AltWeeklies Wire
Community Takes Stock of Its Foodshednew
Some are concerned that dependency on oil to ship food around the country draws Americans into conflicts overseas. Now some communities, like Missoula, Mont., are doing food assessments to evaluate the local food security scene.
Missoula Independent |
Chef Boy Ari |
08-07-2004 |
Food+Drink
Tags: agriculture, sustainable
Smoothie Operatornew
In the dog days of summer, Chef Boy Ari searches the globe for the world's best smoothie.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
08-06-2004 |
Food+Drink
Golden Potato Parachutenew
Chef Boy Ari gets to put his mouth where his money is when he's invited to cater for 35 at a five-day Rhythm retreat in the Montana wilderness.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
07-01-2004 |
Food+Drink
Comida de la Callenew
A quick look at Latin-American "street food," explaining the flavors and varieties you can find at a Latino fest
Columbus Alive |
G.A. Benton |
07-01-2004 |
Food+Drink
Season of the Garlic Flowernew
Garlic "scapes" are the stuff of epic springtime parties: Invite your friends to eat the flowers, breaded and deep-fried, or roasted in olive oil—or wrap the scapes around your wrists and traipse about like Greek gods and goddesses.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
06-17-2004 |
Food+Drink
Tags: garlic
Rice-Based Ice Cream Balls Taste Sublimenew
Mochi ice cream balls represent fusion food at its best: They’re yin and yang, East meets West, elastic and soft, ancient and new, chewy and smooth, familiar and surprising.
Columbus Alive |
G.A. Benton |
06-10-2004 |
Food+Drink
Chefs Visit James Beard Home to Create Feastnew
Unwilling to take a chance on the availability of food and condiments in New York, chefs for a Beard banquet take their support staff and most of the makings with them.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
06-08-2004 |
Food+Drink
Anti-Corporate Activists Draw Attention to Coffee Politicsnew
Coffee and the international trade that governs it affect the fate of migrant farmers, the survival of the rain-forest, and the livelihoods of independent roastmasters. In response to these concerns, a global movement to promote Fair Trade Certified coffees has emerged.
Mountain Xpress |
Stuart Gaines |
06-08-2004 |
Food+Drink
The Chef Frolics in the Fungal Jungle Looking for Morelsnew
Ari goes on a hunt with Black Dog, whose T shirt reads, "Anyone foolish enough to ask a morel plucker where he got his morels is foolish enough to believe the answer."
Missoula Independent |
Chef Boy Ari |
05-21-2004 |
Food+Drink
