AltWeeklies Wire

Idaho School Lunches Surprisingly Healthynew

More than 70 percent of our schools in Idaho are serving locally grown food, but nobody knows about it.
Boise Weekly  |  Tara Morgan  |  08-29-2011  |  Food+Drink

A Watered-Down Beer Billnew

Some activists contend that a new California law banning caffeinated beer and malt liquor didn't go far enough.
East Bay Express  |  Ellen Cushing  |  08-24-2011  |  Food+Drink

The Time is Ripe for Urban Fruit Foragingnew

Mid-August is the sticky sweet thick of wild fruit season. Though red and black currants have come and gone, scattering their pea-sized fruit along the banks of the river, plums, apricots, blackberries and apples are currently coming on in spurts.
Boise Weekly  |  Tara Morgan  |  08-22-2011  |  Food+Drink

The Seeded Side of New Orleansnew

An independent school in the traumatized Lower Ninth Ward has taken root in a washed out grocery store. Helping local youth succeed while revitalizing a neighborhood, Our School at Blair Grocery focuses on life skills, farming, environmental studies, and history.
Weekly Alibi  |  Ari LeVaux  |  08-16-2011  |  Food+Drink

Preparing for an Allergen-Free School Yearnew

There's little that strikes fear in the heart of parents of children with food allergies like the start of a new school year. That was certainly the case for me five years ago when I packed the backpack of my son, who is allergic to nuts, loaded up his inhaler, Benadryl and EpiPen for the first week of kindergarten.
INDY Week  |  Joyce Clark Hicks  |  08-15-2011  |  Food+Drink

Cage Fightnew

A deal is struck between the Humane Society of America and the United Egg Producers which will significantly increase the amount of space chickens have to spread their wings and be chickens. But not for 18 years.
Weekly Alibi  |  Ari LeVaux  |  08-15-2011  |  Food+Drink

American Sardinenew

It’s getting harder to justify eating seafood. But wild sardines are a tasty, cheap, and guilt-free pleasure. This column explores how and why to cook sardines.
Weekly Alibi  |  Ari LeVaux  |  08-15-2011  |  Food+Drink

Robbing the Compost Pilenew

Everybody’s eating offal these days. But while the masses crawl over each other to grab the last pickled trotter or poached nasal passages, remember that plants have edible but unused parts too. From spinach root salad to quinoa with carrot tops, this column gives you plenty of options.
Weekly Alibi  |  Ari LeVaux  |  08-12-2011  |  Food+Drink

The Storied History of Beer Brewing in Idahonew

Back in 1888, Idaho had 33 breweries scattered across the territory, but the excitement then was fueled not by cream ales but by gold and the unquenchable thirst of camp miners.
Boise Weekly  |  Guy Hand  |  08-10-2011  |  Food+Drink

A New Latin Quarternew

Michael Joe on how Vietnamese-Americans in eastern New Orleans are adapting to the area's new Hispanic population, and vice versa
Gambit  |  Michael Joe  |  08-09-2011  |  Food+Drink

Welcome to Creative Loafing's new beer columnnew

First Draft with the Wrecking Bar's Bob Sandage
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Austin L. Ray  |  08-01-2011  |  Food+Drink

Sudsy Libationsnew

There's more to the world of beer cocktails than shots and chasers.
Charleston City Paper  |  T. Ballard Lesemann  |  07-27-2011  |  Food+Drink

Hot in the Kitchennew

As Cleveland's food scene explodes, more chefs are getting burned.
Cleveland Scene  |  Douglas Trattner  |  07-20-2011  |  Food+Drink

Radio Snack: Food on the airwaves in Austinnew

Radio remains important to many people as a source of information, entertainment, and tribal connection. Music, news, sports, politics, gossip, religion, drama, and humor all have places across the spectrum of what we still call the dial. Food is no exception.
Austin Chronicle  |  MM Pack  |  07-15-2011  |  Food+Drink

The Big Cheesenew

Vermont farmers consider the price, and sustainability, of dairy goats.
Seven Days  |  Corin Hirsch  |  07-11-2011  |  Food+Drink

Narrow Search

Category

Narrow by Date

  • Last 7 Days
  • Last 30 Days
  • Select a Date Range