to redevelop the iconic resort that once hosted the likes of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.
Developer SBE and real estate firm Stock......
2012-05-01 11:05:44
The DuPont Co. has acquired full ownership of Solae LLC, a soy ingredients producer that had been a joint venture with Bunge Ltd., an agribusiness and food company based in New York.
DuPont, which previously owned 72 percent of Solae, acquired the 28 percent stak......
2012-05-01 09:41:23
Pat LaFrieda Jr. can't get enough chicken thighs. If his family business featured on the new Food Network series "Meat Men" orders 100 cases of boneless, skinless thighs, his supplier might deliver only 60.
That's because consumers have discovered somet......
2012-05-01 08:46:54
McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics -- and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.
Big Macs, fries and milkshakes will be part of McDonald's exclusively branded menu at the Olympics and the ......
2012-05-01 08:46:48
McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics -- and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.
Big Macs, fries and milkshakes will be part of McDonald's exclusively branded menu at the Olympics and the ......
2012-05-01 05:03:56
McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics -- and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.
Big Macs, fries and milkshakes will be part of McDonald's exclusively branded menu at the Olympics and the ......
2012-05-01 04:18:05
McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics -- and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.
Big Macs, fries and milkshakes will be part of McDonald's exclusively branded menu at the Olympics and the ......
2012-05-01 03:17:11
Zahi Zeidan vows he won't back down as he stands in his bomb-shattered restaurant and oversees workers carrying debris out of dining rooms where on a good night patrons are usually drinking and dancing.
"They targeted us because we serve alcohol," said ......
2012-04-30 20:08:25
Missouri-based Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling a third type of dry dog food because of salmonella concerns.
All three products were made at a Gaston, S.C., plant, where production was suspended April 8. The plant is the same one that made mold-contamin......
2012-04-30 16:16:38
A menu of lichen, pine needles and hay once again has trumped classic cuisines in a ranking of the world's top restaurants.
For a third consecutive year, chef Rene Redzepi's diminutive but innovative Danish restaurant Noma earned the top spot in Restaurant magazi......
2012-04-30 15:10:31
Beer vendors in a tiny Nebraska town would be forced to discriminate against residents of a neighboring South Dakota American Indian reservation if a judge agrees with a lawsuit accusing the retailers and others of knowingly contributing to the reservation's alcohol-related problems......
2012-04-30 15:07:17
PepsiCo Inc. is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers.
The No. 2 soda company said Monday that it's partnering with Twitter to provide streaming videos of live music concerts to Pepsi's followers on the social networking site. The deal is part of Pepsi's n......
2012-04-29 17:14:10
Glasses of water and fruit smoothies were the perfect complement to the buttered bagels that Sarah Lee, Susan Stauffer and their children were enjoying one afternoon in a downtown restaurant.
The fact that alcohol cannot be sold anywhere in Ocean City -- and the ......
2012-04-29 11:06:00
The reaction last summer to a proposed trophy for the Iowa-Iowa State football game depicting a farm family huddled around a bushel of corn was so negative that officials let the fans pick a design to replace it.
The folks in Iowa have spoken.
...
2012-04-29 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
John Moeller is the chef-owner of State of Affairs Catering — an appropriately named business. You see, Moeller once helped helm the kitchen for a couple of very important families. First families, to be exact. From 1987 to 2010, Moeller, 50, worked as executive sous-che......
2012-04-29 00:03:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
I was cruising the Internet the other day, looking for ideas and inspirations for this week's column, and I stumbled upon a website that touts "American Food Holidays." I don't know who decides these things, but I doubt the Web master made up the information. He gets it from somewh......
2012-04-27 23:32:31
At least seven homes and a hog farm were destroyed early Friday after authorities said rare nighttime tornadoes ripped through sparsely populated counties on the southeastern Colorado plains.
State officials say no deaths have been reported, only minor injuries f......
2012-04-27 21:46:45
Mitt Romney on Friday encouraged young Americans facing bleak job prospects to "take risks" -- and even borrow money from their parents -- to help improve their economic fortunes.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee noted that the nation's e......
