2012-02-10 03:23:03
When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. In a guerrilla-style ambush reminiscent of a Vietnam War battle, they wounded six officers.
But instead of drawing public co......
2012-02-09 19:58:43
Wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns, pulsing fist pumps.
Michelle Obama busted out a few new moves Thursday to mark the second anniversary of her campaign against childhood obesity with a few new friends -- 14,000 or so, it turns out.
The fir......
2012-02-09 16:52:23
An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota said it is demandin......
2012-02-09 16:41:00
KATHLEEN DAMINGER
Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo?
'Tis the season of love, after all.
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and -- if you're like most Romeos -- you've probably not a clue what to do about it.
Well, Cupid's here to help.
Lucky for you, the area is filled with r......
2012-02-09 15:59:54
Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman.
Khan is in the business of buyin......
2012-02-09 14:25:29
Candy company executive Nello Ferrara lived a sweet life.
The man who brought the world Lemonheads and Atomic Fire Balls routinely serenaded the restaurants where he dined and held mandatory family dinners every Sunday, said his son, Salvatore Ferrara.
......
2012-02-09 12:30:19
The following recall has been announced:
SINGLE-CUP BREWERS
DETAILS: Tassimo Single-Cup Brewers manufactured by BSH Home Appliances Corp., of Irvine, Calif.; sold at department, mass merchandise and home improvement stores ......
2012-02-09 11:59:00
CORRESPONDENT
Character's Pub, 38 N. Christian St., Lancaster is hosting a Food for Lovers Class from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 11.
Meghan Young, chef and owner of Character's Pub, teachers "Food for Lovers." Together with Jose Fuentes, her business partner and Character's general manager, Che......
2012-02-09 10:50:09
For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast.
Now, researchers from the U.S. Navy are hoping to confirm what the men who discovered the wreck believe:......
2012-02-08 22:28:55
For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast.
Now, researchers from the U.S. Navy are hoping to confirm what the men who discovered the wreck believe:......
2012-02-08 15:40:43
Organizers of the near-mythical Eleven Cities Tour dealt 16,000 skaters and the nation at large a crushing blow Wednesday when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile (200-kilometer) skating marathon for the first time in 15 years.
"We can't l......
2012-02-08 14:28:36
Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.
The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last mon......
2012-02-08 07:02:49
A central Pennsylvania dairy connected with 43 illnesses in four states has resumed bottling raw milk after an 11-day shutdown.
The Family Cow dairy in Chambersburg began bottling again Tuesday. The dairy had been shut down since illnesses were first reported lat......
2012-02-07 21:19:00
TIM MEKEEL
Getting room to grow, Amelia's Grocery Outlet is moving from New Holland to a larger building in Leola.
The company will relocate its corporate headquarters and warehouse from 120 Orlan Road to the former Super-Dog Pet Food property in April.
Amelia's has signed a 10-year lease on......
2012-02-07 18:24:16
A South Carolina company is recalling about 2,800 of its chicken salad sandwiches because of concerns about possible listeria contamination.
The sandwiches, from the Grand Strand Sandwich Co. of Longs, S.C., were distributed in North Carolina, South Carolina and ......
2012-02-07 17:09:00
JEANNE JONES
This is an unusual and versatile pate. I have used oats as a replacement for bread in this recipe because it gives the pate a smoother texture.
Whenever I use oatmeal in one of my gluten-free recipes, I receive many letters telling me that oatmeal contains gluten, when in fact it does not......
2012-02-07 17:06:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Black Forest Egg White and Cheese Flatbread Morning Melt — we have a new record for the longest name of a sandwich — at the world's No. 1 fast-food chain, Subway, with 36,054 restaurants in all 50 states and 98 countries on this crazy blue marble.
...
2012-02-07 15:28:35
State police say a 14-year-old boy got beer from his 19-year-old brother and then sold or gave some to other students who allegedly drank it at their high school.
Officials with the Hempfield Area School District, about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, have not immed......
2012-02-07 09:05:17
You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads "Great for You" to packaging of some of its house-brand foods.
...
2012-02-07 05:15:12
In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He returns next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.
China's vice president, who will take over the presidency from Hu Jintao next year, will b......
2012-02-06 07:13:34
In a vineyard in Moravia, the Arctic chill striking Europe at least has some people jumping with joy.
Winemakers in southeast Czech Republic, waiting for a dip in temperatures during an unusually warm winter, finally got the deep chill they needed to harvest grap......
2012-02-05 21:58:15
A northeast Ohio farm market saw its doughnut business more than double this week after word spread that some of the New York Giants would be chowing down on blueberry doughnuts from the farm ahead of their Super Bowl appearance, the owner said Sunday.
The mother......
2012-02-05 15:05:19
Maine's new top fisheries official is vowing to grow the economic value of the state's oldest industry, commercial fishing, and the coastal communities that rely on the ocean.
The value of the state's seafood harvest ranges from $350 million to $450 million each ......
2012-02-05 10:11:18
David Cannizzaro sold his bakery in Vermont, moved to northern Michigan and brewed another recipe for success.
His family poured almost $500,000 into the old railroad depot off Eighth Street in Traverse City, and in February he'll open the Filling Station Microbr......
2012-02-05 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
The Revere Tavern in Paradise had already been established by the time the American Revolution rolled around. But there's nothing revolutionary about Brian Crego's Chicken Cacciatore. In the hands of Revere's executive chef, the dish remains a solid comfort food enhanced by a family legacy....
2012-02-05 00:02:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
Let's think for a moment about guilty pleasures. You know what I'm talking about: extra-dark chocolate, Swedish fish, peanut-butter-filled pretzel nuggets, super-premium ice cream. Those are some of mine; I know you have yours. Oddly enough, one of my very favorite guilty......
2012-02-04 00:30:54
Josh Hamilton shed no tears and used no prepared statement as he apologized and shared few details about his relapse with alcohol. Still, it was clear he was upset by what he had done.
The Texas Rangers slugger and recovering drug addict said he had "three o......
2012-02-03 22:38:07
The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kans......
2012-02-03 19:40:52
An outbreak of bacterial infections on the East Coast illustrates the popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk despite strong warnings from public health officials about the potential danger.
