Launch of Global Foodbuzz Blogger Community Shows Real-People, Real-Time Po...

Foodbuzz, Inc., officially inaugurates its food blogger community with more than 1,000 blog partners, a global food blogging event and an online platform that captures the real-people, real-time power of food...

Jam and jelly fight cancer

Pectin is known to all jam and jelly makers as an important ingredient used widely at this time of the year as folks boil up the fruit and berries that autumn brings so that we can enjoy them the year through. To...

The Passion of a New England Farm

Smolak Farm is surrounded by preservation land in a country setting in North Andover, Massachusetts. A distinct seasonal personality of New England set in a green valley surrounded with vivid warm autumn foliage. As...

3 Surprising Foods That Can Sometimes Be Poisonous (Plus 2 Tips to Stay Safe)

1. Nutmeg Four people fell ill, experiencing severe headaches and dizziness after eating an apple cake that was made from a recipe published in the August 2008 issue of the Swedish food...

Any Suggestions for Cheese $10 and Under

One of the budget killers when food shopping is a stop at the cheese counter. W1hereas in the past I could fetch many European favorites in the $8 to $12 range (per pound), these days most of them hover around $15 at least. I rarely find better buys amongst US small...

In my Glass and on My Plate: Ruffino Lunch at Bar Boulud

In a cosy private dining room downstairs at Bar Boulud a few steps from Lincoln Center, a dozen food and wine afficionados including yours truly were treated to a leisurely lunch in the gracious company of Adolfo Folonarin CEO of Ruffino who besides his long family tradition...

Take a Virtual Food Lover’s Trip Around the World From Seattle to Sydney to...

Recently, the folks at the Foodbuzz blog community helped coordinate a wonderful series of blog posts featuring two dozen of their members simultaneously celebrating some of the best regional and local foods...

Olive Oil Ingredient Reduces Hunger

An ingredient found within olive oil and other unsaturated fats has been found to prolong the time between meals."A new study in the October Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, reveals that once this type...

5 Good Reasons You Should Encourage Your Kids to Cook at an Early Age

News article after article in the news shares grim statistics about the widening waistlines and related health problems of today’s youth. Could one of the best (and most rewarding) remedies for these serious...

US implements COOL food labeling

The US has finally implemented a law that requires country-of-origin labeling on meat, fish, poultry, produce and peanuts as of September 30, 2008.  "On May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act...

UN agency appeals for $140 million to feed Zimbabweans in crisis

" 9 October 2008 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for $140 million to feed some 4 million Zimbabweans over the next six months, warning that without more funds, the agency will...

20 Tasty Blogs Guaranteed to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Here’s a list of 20 sugary blogs guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth that celebrate the world of cakes, candy, chocolate, ice cream, cup cakes, and other good (if somewhat guilt inducing) eats. As Don Kardong once said, “Without ice cream, there would be darkness and...

Local Food Celebration: The Four Corners of Carolina BBQ Road Trip

(1st Corner) Thick billows of smoke were fleeing from the windows of the gray cinder block building like spirits from an exorcism, but no shouts of alarm rose with the smoke, no sirens cut into the cool morning air. “Oh yes, oh yes,” I thought to...

A Passion For Chocolate: The Odyssey of the Co-Founder of Scharffen Berger

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” –African Proverb 19 years ago, after being diagnosed with a deadly form of lymph cancer, Harvard educated M.D. Robert Steinberg traded in his stethoscope and decided...

Like Reading About Presidential Pork? Read a Cookbook for Free: The White Hou...

Google Books has been gradually placing the full text of thousands of books online, many of them free full previews of culinary books that are either out-of-print or have been added online with the permission of their publishers. One of the former gems we’ve recently...

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