AltWeeklies Wire
Call of the Beer Cocktailnew

Looking for a refreshing summer drink? Think about adding beer to it.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
05-11-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Beer Cocktails
New to You Varietalsnew

Farmers and chefs introduce us to uncommon foods.
East Bay Express |
Cynthia Salaysay |
05-10-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: foraging, uncommon foods
Welcome to the HenHousenew

Small-batch beer brewing in Petaluma with . . . oysters?
North Bay Bohemian |
Ken Weaver |
05-10-2012 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Malbec and Manifest Destinynew

Argentina has done such a thorough job of coopting malbec, that you'd think the grape to be autochthonous. (I have always wanted to use this word, basically a fancy form of "indigenous.")
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
05-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
Apron Strings to Executive Chefnew

Executive Chef Nick Wallace's mother, Susie Marshall, instilled a love of food and cooking into her son.
Jackson Free Press |
Tom Ramsey |
05-03-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Nick Wallace chef
Let Us Praise Nutmegnew

A shrine to the aromatic spice.
INDY Week |
Victoria Bouloubasis |
05-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Jonathan Nyberg, Nutmeg
Steak Holdersnew

Vermonters can't get enough local meat — and that's good news for beef farmers.
Seven Days |
Kathryn Flagg |
04-24-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Vermont Beef, Vermont Steak
Sturgeon and Caviar Farming in Western N.C.new

La Paz farm in Caldwell County is the first of its kind in N.C. and only the fifth in the U.S. Sturgeon are being processed now, and the group expects to sell caviar by Christmas.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
04-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Caviar North Carolina, La Paz farm
Beyond the Bowlnew

Cooking with weed outside the brownie-and-gooball mold.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Felicia D'Ambrosio |
04-19-2012 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Sipping Spainnew

The Spanish economy is in the tank these days. A little mercy wine buying accordingly might be in order — and the notion may be an easier sell than a recent suggestion to do the same for Greece.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
04-13-2012 |
Food+Drink
Armie Hammer's Bird Bakery Shows Sweet Possibilitiesnew

Nestled in a quaint Alamo Heights shopping center, Bird Bakery is just as cute as its name suggests — especially if you have a thing for birds.
San Antonio Current |
Caitlin Goodspeed |
04-13-2012 |
Food+Drink
Food Swap: An Interview with Kate Paynenew

Food blogger Katy Carter picks Kate Payne's brain about food-swapping, her accidental brainchild.
NUVO |
Katy Carter |
04-13-2012 |
Food+Drink
Prime Time for Pink Slimenew

Is pink slime The Jungle 2.0, or the manufactured outrage of the moment?
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
04-12-2012 |
Food+Drink
Heat-Proofing Your Gardennew

It's gonna be a hot one! How to use edible mulch to beat the summertime heat in the garden.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
04-11-2012 |
Food+Drink
Redefining Comfort Foodnew

Taking the first bite of fried chicken or sticky-sweet barbecued ribs can transport us to a dimension where times past still exist in a kind of suspended animation.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Purvis |
04-06-2012 |
Food+Drink