Even presidential candidate Ron Paul has joined the cause of consumers loo......
2012-02-03 18:29:24
Attention, SB46 fans: Looking for a celebrity? Need a parking spot or a bathroom? How about a place to eat without waiting for hours? The answers could be just a tweet away.
A year after Super Bowl 45 set a record 4,064 tweets per second during the fourth quarter......
2012-02-03 17:05:35
Indianapolis' chowder and fried clams didn't measure up to the storied fare that has spoiled John and Cheryl Younghans in their native New England. Fellow New England Patriots fan Bob Ritchie drove to the Hoosier State from Massachusetts and when he arrived was floored by the flatne......
2012-02-03 14:32:48
A Minnesota food company said Friday it is recalling more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states after testing revealed some may be contaminated with listeria.
Some 15,000 pails of eggs in brine, sold for institutional use, are being recalled, M......
2012-02-03 12:40:44
Champis the bunny doesn't only hop -- he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.
The 5-year-old pet rabbit from the small village of Kal in northern Sweden shot to online fame......
2012-02-03 11:51:08
A landmark candy factory in southwestern Pennsylvania caught fire, but the owner and fire officials said damage was not as severe as first feared and that the business will likely reopen sometime next week.
The fire at Sarris Candies in Canonsburg was reported ab......
2012-02-03 10:05:04
A Minnesota company is recalling cooked eggs distributed in 34 states because of possible listeria contamination.
Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use under the brand names: Columbia Valley ......
2012-02-03 08:26:29
A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination.
Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six b......
2012-02-03 08:17:18
Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, Minn., is recalling hard-cooked eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails to food distributors and manufacturers for institutional use in 34 states, including: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indian......
2012-02-03 00:19:33
Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination -- and it's no joke.
The actress-comedian said in a statement that she's a longtime supporter of the party and looks forward to working with people who share her values. She s......
2012-02-02 20:05:27
Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination -- and it's no joke.
The actress-comedian said in a statement that she's a longtime supporter of the party and looks forward to working with people who share her values. She s......
2012-02-02 19:31:19
Hormel Foods Corp.'s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017 -- a move welcomed Thursday by the Humane Society of the United States, which had pushed for the change.
The Humane Society has b......
2012-02-02 18:56:29
West Virginia's hunt for a multibillion-dollar chemical plant has come down to talks between potential investors and private property owners, Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette said Thursday.
Burdette told The Associated Press that the two companies that each want......
2012-02-02 12:40:13
The chief financial officer of a vending company was a key player in a conspiracy to defraud Pepsi Bottling Group of nearly $3 million over a 10-year period, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
Joseph Belasco was indicted on one count of conspira......
2012-02-02 10:23:24
After being battered by flooding last year, farmers across the Northeast and Midwest can at least be thankful that a relatively warm and largely snowless winter has made it easier to get started healing their rutted and debris-strewn lands.
In the Midwest it was ......
2012-02-02 09:17:07
Napa Valley wine producers will go a long way to protect their good name, all the way to Thailand if necessary.
That's the latest country which has awarded Geographic Indication status to Napa wine, which means they've agreed not to allow sales of wine labeled &q......
2012-02-01 21:39:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Elizabethtown police said they raided a borough business on Wednesday, arresting the store owner and an employee and charging them with sales of designer drugs, in some cases in exchange for "food stamps."
Police said that CR's Friendly Market, 550 E. High St., was selling synthetic marij......
2012-02-01 19:57:33
The owner of a diner near the Pennsylvania Capitol is accusing the state health secretary of trying to block him from getting a state contract after the two argued over the freshness of an egg sandwich.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/wOe17R ) says a law......
2012-02-01 19:25:24
California's Sierra Nevada snowpack measured a meager 15 inches in some places, officials announced Wednesday, bearing bad news to a state that depends on snowmelt to meet the water needs of 25 million people and more than a million acres of farmland.
Resorts are......
2012-02-01 18:45:41
The number of people in Pennsylvania and Maryland stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from the same farm has risen to 23, health officials in the two states said Wednesday.
Maryland health officials also said laboratory tests have confirmed the presenc......
2012-02-01 18:28:45
Rich Pontolillo might merit a toast for his Super Bowl party preparations. He has beer and liquor stocked up ahead of the first Super Bowl ever held in his home state.
In Indiana, he didn't have much choice about planning ahead: The state is among a handful that ......
2012-02-01 18:27:14
Associated Press
Rich Pontolillo might merit a toast for his Super Bowl party preparations. He has beer and liquor stocked up ahead of the first Super Bowl ever held in his home state.
In Indiana, he didn't have much choice about planning ......
2012-02-01 16:04:17
These women may not have an oven, refrigerator, stove, knife, or even the ability to boil water, but they do have plenty of time on their hands.
Decades, in fact. And that, combined with a few (admittedly peculiar) ingredients and a desire to cook despite the odd......
2012-02-01 15:41:26
First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday said the campaign to bring healthy food to all Americans is happening neighborhood by neighborhood.
Standing in a vacant Southern California store set to be refurbished and reopened this summer, Obama lauded efforts to bring......
2012-02-01 14:25:31
Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms. It hasn't been easy or without frustration.
"......
2012-02-01 11:50:20
Fresh bread on Sundays.
It may not sound like a call to revolution, but it has come to symbolize Mario Monti's campaign to reshape Italy as a modern economy, as the reformist premier takes on powerful lobbies that have stifled economic growth by keeping swaths of......
2012-02-01 11:50:00
Fresh bread on Sundays.
It may not sound like a call to revolution, but it has come to symbolize Mario Monti's campaign to reshape Italy as a modern economy, as the reformist premier takes on powerful lobbies that have stifled economic growth by keeping swaths of......
2012-02-01 11:27:57
MONEY & JUSTICE DON'T MIX
Imagine you're appearing in court, about a matter that's very important to you. You've never seen the judge before. But the attorney for the opposition has given his Honor thousands of dollars in campaign donations, which helped the ......
2012-02-01 08:49:56
The Hershey Company says it will invest $10 million in Ivory Coast to reduce child labor and improve the cocoa supply in the West African nation.
