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Old Boxcar gets rollingnew

Old Boxcar Brewing Co., which will become San Antonio's second microbrewery when it opens later this year, pays homage to the founder's grandfather.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
04-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Corn-tastic creation pops out of Archdalenew
In early 2010, Chad Huskey was ready for a change. The now 35-year-old Thomasville native was growing tired of the computer repair business and was looking for something more fulfilling and something he would love.
YES! Weekly |
Charles Womack |
04-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
More than muscadine: Give N.C. wines a chancenew

Oenophiles, hear my plea: I love what you do. I love what you stock. But please make room for North Carolina wines in your inventory.
INDY Week |
Amber Nimocks |
04-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Surviving (barely) a sushi-eating contestnew

I should have known it would come to this.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
04-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Homesteading 2.0new

Take your do-it-yourself skills to the next level.
East Bay Express |
Jesse Hirsch |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: vegan, mead, urban homesteading, beekeeping, Institute of Urban Homesteading, pickling, Café, DIY, Spring 2012, Back to the Roots, BioFuel Oasis, Cafe Gratitude, canning, David Critchfield, Eat Real Festival, Encuentro, fermenting, Gratitude, Heather Haxo Phillips, home-brewing, K. Ruby Blume, Mission Peak Soap, North Oakland Farmers' Market, Phat Beets Produce, Raw Foods Bay Area, The Local Butcher Shop, chicha, Taste, kombucha, sausage
The New Comfort Foodnew

Inside the meaty, fatty, deep-fried center of the East Bay's latest dining upheaval.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Big Gay Wine Trainnew

On any given weekend, dozens of wineries festoon their driveways with gaily colored balloons, hoping to attract curious travelers. So where, pray tell, are the rainbow flags? When native son Mark Vogler returned to manage online business for a wine company, he began to ask that question...
North Bay Bohemian |
James Knight |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Benefits of Pasture-Raised Meatnew

Even former vegetarians are eating it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Excellent gluten-free food free of what ails younew

That "GF" increasingly found stamped on restaurant menus doesn't stand for "girlfriend" fare. It's the mark of gluten-free cooking, and it isn't just the latest health fad.
San Antonio Current |
Liz Schau |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
White Wine Seasonnew

It's white wine weather almost all the time in San Antonio. This is vexing to those of us who tend to prefer red, but most of us can get over it.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
03-28-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: White Wine Season
Spanish Lessons in Downtown Winston-Salemnew

I took classroom Spanish for like six years, and I still suck at it.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-26-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: latin food winston-salem
Backyard Buffetnew

Can you survive on the free food growing all around you?
Orlando Weekly |
Katie Westfall |
03-22-2012 |
Food+Drink
Proposed Mexican Legislation Alarms Small Tequila Producersnew

Tequilaphiles unite!! (Mezcal lovers too.)
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
03-22-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Magic of Popcorn Makersnew

An expert with impeccable popcorn bona fides examines the history of poppers, from the Dutch oven and the Buttermatic to the Poppery II and the Whirley-Pop.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Popcorn Makers
Remix: The Moscow Mulenew
A fresh take on the classic American cocktail. Moscow’s been defanged by perestroika and capitalism, though; we’ve moved on to new bogeymen. This month's Remix reflects that with not just one new drink, but a pair of them, a drinkable Axis of Evil: the tart and refreshing Baghdad Burro and the kimchi-kicked Pyongyang Pony.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-14-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: drink recipes, Moscow Mule recipe