2012-04-27 19:14:03
The California dairy cow found to have mad cow disease was very old for a milk producer and had been euthanized after it became lame and started lying down, federal officials revealed in their latest update on the discovery.
The 10-year-old dairy cow, only the fo......
2012-04-27 19:11:27
The California dairy cow found to have mad cow disease was very old for a milk producer and had been euthanized after it became lame and started lying down, federal officials revealed in their latest update on the discovery.
The 10-year-old dairy cow, only the fo......
2012-04-27 17:07:33
It has become a familiar but frustrating drill for farmers in the Northeast. With temperatures expected to fall below freezing, they spent Friday preparing orchard heaters, irrigation systems and frost alarms to protect fruit crops that blossomed early and are particularly vulnerabl......
2012-04-27 15:26:15
The small-town bookkeeper dazzled friends and co-workers with invitations to her immaculate horse ranch and home, where she displayed trophies hauled back from world championship exhibitions and visitors in cowboy hats arrived to buy some of the best-bred horses in the nation. ......
2012-04-27 14:28:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
Two projects that will help reshape the Route 322 corridor in Ephrata Township are a step closer to approval. The township's planning commission recommended approval Tuesday of the Ephrata Marketplace shopping center, which will be anchored by a Giant Food store, as well as a plan that ......
2012-04-27 08:41:34
Serena Williams says altering her diet in support of big sister Venus hasn't been much of a hardship.
Serena said she's cut down on eating chicken and fish and is eating more raw foods like Venus, who adopted the change to help her body cope with Sjogren's syndro......
2012-04-27 06:21:08
An Australian judge has ordered KFC to pay 8 million Australian dollars ($8.3 million) to the family of a Sydney girl left brain damaged after eating one of the fast food giant's chicken wraps.
Monika Samaan's family sued KFC, claiming the then-7-year-old girl co......
2012-04-26 22:14:00
LAURA KNOWLES
With at least a dozen TVs to watch sports and nearly two dozen beers on tap, it's no surprise that the Station House Tavern is best known for its wings — dozens of them in almost a dozen flavors.
"Our most popular wings are made with our Station House special wing sauce," says Dan H......
2012-04-26 18:27:13
A big increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp along the U.S. Southeast coast and in the Gulf of Mexico has federal biologists worried the species is encroaching on native species' territory.
The black-and-white-striped shrimp can grow 13 inches long and weigh a......
2012-04-26 18:09:44
The country's largest family-owned distilled spirits company hopes to draw thousands of tourists to a small distillery it's opening in a stretch of downtown Louisville once known as "Whiskey Row," close to the site where the namesake of its popular Evan Williams bourbon on......
2012-04-26 16:08:18
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)
2. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)
3. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
4. "Unnatura......
2012-04-26 16:06:22
Mark Baker was accustomed to taking orders in the Air Force. Now he's defying the government, taking a stand for what he considers a fundamental right: raising exotic hogs.
Baker is among Michigan farmers and ranchers battling the state's attempt to stamp out an ......
2012-04-26 13:49:45
The announcement that mad cow disease was found in a California cow drew a rapid response this week from the beleaguered American beef industry, which has been enduring one crisis after another for more than a year.
First, a severe drought in the Southwest cut ca......
2012-04-26 13:31:53
Ellen DeGeneres may be an outspoken vegan today, but a life without meat or dairy wasn't always easy for her to, er... digest.
Raised in New Orleans and Texas, the talk show host says she always had a healthy appetite for sausage-laden red beans and rice, as well......
2012-04-26 09:55:31
Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit rose almost 4 percent as higher prices and cost-cutting helped offset declines in cigarette volumes.
The owner of the biggest U.S. cigarette maker reported net income of $973 million, or......
2012-04-26 09:30:12
Exports are big business for the U.S. beef industry, which shipped a record $5.4 billion worth of beef abroad last year.
It was the first year sales surpassed those in 2003, when exports to Asia collapsed amid the first U.S. mad cow disease scare. Before Tuesday'......
2012-04-26 06:40:53
Indonesia became the first country to suspend imports of U.S. beef Thursday following the discovery this week of an American dairy cow infected with mad cow disease.