Spokesman Andy McCormick says the measure will bring higher productivity for farmers and will increase supply to meet......
2012-01-31 17:09:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Grilled — yes, Grilled — Chicken Nuggets kids' meal at America's No. 2 chicken chain, Chick-fil-A, with 1,606 restaurants coast to coast.
You know Chick-fil-A. It's the chicken-sandwich place that's closed on Sundays so employees can rest, go to c......
2012-01-31 17:05:00
JEANNE JONES
In this recipe, I have called for pink lentils and white balsamic vinegar because it makes a prettier salad. However, if you are unable to find them, just use regular lentils and red balsamic vinegar.
Lentils are a wonderful ingredient. They require no soaking and cook very quickly.
......
2012-01-31 15:16:11
Maine's fisheries commissioner says the state's lobstermen last year harvested more than 100 million pounds of lobster. It's the first time the lobster catch has topped the 100 million-pound mark.
Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher tells ......
2012-01-31 07:34:49
For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they're also competing in a more cheerful forum. The outcome will be mouthwatering curries and soothing Sufi ballads, not violent conflict.
The fractious neighbors are ......
2012-01-31 01:54:44
For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they're also competing in a more cheerful forum. The outcome will be mouthwatering curries and soothing Sufi ballads, not violent conflict.
The fractious neighbors are ......
2012-01-30 17:37:29
Health officials now say 12 people in Pennsylvania and Maryland who consumed raw milk from the same farm have been stricken with illnesses that suggest the product may contain harmful bacteria.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Monday it had confirmed si......
2012-01-30 17:18:47
The so-called Oscars of the food world this year will give the ultimate nod to a man best known for feeding celebrities at the real Oscars.
The James Beard Foundation's Lifetime Achievement award this year will go to Wolfgang Puck, whose menu for The Academy Awar......
2012-01-30 11:56:40
Didier Drogba's mother spent Monday preparing traditional west African food for a group of 60 traveling Ivory Coast fans at the African Cup.
Clotilde Drogba works in a makeshift kitchen at a dusty stadium on the outskirts of Malabo cooking Ivorian dishes such as ......
2012-01-30 11:56:33
Associated Press
Didier Drogba's mother spent Monday preparing traditional west African food for a group of 60 traveling Ivory Coast fans at the African Cup.
Clotilde Drogba works in a makeshift kitchen at a dusty stadium on the outskirts ......
2012-01-29 18:25:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned private banks on Sunday that he will consider nationalizing any that refuse to finance agricultural projects promoted by his government.
Banks are required by law in Venezuela to provide at least 10 percent of their lending......
2012-01-29 10:16:47
For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem's waters slowly got dirtier and islands eroded, all while the country largely ignored the destruction.
It took BP PLC's well blowing out in the Gulf -- and the result......
2012-01-29 02:19:09
When your dinner party guests include Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Winslet and Glenn Close, and the whole affair is televised live, it can take months to plan the menu. That's why the team behind the Screen Actors Guild Awards began putting together the plate for Sunday's ceremon......
2012-01-29 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
This Thai Mango Salad takes just a few minutes to put together but the results are "easy, fresh and healthy," said Somchanh Koulavong, of Lancaster's Sukhothai Restaurant. It features the flavors of green mango, red bell pepper, cilantro and cashews, among other ingredients, a......
2012-01-29 00:02:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
A few weeks ago I made Steak Au Poivre, a French-style steak coated with ground black pepper that is beloved by the French people. Well, the Italians have a steak that is equally adored by their people, Bistecca Fiorentina, which originated in Tuscany. The Italians are known f......
2012-01-28 12:47:01
Please don't feed the elk.
That message doesn't come from a Rocky Mountain state, but from Pennsylvania, where elk have come roaring back from near extinction. The wildlife success story has brought a surge of tourists but also some grumbles from locals who say t......
2012-01-28 11:52:01
When your dinner party guests include Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Winslet and Glenn Close, and the whole affair is televised live, it can take months to plan the menu. That's why the team behind the Screen Actors Guild Awards began putting together the plate for Sunday's ceremon......
2012-01-28 20:14:00
LYNN COMMERO
When Chuck Holt started a food bank at the ministry he oversees in Paradise, he wanted to do it differently than other food banks. "I wanted to allow people to come through and pick the food they need that gives them a whole meal," he said. Although the food bank is not a new venture fo......
2012-01-27 18:18:39
Federal authorities said Friday they've taken down two major drug trafficking and money laundering operations in different parts of New Mexico, one involving an Albuquerque firefighter and the other southern New Mexico pecan growers.
Agents have seized caches of ......
2012-01-27 14:03:02
Police say seven dairy cows have had to be euthanized after the truck hauling them to a slaughterhouse in Pennsylvania slammed into a railroad bridge in Syracuse.
Authorities tell Syracuse media outlets that the double-decker truck had picked up 34 cows at a farm......
2012-01-26 20:56:47
The office of East Haven's mayor was blasted with prank phone calls and a delivery of hundreds of tacos Thursday after his now-famous quip that he would address accusations of anti-Latino bias by eating tacos, a remark that left emotions raw in the town's large Hispanic community....
2012-01-26 16:00:01
Yo quiero Taco Bell breakfast burrito!
The Mexican-style fast-food chain that's best remembered for a 1990s ad in which a Chihuahua proclaimed "I want Taco Bell" in Spanish, introduced a breakfast menu Thursday at nearly 800 restaurants in 14 states....
2012-01-26 15:59:47
A federal judge on Thursday said she won't delay an order in a 12-year-old lawsuit against the tobacco industry while other courts decide newer cases challenging tobacco marketing restrictions and graphic cigarette warning labels.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessl......
2012-01-26 15:46:52
John Koski is itching to pick up his rifle after losing dozens of cows to hungry wolves on his farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- and it appears he'll soon get his chance.
A legal shield that has protected gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region for near......
2012-01-26 11:05:52
An AP Member Exchange. Please credit the member.......
2012-01-25 19:03:33
The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings -- including the always popular pizza -- will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side.
First lady Michelle ......
