AltWeeklies Wire
Eatin' the Outdoorsnew
Whole Systems Design creates scenery you can chew on.
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
05-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
Meet the Fake Farmersnew
Some roadside stands are reselling grocery produce.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
05-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
Food Scientist Grant Achatz Gets a Close-upnew
Chicago Tribune magazine gives the chef the Glamour Shot treatment.
Chicago Newcity |
Michael Nagrant |
05-02-2007 |
Food+Drink
Inside the Future of Food Marketingnew
First Flavor's Peel 'n Taste strips replicate the flavor of a product using flavor-profiling technology.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lisa Tauber |
04-24-2007 |
Food+Drink
Starved for Changenew
It's not too late to stave off food disaster, but it's long past the time to put public cash into urban farming.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
04-20-2007 |
Food+Drink
A Better Glass of Milknew
Quality keeps small dairies competitive with factory farms.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
04-20-2007 |
Food+Drink
St. Louis' Wine Masternew
Chris Hoel, Monarch's wine director, aims to become the world's 125th Master Sommelier -- and St. Louis' first.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
04-20-2007 |
Food+Drink
How To Be a Better Restaurant Customernew
After a particularly grueling night, there's nothing we weary wait-people like more than bitching about annoying customers. We wish we could tell them just how a good customer behaves -- luckily, I'm a writer.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kia Momtazi |
04-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wine-buying Guide for First Datesnew
It's just grape juice, but this flowchart helps you decide how much to spend.
Weekly Alibi |
Andres Torrez |
04-10-2007 |
Food+Drink
A Matter of Trustnew
An Iron Chef devotee makes a pilgrimage to Philadelphia's Morimoto.
Colorado Springs Independent |
David Torres-Rouff |
04-05-2007 |
Food+Drink
When it's Chic to Buy Localnew
Fickle consumers see local as the new organics -- and Wal-Mart is ready to pounce.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Pie in the Sky?new
With demand for organics outstripping supply, is it possible to run a completely organic restaurant and still make money? Michael Altenberg thinks he has the answer -- and it's pizza.
Chicago Reader |
Nicholas Day |
03-13-2007 |
Food+Drink
What Does Your Choice of Grocery Store Say About You?new
The weekly shopping run has become inextricably bound up with the modern shopper's identity -- the choice is about money, certainly, but it's also about tribe.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
03-08-2007 |
Food+Drink
Tags: supermarkets, Whole Foods
Foie Fightnew
Both parties in an animal-rights-related lawsuit live in California, but it's being decided in Chicago, foie-gras central.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
03-06-2007 |
Food+Drink
On Whole Foods' Conglomerationnew
Just last week, Wild Oats got a bucket of pig's blood poured on its head like Sissy Spacek in Carrie. Whole Foods is calling it a "merger" ... right -- just change the "g" to a "d" and squint a little to see the truth.
Portland Phoenix |
Jessica Porter |
03-02-2007 |
Food+Drink