Reaction elsewhere in Asia, however, was muted with no immediate signs some of the biggest consum......
2012-04-26 03:24:39
Exports are big business for the U.S. beef industry, which shipped a record $5.4 billion worth of beef abroad last year.
It was the first year sales surpassed those in 2003, when exports to Asia collapsed amid the first U.S. mad cow disease scare. Before Tuesday'......
2012-04-25 22:19:13
South Korea stepped up inspections of U.S. beef following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow that led two major retailers to pull the meat off the shelves. One company later reserved that decision.
South Korea's No. 2 and No. 3 supermarket chain......
2012-04-25 22:05:24
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam.
On Wednesday, the world's second-biggest burger chain pledged th......
2012-04-25 21:30:26
Two major South Korean retailers pulled U.S. beef from their stores Wednesday following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow, although one reversed the decision. Reaction elsewhere in Asia was muted with Japan saying there's no reason to restrict imports.
......
2012-04-25 20:38:28
A federal judge in New Orleans said Wednesday he is leaning in favor of granting preliminary approval to a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The development comes despite object......
2012-04-25 17:09:21
The Nasdaq composite index shot 2 percent higher Wednesday, powered by a surge in Apple. The iPhone maker's stock climbed $50 after the company once again blew past Wall Street's profit forecasts.
With Apple's help, the technology-focused Nasdaq posted its best d......
2012-04-25 16:31:28
Tareq Salahi, a Virginia vintner who achieved notoriety for crashing a White House party and later saw his wife run off with a guitarist for the rock band Journey, now says he will run as a Republican for governor of Virginia.
In a move that provoked rolled eyes ......
2012-04-25 11:38:57
The discovery of mad cow disease in a dead dairy cow came soon after it arrived at a non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country.
The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 2006 and the fourth ever ......
2012-04-25 06:23:50
Two major South Korean retailers suspended sales of U.S. beef Wednesday following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow. Reaction elsewhere in Asia was muted with Japan saying there's no reason to restrict imports.
South Korea's No. 2 and No. 3 sup......
2012-04-25 05:14:40
A non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow.
The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 20......
2012-04-25 03:31:22
Two major South Korean retailers suspended sales of U.S. beef Wednesday following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow. Reaction elsewhere in Asia was muted with Japan saying there's no reason to restrict imports.
South Korea's No. 2 and No. 3 sup......
2012-04-24 22:51:13
U.S. officials announced a case of mad cow disease in a dairy cow in California. It is only the fourth such case detected in the U.S. since the first case was identified in 2003.
Q: Is it safe to drink milk or eat beef?
A: Yes. The new case is......
2012-04-24 21:20:28
A supermarket bakery employee, her husband and three others were found dead inside a suburban Washington home Tuesday of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, rattling a close-knit community of immigrant churchgoers who wept, hugged and comforted each other outside.
......
2012-04-24 17:02:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Ranch Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap, part of the biggest rollout of new menu items in the 54-year saga of Burger King, the No. 2 burger chain, with 12,000 restaurants hither (7,000 in the U.S.) and yon (5,000 in the rest of the world).
I'll get to the blueprint o......
2012-04-24 16:57:00
JEANNE JONES
This easy-to-make recipe is good with any kind of firm fish. My favorites are sea bass and salmon, but halibut, cod, red snapper and mahi mahi also are very good. Some stores carry wasabi mayonnaise, but I prefer to create my own so that I can make it low-fat. I also make this Asian vegetable com......
2012-04-24 03:07:32
Asparagus farmers crushed for decades by a flood of South American imports have begun to expand production again in the hope that healthy eating trends and demand for homegrown vegetables will help bolster prices and sales of their stalks.
U.S. asparagus producti......
2012-04-23 17:57:30
Virginia's attorney general went after White House party crasher Tareq Salahi for a second time on Monday, this time claiming Salahi cheated customers who purchased wine tours from his companies in northern Virginia.
Ken Cuccinelli filed the lawsuit in Fauquier C......
2012-04-23 14:51:29
Philippe Starck says his philosophy of democratic design, or quality pieces at accessible prices, is paying off in the ongoing economic crisis.