2012-01-25 16:17:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
Plans for a new Giant food store continue to advance in Ephrata Township, though developers are still working with local officials to hammer out some details. At a meeting of the township's planning commission Tuesday, representatives for Ephrata G.F. presented updated plans for the proposed......
2012-01-25 16:04:50
The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings -- including the always popular pizza -- will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side.
First lady Michelle ......
2012-01-25 14:56:59
One star of Steven Spielberg's latest epic likes to end his work day by rolling around in the dirt, kicking his legs in the air and flaring his nostrils.
Finder, a 12-year-old thoroughbred, is among more than 150 equine performers featured in the Oscar-nominated ......
2012-01-25 04:03:54
Celebrity TV chef Andrew Zimmern is in Louisiana for a jambalaya cook-off being filmed for his new MSN show.
Two past winners of an annual jambalaya championship in Gonzales are cooking in downtown Baton Rouge on Wednesday for the show "Appetite for Life wit......
2012-01-25 03:29:48
Bill Gates has a terse response to criticism that the high-tech solutions he advocates for world hunger are too expensive or bad for the environment: Countries can embrace modern seed technology and genetic modification or their citizens will starve.
When he was ......
2012-01-24 23:21:07
A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite conceding that he's unaware of any company using such a practice.
Freshman Sen. Ralph Shortey said his own Internet research l......
2012-01-24 17:02:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Bacon & Cheddar Hash Brown Stack — I like names of products that describe EXACTLY what they are — at America's No. 1 breakfast nook, IHOP, with 1,532 restaurants in all 50 states, plus a few close neighbors.
For a restaurant chain called "......
2012-01-24 16:57:00
JEANNE JONES
This delicious baked corn dish is a wonderful vegetarian entree or a fabulous addition as a side dish to a hearty winter menu. It also is a great dish for a buffet or a tailgate party because it is easy for guests to serve themselves. You can make it the day before and then bake it just before se......
2012-01-24 15:46:40
Paula Deen's diabetes revelation pretty much sums it up: Kitchen pros at all levels struggle with obesity and its dangerous aftertaste in the high-pressure, high-calorie world of food.
The queen of Southern comfort cooking, now a spokeswoman for a diabetes drugma......
2012-01-23 21:29:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Two county men have been charged with two more armed robberies, police said Monday.
They are Shaun Ronald Appler, 26, of 269 Loop Road, Quarryville, and Evan Charles Blank, 21, of 3154 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, state police Trooper Gerard Sauers said.
The pair robbed the Tur......
2012-01-23 22:01:04
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will fly to Houston this week as part of West Virginia's quest for a chemical plant that promises to deliver thousands of jobs, House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White told The Associated Press on Monday.
The Mingo County Democrat said his ......
2012-01-23 17:47:17
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the nation's food system.
California strengthened regulations against slaughtering so-called &qu......
2012-01-23 16:01:51
The following recalls have been announced:
INSULATED LUNCH BOXES
DETAILS: Expandable Insulated Lunch Box with Freezer Gel Pack imported by California Innovations Inc., of Toronto, Canada; sold at Costco Wholesale Clubs, Leo......
2012-01-23 14:39:31
Pepco Holdings, Inc. says its Delmarva Power subsidiary will receive 38 megawatts of wind energy from the recently finished Chestnut Flats wind farm in south central Pennsylvania.
Pepco says it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with the owner of the w......
2012-01-23 12:56:45
A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment -- a burden so costly that it's contributing to the......
2012-01-23 09:20:52
A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment -- a burden so costly that it's contributing to the......
2012-01-22 16:02:01
Chobani is making Greek yogurt as fast as Americans are eating it.
Its plant here in upstate New York farm country already pumps out 1.5 million cases of the thick yogurt every week, and pallets are stacked four stories high in the chilled warehouse.
......
2012-01-22 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Jacquelyn Makris got her college degree in logistics. As it turned out, the kitchen became her calling. Which is a logical choice, when you think about it. Makris, 37, runs Spyro Gyros, a downtown Lancaster restaurant that's been serving Mediterranean fare since Makris opened it in 2007......
2012-01-22 00:02:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
One of the day-to-day dilemmas I face is choosing between making meals that are tasty, healthy, easy to prepare and interesting, or simply dashing off some run-of-the-mill baked chicken breasts and green beans. That's where the slow cooker comes in. This is a lifesaver for families on the go......
2012-01-22 00:00:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
With a cookbook title like "Treasured Amish & Mennonite Recipes," you would expect to find recipes for dishes such as Emma's Bean Salad and Stewed Chicken Dinner with Biscuits — and, of course, all things pickled. But Vietnamese Spring Rolls? Russian Pancakes? Hungarian Walnut......
2012-01-21 10:32:49
Hip-hop superstar Jay-Z reopened his New York City nightspot, the 40/40 Club, this week after a renovation, only to have its kitchen promptly shut down for health code violations.
The city's health department said it closed the club's restaurant on Jan. 19 after ......
2012-01-21 02:47:45
South Korea has lifted an eight-year ban on imports of Canadian beef.
Seoul imposed the ban after mad cow disease was found in a Canadian cow in 2003. Canada has since been recognized as a "controlled risk" country for beef by the World Organization for......
2012-01-20 22:41:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A fire caused minor damage to a Mount Joy business Friday night.
The fire broke out just after 8 o'clock at Ritter Food Services, 1074 E. Main St. It was placed under control around 8:30.
"It was a small fire just involving the rubber buffer on the loading dock that the trailers b......
2012-01-20 21:01:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police arrested two men Thursday in connection with three armed robberies in East Lampeter Township earlier this week.
Charges against them also are pending for three other robberies in nearby municipalities.
Township and state police on Thursday arrested Shaun Ronald Appler, 26, ......
2012-01-20 23:14:10
Rival presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are set to appear at the same breakfast restaurant at the same time on the day of the South Carolina primary.
Both campaigns said Friday they will not change schedules that, by coincidence, have the duel......
2012-01-20 14:50:53
It's unclear whether farmers in Georgia and Alabama will face a shortage of workers due to tough new laws targeting illegal immigration, but some producers said they have begun changing their plans for planting and harvesting this year's crops.
