AltWeeklies Wire
Chicken Kabobsnew
A summer classic and a real char star for those who crave fire-licked meat. Serves four.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
04-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wines Spring Up: Fresh, Fruity, and Scrubby, Toonew
Not a week goes by without a clutch of new wines appearing, especially at this time of year.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
04-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
Keep On (Taco) Truckingnew
I love entry-level capitalism at its most chaotic, where the barriers to doing business are on the wispy side of minimal, where two dozen oddball eating places can be launched for less money than it would take to open a single outlet of Burger King.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
04-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Wannabee Butcher Tries Out Her Chopsnew
Some middle-aged dudes might fantasize about rock-star camp. Others will pay a mint to don big-league pinstripes and run around the field. Me, I just wanted to dismember an animal.
Seven Days |
Alice Levitt |
04-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
The New Frenchnew
To compete in the global market, both new and established importers are seeking out more unique, interesting, and value-driven wines from all over France.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
04-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
On the Tradition of Winemakingnew
Nowadays there are so few wines made from estate-grown fruit that it's a bit like finding a four-leaf clover -- but is my admiration for grapes grown, juiced, and fermented by the same individuals justified?
Artvoice |
Paula Paradise |
04-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, winemaking
On Women and Winenew
Waiter ... there's a female in my glass!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
04-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine
Why You Don't Need to Feel Guilty About Eating at 7-Elevennew
I proudly declare (from on high, if necessary) that I regularly eat pre-packaged sandwiches from 7-Eleven.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
04-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
PETA Presses Al Gore to Take on Meat-Eatingnew
For more than a year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has hassled Gore to set an example by not eating animal flesh, and more important, to use his group, the Alliance for Climate Protection, to explain that vegetarianism is an important tactic in the fight against global warming.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Alex Felsinger |
04-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Eco-Friendly Ways of Virginia's DelFosse Vineyardsnew
It has long been gospel that Virginia wines will never be organic; the sheer number of bugs and mildews pretty much necessitate spraying. But organic is sooo hippy dippy 1990s anyway; sustainability is what's hot.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
The War of the Tasty Appetite Suppressorsnew
It's the old diet doc versus the marketing gun!
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
04-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Nora Pouillon Was Organic When Organic Wasn't Coolnew
Long before "organic" and "local" were on most people's food radar, Pouillon was serving organic food at her namesake Washington, D.C. restaurant. Opened in 1979, Restaurant Nora became the first certified organic restaurant in the country in 1999.
Isthmus |
Erika Janik |
04-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Got Organic?new
Millions of dairy cows live in small pens on conventional factory farms with little or no access to grass and fresh air. Dairy farmers pump the cows with growth hormones that cause them to produce 10 times as much milk as Mother Nature intended.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Monocrops Bring Food Crisisnew
Move over, peak oil and global warming. A new crisis is exploding right now across the developing world: peak food. Rising costs for staples like rice have sparked unrest across Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa this month.
The Georgia Straight |
Alex Roslin |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Love a Ducknew
Those rascals in the Greater Belhaven "There Goes the Neighborhood" Association plan on holding their annual "White Trash Bash" as soon as it gets warm enough to wear a wife-beater.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