"People are intelligent. They want quality. They want a high level of creativity, but everyone will have less mone......
2012-04-23 13:20:33
A gas explosion ripped through a building of a Norwegian dairy plant in the country's southeast on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding three others, police said. Local media reported that rescuers also sought five people believed to be missing.
Accor......
2012-04-23 11:25:17
The owner of a hospital-themed Las Vegas restaurant known for its high-calorie menu says another patron has suffered an apparent medical episode there.
Heart Attack Grill owner Jon Basso told KVVU (http://bit.ly/I6dmmw ) that a woman had been eating, drinking alc......
2012-04-23 10:28:09
A man has been charged with killing a deer on a western Pennsylvania farm and stealing its carcass, and then working with two friends to intimidate a witness to the alleged crime.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 22-year-old Thomas Braunbeck, of El......
2012-04-23 08:56:15
Zippo Manufacturing Co., the northwestern Pennsylvania company that makes metal-cased cigarette lighters whose lids are known for their distinctive "click," is on schedule to produce its 500 millionth lighter later this year.
And by ramping up productio......
2012-04-22 15:12:43
In 35 years on Florida's death row, Tommy Zeigler's cries of innocence have swayed a former newspaper editor, the daughter of a police chief who helped put him behind bars and an assortment of others who have come to believe that he didn't commit one of the state's most notorious ma......
2012-04-22 11:06:18
An unfamiliar sight is coming to the urban setting in Genesee County.
Next to a burned-down house, vacant lots and dilapidated homes will soon stand rows among rows of fruit trees -- 200 of them.
Karate KA Harvesting Earth Educational Farm is ......
2012-04-22 00:06:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
Cinco de Mayo is not, as many believe, Mexican Independence Day. Rather, it celebrates the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. In the United States, as I understand it, the day is set aside to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride. Fortun......
2012-04-22 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Tom Ramsbottom's Mushroom Soup makes his family happy. That means his family at home, in Berks County, and his extended family at Evergreen Estates, a Lancaster retirement community on the edge of the city. There, Ramsbottom, 49, works as chef and food service director, serving some 100 to 1......
2012-04-21 12:44:21
A San Francisco Chinese restaurant once known for having "the world's rudest waiter" may not be closing for good after all.
The owners of Sam Wo restaurant are scheduled to plead their case to the city's Public Health Department at a hearing on Tuesday.......
2012-04-21 03:21:25
A 100-year-old Chinese restaurant in San Francisco once known for having "the world's rudest waiter" is slinging its last insults and barbequed pork noodle rolls.
Sam Wo, a Chinatown hole-in-the-wall that typified the kind of ethnic eateries for which t......
2012-04-21 02:36:38
A 100-year-old Chinese restaurant in San Francisco once known for having "the world's rudest waiter" is slinging its last insults and barbequed pork noodle rolls.
Sam Wo, a Chinatown hole-in-the-wall that typified the kind of ethnic eateries for which t......
2012-04-20 17:53:16
Police say a boy celebrating his 10th birthday was accidentally served an alcoholic drink at an Indianapolis restaurant.
According to the police report, the boy ordered a smoothie at an Olive Garden in Indianapolis on Thursday night but was mistakenly given a rum......
2012-04-20 12:18:41
Two farms in southeastern Kentucky are taking part in a project aimed at restoring the American chestnut tree to national forests and other public lands.
The farms of Bob and Donna Cornelius in Laurel County and on Lester Shelly's Whitley County are growing seeds......
2012-04-20 11:03:49
As a beer drinker, I knew I was out of my league when I tried to open up the bottle of Purgatory.
I didn't expect a wax sheath over the stopper on the bottle.
But when your bosses tell you to write about what it tastes like, you figure out a w......
2012-04-20 10:53:19
Got milk? Pass the butter? Not in Kenya, where both of those staples are increasingly scarce because a drought-induced dairy shortage is wreaking havoc on the milk, butter and yogurt shelves.
Grocery store owners, restaurant managers and customers are annoyed and......
2012-04-20 04:00:13
During at least one 420 celebration in Alaska on Friday, you'll be invited to pour yourself a drink instead of lighting up.