Some farmers said ......
2012-01-20 05:19:59
Libya's players will enjoy a taste of home despite being away at the African Cup of Nations.
Tunisian chef Salah Mrad will prepare halal meat and traditional North African dishes such as couscous and chicken meshui to ensure the squad has a familiar diet at the t......
2012-01-20 05:19:56
Associated Press
Libya's players will enjoy a taste of home despite being away at the African Cup of Nations.
Tunisian chef Salah Mrad will prepare halal meat and traditional North African dishes such as couscous and chicken meshui to ensu......
2012-01-19 21:21:56
A goat that escaped a Minnesota Nativity scene is safe after 25 days on the loose.
Curly was found Wednesday afternoon on a farm southwest of Fergus Falls.
Tony Loomer came out to feed the horses and goats on his farm and noticed the extra goa......
2012-01-19 17:39:45
Fishery regulators have increased the amount of shrimp that can be caught from the Gulf of Maine this season, but fishermen and processors say the higher limit won't do much to sustain their industry.
A regional regulatory committee voted Thursday in South Portla......
2012-01-19 16:58:27
A Colorado cantaloupe grower whose farm was identified by federal authorities as the source of a listeria outbreak that killed 30 people last year was fined by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday for failing to provide safe migrant worker housing.
The federa......
2012-01-19 15:56:01
ABDI GULED,Associated PressKATHARINE HOURELD,Associated Press
Six months after the U.N. declared Somalia's capital a famine zone, the number of refugees in the capital is dwindling, as most of the men have gone home to try to revive devastated herds and withered crops.
The women -- and the kids -- would like to join them, b......
2012-01-19 13:56:06
A Muslim death row inmate has settled a lawsuit that accused the Ohio prison system of denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners.
Ohio had previously decided to remove all pork products from prison menus ......
2012-01-19 10:23:59
Libya's players will enjoy a taste of home despite being away at the African Cup of Nations.
Tunisian chef Salah Mrad will prepare halal meat and traditional north African dishes such as couscous and chicken meshui to ensure the squad has a familiar diet at the t......
2012-01-19 06:48:57
It's not easy going home. Particularly if you're a behemoth commercial enterprise and home is a quaint, historic town.
The first store of the upscale cookware giant Williams-Sonoma was here in the heart of wine country. But only for two years, as founder Chuck Wi......
2012-01-19 10:20:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
The developer behind a Giant Food store in Ephrata Township again has asked local officials to consider changing their zoning ordinance to accommodate its construction project. An attorney for Ephrata GF asked the board of supervisors earlier this month to consider amending its ordinance to ......
2012-01-18 20:54:00
RYAN ROBINSON
Police are investigating six armed robberies in Lancaster County in the past week that could be related, they said.
A handgun was displayed in all of them, but police did not report any injuries in the robberies.
"We are certainly looking at the possibility that they may all be co......
2012-01-18 22:08:00
JEFF HAWKES
Kiss the January blahs goodbye with the tang of a moro orange.
Jonathan Steffy is cutting into one now. His blade cleaves the pitted skin, revealing startlingly luscious crimson flesh, a cranberryish hue that puts pink grapefruit to shame.
"Try it," he says, offering a piece that ......
2012-01-18 00:38:56
An anti-whaling group says three of its members suffered minor injuries when they attempted to slow a Japanese harpoon boat in the Antarctic Ocean.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says the Japanese crew threw grappling hooks on Wednesday when activists approach......
2012-01-17 17:39:00
CHAD UMBLE
Pour Girls Restaurant & Bar has opened at 11 Green Tree Road in Quarryville after a renovation of what had been the Green Tree Inn.
Owners are George and Lisa Smith along with Scott and Kathy Groff. Since April, they have overseen renovations that restored the 18th century inn south o......
2012-01-17 21:17:36
Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, makes no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV.
She said she isn't changing the com......
2012-01-17 18:13:32
Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, is making no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV.
She said she isn't changing the......
2012-01-17 17:42:00
DAINA SAVAGE
ROASTED CARROT RED CURRY SOUP
From Phoebe Lapine: This roasted carrot soup involves almost no cooking. You stick the carrots in the oven to roast, then pull them out and immediately puree them in a blender or food processor with the liquids. By roasti......
2012-01-17 17:42:00
DAINA SAVAGE
It may have started with a middle school battle for the best oatmeal cookie, but enterprising friends Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress have created their own cooking niche with their witty and whimsical take on everything Epicurean for those with limited resources.
Their blog, "Big Girls......
2012-01-17 17:06:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Cheesy Cheddar Burger, the new headline attraction on Wendy's 99-cent Everyday Value Menu. This is everything you want on the bargain board — big flavor, big fill-up and so cheap you can stuff yourself silly for five bucks.
Wendy's has remodeled its 99-......
2012-01-17 17:04:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
My kids love this, and so do I, but it is so full of fat. Can you adjust it to reduce the fat a bit? Thanks — Carol, Minneapolis
TUNA CASSEROLE
8 ounces noodles
1/2 cup diced celery
1 stic......
2012-01-17 15:17:27
New England fishermen have been casting their nets in the cold Gulf of Maine waters since the northern shrimp season began Jan. 2, but their season could be cut short this winter if their catches are too strong.
Regulators are meeting Thursday to assess where the......
2012-01-17 13:26:32
Cookware giant Williams-Sonoma wants to go home.
But the $3 billion chain is facing opposition over a new store at the original downtown Sonoma site.
Ninety-seven-year-old Chuck Williams opened his first store on Broadway in 1956. He introduce......
2012-01-17 07:43:49
Celebrity chef and Food Network star Paula Deen is teaming with drugmaker Novo Nordisk to launch a program that aims to help people live with Type 2 diabetes and promote a Novo diabetes drug.
The program is called Diabetes in a New Light and offers tips on food p......
2012-01-17 04:14:56
A New Zealand farm lobby group says sheep shearing has the potential to become an Olympic demonstration sport. Just don't count on seeing it at London next summer or Rio in 2016.
The "time has come to elevate shearing's sporting status to the ultimate world ......
