AltWeeklies Wire
Summertime, and Fish Salad is Easynew
In summer, salad nicoise a gift meal: easy, hearty enough to play center stage as a main dish and to stand up to full-bodied red wines, and special enough to serve when we want to show off our farmers' market riches.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
07-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
Why You're a Moron if You Don't Like Rosésnew
There is a certain type of wine drinker who thinks of himself (it is often, but not always, a man) as being above drinking pink wine. When offered a rosé, he makes a pained look and says, "I'm not really into rosés," and what he means is, "I know a little something about wine, you see, and I know that white, sweet, and above all pink wines are not real wines. And I drink real wines."
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
07-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Beer's Summer of the Can Continuesnew
Thanks to Oskar Blues, the Colorado-based brewery we recently praised for canning their brews, we're reverting to the metal vessel that, for most kids' high school years, was the definitive method of putting beer in one's body.
Weekly Alibi |
Evan George and Alex Brown |
07-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Double-Mocha Nonfat Soy Sadness: Vegas Says Goodbye to Some Starbucks Branchesnew
Upon hearing the death knell for five of my favorite local Starbucks, I set out to enjoy them all one last time before they close on July 27, and to chronicle them here, so that they're etched in history.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Stacy Willis |
07-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Minnesota Helps Solve Salmonella Mysterynew
State agriculture department traces strain that sickened 1,251 to jalapenos from Texas.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Integrity Spirits Will Fulfill Your Fantasynew
Trillium Absinthe Superiere, the latest release from small-batch distillery Integrity Spirits, is dominating the company's production these days. Stores can't keep it on the shelves, even at $60 a a bottle.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Spots to Fuel Up During Comic-Connew
For you lucky folks who get to indulge your inner geek, here are some easy-to-walk-to, easy-on-your-wallet places to refuel before, during and after the 'Con.
San Diego CityBeat |
Candice Woo |
07-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Triad of New Brewers a Testament to Coloradoans' Growing Craft-beer Affinitynew
According to the Brewers Association, Colorado ranks No. 1 in the nation for beer production, No. 2 for most craft breweries and No. 3 for craft beer output. Three newbie breweries are joining the stats.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Amanda Lundgren |
07-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Search for Toronto's Ultimate Sandwichnew
To narrow the field, we've eliminated burgers, wraps, hot dogs, hoagies, tuna melts, muffulettas and Fluffernutters.
NOW Magazine |
Steven Davey |
07-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tomato Terror: Avoid Falling Victim to Hype About Salmonellanew
It's certainly important for public-health agencies to find the source of the outbreak and for producers, purveyors, and consumers to take the appropriate precautions. It's equally important, however, to keep a realistic perspective about the situation and distinguish between facts and media hype. Is there any real reason to panic or completely quit eating these fresh vegetables?
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
07-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
How'd the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Get Texas' and Bhutan's Food So Wrong?new
Has the chef ever been to Bhutan? No. Has he ever tasted Bhutanese cooking before? No. Has he ever cooked Bhutanese food before now? No.
Washington City Paper |
Tim Carman |
07-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
State of the Cart in San Francisconew
Join us as we map the street food scene and find out why there aren't more vendors in this most food-involved and temperate of cities.
SF Weekly |
Meredith Brody |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
How Gilroy Turned a Garlic into the Country's Biggest Food Festivalnew
Today, garlic is as common in food as salt and pepper, but it wasn't always that way. Includes a recipe for babaghanouj.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
An Entrepreneur Helps Chicago Mixologists Stay on Top of Their Gamenew
Chicago is home to some of the country's best mixologists but lacks educational opportunities for those with more advanced skills, including those who've already gone through programs at places like the Siebel Institute or Bridget Albert's Academy of Spirits and Fine Service. He aims to fix that with his mixology labs.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Thiel |
07-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Craptastrophe: Record Rainfall Creates a Dung Dilemma for Farmersnew
Northeastern Missouri is home to a large number of industrial hog farms, known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Anywhere from 2,500 to 10,000 or more pigs are housed under one roof, and the millions of gallons of manure is stored onsite in uncovered manmade lagoons. The unrelenting rains haved caused the lagoons to fill to the brim.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
07-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