In the counterculture world, "420" is the code for cannabis consumption, and April 20 -- or 4/20 -- is the holy day.
......
2012-04-20 03:59:20
New Zealand's government has for the second time approved the contentious sale of 16 dairy farms to Chinese investors, despite objections from critics who say the country's prosperity could be jeopardized by such transactions.
The sale of farmland, the first to C......
2012-04-20 02:42:23
A renewed investigation into the 1979 disappearance of a New York City boy has recalled the era when printed images of missing children appeared on milk cartons.
Investigators began searching a basement in Manhattan on Thursday for Etan Patz's remains. They plan ......
2012-04-19 22:34:36
You can buy Fat Bastard wine in Alabama, but you'll have to go elsewhere for Dirty Bastard beer.
The state alcoholic beverage control agency said Thursday it has banned the sale of that brand of beer in the state because of the profanity on its label.
......
2012-04-19 17:55:01
Two years have passed since the April 20, 2010, blowout of BP's Macondo well triggered an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and spawning the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
After several attempts to cap t......
2012-04-19 17:41:44
Strong performances from DuPont's agricultural and performance chemicals units, combined with its acquisition of Danish food maker Danisco last year, contributed to an increase in first-quarter earnings, the company said Thursday.
DuPont, based in Wilmington, rep......
2012-04-19 17:25:14
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
2. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
3. "Come Home" by Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin's)
4. "......
2012-04-19 17:10:38
Gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamist sect attacked a bakery and shot others in the streets of a northeast Nigeria city, killing at least seven people, police said Thursday.
The attack again saw gunmen open fire in the city of Maiduguri, where the sect......
2012-04-19 15:17:09
Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay are at record numbers, although there has also been a mysterious drop in adult females, according to an annual winter survey released Thursday.
The survey found an estimated 764 million crabs in the bay, nearly two-thi......
2012-04-19 03:44:13
Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers in a new campaign to fight hunger in rural America.
Buffett and other organizers planned to announce the "Invest an Acre" init......
2012-04-19 02:41:12
Tobacco companies accused the Australian government of destroying the value of their trademarks by forcing them to strip logos off cigarette packs as a court battle over the world's toughest laws on cigarette promotion drew to a close Thursday.
There was no immed......
2012-04-19 01:48:14
Tobacco companies accused the Australian government of destroying the worth of their trademarks by forcing them to strip logos off cigarette packs as a court battle over the world's toughest laws on cigarette promotion drew to a close Thursday.
There was no immed......
2012-04-18 19:29:00
Allegations that a finance officer for a small northern Illinois city was able to steal a staggering $30 million from government coffers to run a nationally renowned horse breeding business inspired calls Wednesday for more rigorous oversight in small communities that typically face......
2012-04-18 17:45:35
Don't be misled by reports that inflation is tame. For small business owners, it's a threat to profits and expansion plans.
An 8 percent increase in the cost of eggs over the past year is eating away at restaurants and bakeries. Cotton's 14 percent increase is hu......
2012-04-18 17:35:51
BP and attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge Wednesday with a class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The London-based oil giant and t......
2012-04-18 16:15:30
BP and attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge Wednesday with a class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The London-based oil giant and t......
2012-04-17 19:09:42
Ocean Spray broke ground Tuesday on a new $110 million juice bottling plant outside Allentown, which will replace its aging plant in Bordentown, N.J.
Officials from Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. and Pennsylvania's economic development agency participated in the gr......
2012-04-17 18:22:44
Mitt Romney sought to inoculate himself Tuesday against Democratic charges that he favors the rich, saying his as yet-to-be disclosed tax plans will not benefit the well-to-do at the expense of others.
"I'm going to keep the burden on the upper-income people......
2012-04-17 17:04:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Chicken & Bacon Carbonara pizza, the latest addition to Domino's line of hoity-toity "Artisan" pizzas.
You know what "artisan" means in fast-food land, right? It means about a buck extra. "Supreme" is worth about a buck, too.
"Extreme"? You mi......