2012-01-17 03:51:01
A New Zealand farm lobby group says sheep shearing has the potential to become an Olympic demonstration sport. But don't count on that happening anytime soon.
The "time has come to elevate shearing's sporting status to the ultimate world stage," the New......
2012-01-16 14:55:58
Ohio is becoming the Munich of the Midwest, with growing numbers of beer festivals highlighting an expanding array of breweries.
"It seems like I could involve us in some kind of festival twice each weekend, maybe four times during the summer," said Fre......
2012-01-16 03:50:26
India's chronically high inflation cooled to 7.5 percent in December thanks to lower food costs, but economists warn that India is still plagued by supply bottlenecks that are likely to keep prices rising.
India's headline inflation has been above 9 percent nearl......
2012-01-15 00:20:00
JON RUTTER
One morning in the spring of 2010, two black SUVs rolled down the long dirt lane to Dan Allgyer's dairy farm in Kinzers. Federal Food and Drug Administration agents emerged. Samples of raw milk were confiscated from a cooler. One year later, the FDA asked a court to bar Allgyer fro......
2012-01-15 00:06:00
CATHY MOLITORIS
Patti LaBelle may be known for the disco anthem "Lady Marmalade." But now, thanks to her culinary prowess, the singer also can be called "the lady of the marmalade" or at least "of the barbecue sauce." LaBelle, who has enjoyed a 50-year career as an R&B singer, has branched out into......
2012-01-15 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
To say chef Scott Martino is a busy guy would be an understatement. He helps to run a Lancaster-based specialty foods business, Cortazzo Foods, which markets such goodies as Italian sauces. (Does arrabbiata make your mouth water?) He keeps busy giving culinary demonstrations, making guest ap......
2012-01-15 00:02:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
When I was a kid, my friends and I spent a lot of time in "the woods." Growing up in the north end of Columbia was great, as we could reach the river or Chickies Rock and the surrounding wooded areas in five or 10 minutes. One of the things we often tried to do was cook a meal as part of our adve......
2012-01-14 14:55:42
Which food revelation was more shocking this week?
Did it blow you away that low levels of a fungicide that isn't approved in the U.S. were discovered in some orange juice sold here? Yawn. Or was it the news that Brazil, where the fungicide-laced juice originated......
2012-01-13 20:06:57
Dublin didn't invent Dr Pepper, but no other place has embraced the soft drink quite like it has.
A dozen or so signs and murals around town tout the virtues of the local version of the drink, Dublin Dr Pepper, which was first bottled in Dublin in 1891, six years......
2012-01-13 16:04:51
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2012-01-13 14:20:44
Firefighters rescued a western Pennsylvania farmer from a silo after he sunk neck deep in shelled corn.
The Indiana Gazette (http://bit.ly/zvtdvk ) reports that Gerald Spence got stuck Thursday afternoon as he was loading corn on his farm about 50 miles northeast......
2012-01-13 13:05:27
Bryan Voltaggio stands in his restaurant, Volt, arms folded. He doesn't break a smile, a frown or a sweat.
It's the same modest, soft-spoken persona that became his trademark on Season 6 of Bravo's "Top Chef," which portrayed him in stark contrast to th......
2012-01-13 12:27:14
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2012-01-13 10:19:14
It seems an unlikely concept: teenagers forgoing the immediacy of a McDonald's Big Mac to don an apron, grab a meat patty and learn how to cook their own lower-fat version in the kitchen.
But for a group of students at the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota,......
2012-01-12 17:31:00
TIM MEKEEL
Lots of folks start the new year vowing to trim excess weight.
Jack Treier Inc. Moving & Storage is vowing to trim excess space.
The company has acquired the former Ritter Food Service property in Mount Joy Borough for $1.95 million, according to courthouse records. The 44,000......
2012-01-12 10:58:00
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP -- Meatballs are not taken lightly in the Balkans. Recipes are prized. Favorite restaurants and chefs are endlessly debated. The merits of regional variations can fuel an argument as sizzling hot as a grill itself.
But only one man in Roman......
2012-01-12 10:57:56
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP -- Meatballs are not taken lightly in the Balkans. Recipes are prized. Favorite restaurants and chefs are endlessly debated. The merits of regional variations can fuel an argument as sizzling hot as a grill itself.
But only one man in Roman......
2012-01-12 10:23:47
Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it alerted the Food and Drug Administration after it discovered via testing its own and competitors' products that some Brazilian growers had sprayed their orange trees with a fungicide that is not approved for use in the U.S.
The FDA ......
2012-01-12 09:05:30
A dog pound in northwest Ohio has said goodbye to a guest more appropriate for a barnyard.
The Paulding County dog warden took in a pot-bellied pig for a few days this week after a woman who'd been sitting for the animal got stuck with him when the owners wouldn'......
2012-01-11 21:26:03
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- One of the most visible symbols of Haiti's earthquake will soon be dismantled as officials relocate nearly 20,000 people from a tent camp outside the collapsed National Palace, the government said Wednesday.
President Michel Martelly......
2012-01-11 19:46:48
Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene swept away some bales of hay Doug Turner grew to feed his dairy cows and ripped open others, contaminating them with muddy water. When the water receded, he had to mow down a third of his corn, which had turned brown and moldy.
......
2012-01-11 19:25:55
Agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced plans Wednesday to cut 1,000 mostly salaried jobs as it navigates volatile global crops markets.
The move will cut 15 percent of the Decatur-based company's corporate staff, about 3 percent of its tot......
2012-01-11 18:28:57
The widening quality problems at health giant Johnson & Johnson have former regulators and analysts mystified, as yet another J&J business -- at least the seventh -- has come under scrutiny.
The lapses are hard to reconcile with J&J's image: It's the ......
2012-01-11 16:48:20
The man accused by U.S. authorities of plotting to bomb Florida nightclubs and a sheriff's office met with radical Islamists during visits to his native Kosovo, a senior official in the country said Wednesday.
International agencies had alerted Kosovo authorities......
2012-01-11 16:35:27
The maker of Twinkies, Sno Balls and Wonder Bread is trying to lose the fat.