2012-04-17 17:03:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
I had this at a friend's, and I would love to make it lighter. Will it still work without all that delicious fat? Thank you. — Dorothy, Provo, Utah
BERRY CREAM PIE
1 pie crust, baked
8 ounces cream cheese...
2012-04-17 11:55:04
A brew and a bro -- it's the classic pairing, right? Not necessarily.
From the rise of female brew masters to the growth of women's tasting groups, women are becoming much more than a pint-sized part of the brewing world.
The emergence of wome......
2012-04-17 03:11:19
Agriculture officials in Arkansas and Louisiana have warned veterinarians to watch for signs of a potentially fatal horse disease if there's another drought this year.
The disease is often called pigeon fever because basketball-sized abscesses in the chest and ab......
2012-04-16 16:19:45
Melted snow providing water for irrigation had barely begun burbling down a bone-dry Rio Grande toward a thin 4-mile-wide strip of farmland straddling the U.S.-Mexico border when a war of words erupted.
Mexico wanted a traditional early release from reservoirs so......
2012-04-15 19:15:21
Dole Food Co.'s fresh vegetables division is recalling 756 cases of bagged salad, because they could be contaminated with salmonella.
The bags of Seven Lettuces salads were distributed in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mis......
2012-04-15 18:17:29
Crystal tinkles as women clad in dinner best bow their heads over champagne glasses, listening attentively to the captain's evening address. The Armagnac they sip is circa 1900. The dishes, crystal and silverware also hark back to a bygone era -- one when the Titanic sailed the high......
2012-04-15 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Mike Reed's Crab Burger is a double delight. It combines beef and crab meat for a burger that Reed, kitchen manager at Stubby's Bar & Grille in Lancaster, calls "a two-for-one deal." It's a popular menu item at Stubby's, which recently celebrated its eighth anniversar......
2012-04-15 00:02:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
The spinach is up! If you find yourself in Central Market anytime this week, stop by one of the fresh vegetable stands and see if it has early spinach. Because of the warm weather, a lot of the farms got a head start on their spinach crops, and now it is available from many of......
2012-04-12 16:37:00
TOM KNAPP
Hens are kept in "deplorable conditions" at a Manheim egg and dairy farm, according to a report issued Thursday by the Humane Society of the United States.
The allegations follow a ...
2012-04-10 17:59:00
KEN HOFFMAN
Correction April 11, 2012 — The nutritional information on sodium for the BK Chef's Choice Burger (Bacon Cheddar BBQ) was incorrect in an earlier version of the story below. The sodium content is 1,800 mg, according to the Burger Kin......
2012-04-10 17:56:00
JEANNE JONES
With spring in the air, blossoms on the trees, and bulbs sprouting flowers for the first time, we all start thinking of lighter and more colorful meals. This tropical fruit salsa is a perfect accompaniment for a variety of dishes. I like to sprinkle it over salads and chilled soups, serve it as a......
2012-04-08 00:04:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
Different cultures around the globe have their own traditions for Easter dinner, but here in the USA ham is the traditional fare. In the early days meat was slaughtered in the fall and, because of the lack of refrigeration, fresh pork not consumed during the winter and before Lent was cured ......
2012-04-08 00:02:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
Phyllis Pellman Good has created an empire out of The Old Country Store in Intercourse. She has gained a worldwide following, thanks to her excellent cookbooks, her website, Facebook, a very creative blog, tremendous word of mouth, and even an appearance on QVC. She and her hu......
2012-04-07 16:40:00
PAULA WOLF
Despite a slew of news reports about the improved economy, Mark Esterbrook knows that's still not the reality for many county residents. So the CEO of Community Action Program of Lancaster County wasn't surprised to learn that the number of households here receiving food stamps jumped 12.4 p......
2012-04-06 12:25:00
ELAINE J. JONES
Hundreds lined up early for the sixth annual World Food Fair, sponsored by Eshleman Elementary and Millersville University, Wednesday night at the elementary school. Twenty-four countries were represented in the menu choices, with many of the students drawing from their own nationalities and......
2012-04-05 16:31:00
JACK ROBERTS and ALEJANDRO RIOS
Once again it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the two guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene.
• We told you in our last column that April was going to be a great month for music in Lancaster, but even we didn't see everything that was coming out way......