Hostess Brands is hoping to cut its high costs as it heads back into bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a decade.
Hostess has enough cash to keep ......
2012-01-11 15:57:01
The Trimble, Tenn., Board of Mayor and Aldermen has authorized a 9,000-square-foot distillery in the town on the Dyer-Obion county line.
The proposal now awaits state and federal approval, according to the State Gazette of Dyersburg (http://bit.ly/wSPWZJ).
......
2012-01-11 15:46:25
The man accused by U.S. authorities of plotting to bomb Florida nightclubs and a sheriff's office met with radical Islamists during visits to his native Kosovo, a senior official in the country said Wednesday.
International agencies had alerted Kosovo authorities......
2012-01-11 14:39:34
Customers of Pennsylvania's state-owned liquor stores can expect to see prices increase in the coming months on hundreds of wine and liquor products after a vote Wednesday by the Liquor Control Board.
The 3-0 vote to approve suppliers' requests ended an 18-month ......
2012-01-11 14:32:45
1925: Hostess brand is founded when Continental Baking Co. buys Taggart bakery, which makes Wonder Bread
1930: Interstate Baking Co., which later buys Continental Baking Co., is founded in Kansas City, Mo.
1930: Twinkies sponge cakes are inven......
2012-01-11 14:01:41
Federal regulators have warned Johnson & Johnson that it could face fines and other sanctions for selling faulty insulin pumps and delaying disclosures of serious injuries to diabetics who used them.
The Food and Drug Administration ordered J&J's Animas C......
2012-01-11 13:24:55
FOSTER KLUG,Associated PressHYUNG-JIN KIM,Associated Press
North Korea signaled Wednesday it remains open to suspending uranium enrichment in exchange for U.S. food aid, a deal that appeared imminent before leader Kim Jong Il died last month.
The North complained that the United States had "drastically" changed......
2012-01-11 13:01:38
Rick Perry is pouring on the down-home charm as he seeks a campaign revival in South Carolina, betting that geographic kinship will pay off now that the GOP presidential race is finally shifting to his comfort zone.
The Texas governor has settled in for two solid......
2012-01-11 11:32:56
Customers of Pennsylvania's state-owned liquor stores can expect to see prices increase in the coming months on hundreds of wine and liquor products after a vote Wednesday by the Liquor Control Board.
The 3-0 vote to approve suppliers' requests ended an 18-month ......
2012-01-11 09:19:45
"The Underside of Joy" (Dutton), by Sere Prince Halverson: If joy was a pool, there was a time when Ella Beene "did backflips in the deep end of happiness." And then suddenly, too soon, it was as if she hit her head on the diving board and everything came to a cr......
2012-01-11 08:12:40
Two more businessmen associated with the massive $800 million fraud scheme at a defunct western Pennsylvania soft drink company have each been ordered to spend five years in prison.
Former Le-Nature's Inc. chief operating officer Jonathan Podlucky and North Carol......
2012-01-11 06:37:53
When Eric Pierart takes in the chaotic wiggling of thousands of hens caged in his renovated barn, he's reminded of how tough it is for Europe to unite on anything.
And how much time it takes.
A dozen years after the European Union set Jan. 1, ......
2012-01-11 06:37:50
When Eric Pierart takes in the chaotic wiggling of thousands of hens caged in his renovated barn, he's reminded of how tough it is for Europe to unite on anything.
And how much time it takes.
A dozen years after the European Union set Jan. 1, ......
2012-01-11 02:03:08
Authorities in California are looking into animal rights activists' claims that they caused the fire that destroyed 14 big-rig tractors and several trailers at the state's biggest beef processor.
Activists claimed responsibility for the fire at Harris Farms in an......
2012-01-10 16:46:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a 99-cent "Dollar Stretcher" order of six hush puppies, the unsung hero of the seafarin' side-dish industry, at America's No. 1 fishmonger drive-thru, Long John Silver's, with 1,200 restaurants from sea to shining sea.
Hush puppies are, simply put, fried cornme......
2012-01-10 16:37:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
This soup is so good, but so fattening! It's like eating a loaded baked potato! Can you help? — Adam, Cleveland
POTATO SOUP
5 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 onion, chopped
1 small carrot, ch......
2012-01-10 10:28:18
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2012-01-08 00:02:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
I've written quite a bit lately about holiday traditions and the menus and foods we share with our family. I have one more, the one my wife and I have shared on past New Year's Eves. This is a simple supper, and it's one of my favorites. We make classic Maryland-style crab cak......
2012-01-06 21:16:00
LAURA KNOWLES
Spyros Staikos is fascinated by language.
The 18-year-old Hempfield High School senior speaks three languages — English, Greek and Spanish. He hopes to attend college with a dual major in linguistics and cognitive science. Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins are among the universities he is......
2012-01-05 15:21:00
RAY GRUNNERT
The Temple Avenue quartet, an all-star youth band, will perform a free concert Friday at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church's Shirk Hall, 140 E. Orange St. (Cherry Street entrance).
Pianist Colin Mekeel and drummer Austin Wagner, both of Lancaster; Mohnton saxophonist Seth Ebersole and H......
2012-01-04 22:28:00
DAN NEPHIN
While the giving season might almost be over, area nonprofits say they are still in need. "The holidays may have ended, but people come to the Water Street Mission every day for help," Water Street Mission spokeswoman Maria Schaszberger said. The mission saw a 25 percent ......
2012-01-03 18:05:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
To create a ketchup, you need a fruit base, a sweetener, acid/vinegar, flavorings and spices. Some suggested ingredients are:
Tomato/Fruit: vine-ripened, pear tomato, mango, banana, green tomato or yellow tomato
Sweetener: agave, honey, raw brown sug......
2012-01-03 18:05:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
Ketchup is the mother sauce of the U.S., according to John Zuwiala, owner of Joe's Famous American Kitchen.
"It's the base of so many other sauces," Zuwiala said. "People really downplay it's importance."
According to Webster's New World Dictionary, ketchup is defined as "a sauce ......
2012-01-03 17:47:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a long lost conquering hero, the 99-cent Beefy Crunchy Burrito, at America's No. 1 Mexican-style drive-through, Taco Bell, with 5,600 restaurants in all 50 states north of the border.