2012-04-04 20:33:00
TIM MEKEEL
Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. has agreed to acquire Pennfield Corp.'s Hempland Road poultry-feed mill for an undisclosed price.
The transaction, announced Wednesday, will boost Wenger's poultry-feed capacity by about 25 percent.
"We're getting a nice bump," said Geoff Finch, Wenger's ch......
2012-04-03 17:09:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
There are some things that make the simple things in life a little better — something as simple as plopping an umbrella in your drink after a long day, for example.
However, there are ways to take this up a notch and adorn your drink like a bartending pro. With just a little knowled......
2012-04-03 17:07:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Thick-Cut Cod Basket, new from the No. 1 seafaring drive-thru, Long John Silver's, with more than 1,200 restaurants spanning the globe.
We have certain rules of thumb when it comes to the drive-thru: big is better than small, large is better than medium and t......
2012-04-03 17:04:00
JEANNE JONES
Almond Oatmeal Cookies are easy to make, low in calories and contain no cholesterol. They are perfect for school lunches or an after-school snack. You might even want to double this recipe and freeze some of them for future treats.
Every time I use oatmeal in one of my gluten-free columns......
2012-04-01 00:06:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
If you love a good pork chop, this tasty recipe, from Mark Tongel, executive chef at Meadia Heights Golf Club, is for you. It counts Worcestershire sauce, teriyaki sauce and brown sugar among its ingredients, making for a chop that's suitable with something as humble as mashed potatoes or as......
2012-04-01 00:04:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
The pasture, bleached and cold two weeks ago,
Begins to grow in the spring light and rain;
The new grass trembles under the wind's flow.
The flock, barn-weary, comes to it again,
New to the lambs, a place their mothers know,...
2012-03-29 15:52:00
RAY GRUNNERT
The Allen Miller Art Gallery, 117 E. Chestnut St., will celebrate its first anniversary with an open microphone poetry party, April 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendees can read their favorite poetry or their own works.
The music will be provided by members and friends of Street Beats. The galler......
2012-03-27 18:07:00
TAYLOR BUNDY
Snacking while stressed is common, but not all snacks have to be bad. Here are some snacks suggested by Ellen Stoute, dietitian from The Hetrick Center in Harrisburg.
FRUIT SMOOTHIE
1 cup plain, nonfat yogurt
1 banana...
2012-03-27 18:07:00
TAYLOR BUNDY
For anyone who was ever confused by a nutrition label, baffled by the monstrous portions encountered while dining out or who just needed a refresher course on healthy food choices, Ellen Stoute, dietitian from The Hetrick Center in Harrisburg, presented "Stress-Resilient Nutrition" recently at th......
2012-03-27 17:15:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for the long-awaited, much-ballyhooed, totally crunchy Doritos Locos Tacos at the No. 1 Mexican-style fast-food chain, Taco Bell, with 5,600 restaurants in all 50 states.
That's the United States. Down Mexico way, not so much. The Bell has attempted to "run for the......
2012-03-27 17:10:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
I love this recipe and have been making it for years. I notice that it has a lot of congealed fat when it is refrigerated, so there must be lots of fat in it, but it just tastes so good! Can you make it good without all the fat? — Carolyn, San Francisco
......
2012-03-27 16:51:00
CORRESPONDENT
The Manheim Chamber of Commerce's W.E.B. (Women Engaged in Business) will meet from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, in the Stiegel Dining Room at Pleasant View Retirement Community, 544 N. Penryn Road, Manheim.
This month's discussion topic is Netw......
2012-03-25 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
It's healthy, it's tasty, it travels well and it pretty much goes with anything. What else could you ask for in a recipe? And that's why Sheila Henkel's Bulgur Lentil Salad makes for a satisfying dish in cold weather and a refreshing one when the temperatures turn warm....
2012-03-25 00:02:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
If you have an aversion to tuna, it might stem from your childhood, when your mother opened a can to make tuna salad. It doesn't have the most pleasant smell, and it certainly isn't the stuff of fond childhood memories. Not so with fresh tuna. If it has an offensive odor, it's not fresh. ......