The Beefy Crunchy Burrito was introduced in 2010 as an "LTO" — biz talk......
2012-01-03 17:44:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
I love these cookies, but I'd love the fat to be reduced! Can you help? — Freda, Santa Barbara, California
OATMEAL CRANBERRY BARS
1 1/4 cups margarine, divided use
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar, divided use...
2011-12-31 19:02:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
You might ask, "How can you grill sauerkraut?" Well ... I actually baked it on the grill, with very good results. The real star, though, was the pork. Now I'll tell you, I have tried preparing pork and sauerkraut many ways over the years, and I always come back to the way a former co-worker ......
2011-12-31 19:00:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Dennis Ayala takes great pride in the heritage of this generous dish, which reflects his ancestral ties to Puerto Rico. "I was born and raised here," the Lancaster resident said, but his father's family came to the area in 1952, making them one of the first Puerto Rican families in the Garde......
2011-12-27 17:05:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a large order of new fries at the world's No. 2 burger slinger, Burger King, with 12,400 restaurants hither, thither and yon.
This "new fries" thing is becoming steady work for the Drive-Thru Gourmet. It seems each week I'm test-driving new natural salted fries......
2011-12-27 16:55:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
I love this soup. I seldom make it because it is so high in calories. Would you please make it less of a guilt trip? Thank you in advance from my hips. — Claire Corbett, The Villages, Florida
SHE-CRAB SOUP
1/4 pound butter...
2011-12-24 16:02:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
To say that Sweden in December is cold would be redundant. But the fragrant Nordic mulled holiday punch called glögg is sure to warm the chilliest winter nights, whether you're in Scandinavia or right here in Lancaster County. It's perfect for those parties that count down to the New Ye......
2011-12-24 16:00:00
JEFF THAL, Talking Fresh
Monday, the day after Christmas, is Boxing Day. I had never heard of this. Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish home, I thought boxing was a sport, and that it happened on Friday nights. So when my wife tried to explain Boxing Day, I was more than a little perplexed. A holiday the day after......
2011-12-22 15:16:00
LAURA KNOWLES
From Lancaster County cheddar cheeses, smoked hams, scrapple, sauerkraut, shoofly pie and sand tarts to English Wensleydale cheese dotted with cranberries, Spanish Serrano ham, Hawaiian Red Alaea sea salt, Swiss raclette cheese and French foie gras, S. Clyde Weaver has come a long way.
On......
2011-12-20 17:54:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a featured MOS Burger at Japan's No. 1 homegrown burger chain, MOS Burger, with 1,401 restaurants in the Land of the Rising Sun. And speaking of sunrise, the breakfast menu is available until 11 a.m.
MOS Burger, started in 1972 by a Japanese businessman who was......
2011-12-20 17:39:00
LYNN SCHMIDT
All the proceeds from "Favorite Recipes from Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Preschool" will go toward its youth group's 2012 mission trip to Charleston, West Virginia. In addition to familiar offerings, the cookbook serves up a bit of humor, too, with its recipe for Elephant Stew and Off The Diet C......
2011-12-20 17:33:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,
Could you revise this for me? — Betty, Birmingham, Alabama
HASH BROWN POTATO CASSEROLE
1 bag (2 pounds) hash brown potatoes
1/2 cup onions, chopped
1 package (10 ounces) cheddar cheese, gr......
2011-12-18 21:53:00
BETH ANNE HEESEN
Skip Martin Jr. knew something that Yolanda's neighbors didn't when he delivered a 100-pound box of food to her home in Manor Township on Sunday.
The box was one of 550 that Martin and hundreds of other volunteers had packed at Columbia No. 1 Fire Department before personally delivering t......
2011-12-18 00:06:00
ALEX WENGER
Eden's Bowl has three simple goals:
• Get farmers the prices they want.
• Get commercial and institutional customers the fresh produce they want.
• Get that fresh produce directly from those farmers to custo......
2011-12-18 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
We're going to keep the introduction to this dish short, because this recipe is long. But it is so worth it. And it's really not complicated to make; it just takes time, as do all good things. Taylor Mason, the chef/proprietor who runs Ma(i)son restaurant on North Prince Street in Lancaster ......
2011-12-18 00:02:00
BILL CLARK, Clarkie on the Grill
Ah, Christmas morning. You just want to open presents and take it easy. But wait a minute. Your stomach's starting to rumble. You need to eat but probably don't want to get into a big kitchen mess. After all, this is a day to relax. OK, here's the solution: Dig out your George Forema......
2011-12-17 23:15:00
ROXANNE TODD
The only thing missing was the snow, but even that didn't stop Santa Claus from making his way to TownsEdge Shopping Village in Quarryville via fire truck Friday evening for the first community tree lighting ceremony. About 250 people turned out to enjoy holiday songs performed by the Smith ......
2011-12-15 14:46:00
BY KATHLEEN DAMINGER
Caroling, caroling ... Friday
It's Christmas time in the city! And while soon it will be Christmas day, there's still time to make merry, sing carols and cross some names off your shopping list -- all in downtown Lancaster. Friday at 7:15 p.m., Music for Everyone is hosting a holiday sing......
2011-12-15 14:41:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Earlier this year, Chef Robert Irvine got out of Dodge.
Only to land this week in Quarryville.
If you're a fan of the Food Network, you know we're talking about Irvine's reality makeover show "Restaurant: Impossible," in which eateries in trouble or in need of a facelift get a sec......
2011-12-14 08:38:00
Staff
Chef Robert Irvine and his "Restaurant Impossible" crew will be filming at Valley View Restaurant in Quarryville Friday, after a two-day, $10,000 rehab. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the "reveal." For reservations, call 548-2828. The show, which airs on the Food Network, is currently in its ......
2011-12-13 17:36:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Big Dinner Box at the world's No. 1 pizza chain, Pizza Hut, with 6,000 restaurants across the U.S. and another 5,600 in 94 countries. That's global domination. It's like Pizza Hut played Domino's and Papa John's in a game of Risk and won — big.
The Big ......
