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Farmed Fish Debatenew
Restaurateurs take a pledge to only serve wild salmon as the farmed vs. wild fish debate heats up. Sea lice, anyone?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: farmed salmon, wild salmon
Is That Beef You're Eating Really Safe?new

The Sunshine State sits squarely in the middle of the controversy over the safety of the meat supply. A growing number of people -- many of them doctors and scientists -- question whether American beef is safe from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as BSE or mad cow disease. Little testing and lenient feed regulations mean no one can answer the question for sure.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
06-26-2008 |
Food+Drink
Put Local Tomatoes to Good Usenew

Don't fear the fruit. Try farmers' market find in these recipes for tomato juice and gazpacho.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-26-2008 |
Food+Drink
Island Mighty: A Brief History of Tiki Drinksnew

You might have had some vague notion that fruity rum drinks and kitschy island decor originated in some long-ago era, like the '60s. Try 1934. Includes recipe for a Shrunken Skull.
Dig Boston |
Barbara West, Hanky Panky and Pinky Gonzales |
06-26-2008 |
Food+Drink
Meet the Folks Behind the San Diego County Fair Foodnew
Fair food is famous. "Notorious" is probably a better word. As if deep-fried Twinkies and frybread weren't enough, this year, Koolickles (Kool-Aid-marinated pickles), deep-fried SPAM and deep-fried frog legs were added to the menu.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: Frankly Frenchnew
Don't be fooled by the German trappings
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Pair that Burger with Winenew

The notion of promoting wines as burger partners had its almost-perverse appeal.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Did Hannah Bea's Close Because of Gentrification?new

When the restaurant does shut down, owner Anita Smith will owe taxpayers $143,000. But don't expect contrition from Smith; she's far too angry at the Portland Development Commission and gentrification for the uncertainty she says is driving the closure.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
An Afternoon in Napa: Your Plan for 'Adult Disneyland'new
Napa Valley's scenery, and more importantly its wines, can be truly transporting. I suggest going on a weekday afternoon (come on, you can play hooky for a few hours this summer, can't you?) and visiting two wineries at most.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Recipe: Mini BLTsnew

These mini-BLTs are complicated enough to trigger surprise and smiles, yet simple enough for a home chef to make pretty easily. Potential variations on the recipe abound, if you're the type to find fun in cutesy culinary experiments.
Seven Days |
Meghan Dewald |
06-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Recipes: Peach Pot Pie and Peach Brandynew

Make the most of a summer delicacy with these two recipes.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: Groovy Grünernew
When I overheard those "in the know" praising a grape nicknamed GruVee (GROO vee), I perked up. I wondered if it merited the word that coddled groovy childhood memories. Then, after some research, I realized it needs the nickname -- its tongue-twisting title is tough to pronounce, and it hails from a country few can find on a map: Grüner Veltliner (GREW ner VELT liner) from Austria.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
06-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, Grüner Veltliner
Pairing Your Music with Your Winenew
The music you listen to while drinking really can significantly affect the taste of wine. Researchers in the Applied Psychology department at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh have found that, in fact, certain music really does go with certain wine.
Isthmus |
Anne Strainchamps |
06-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Dr Pepper Bootleggers of Dublin, Texasnew

Back in the 1970s, when soft-drink bottlers across the country began sweetening their sodas with high-fructose corn syrup, the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant, which is located in Dublin, about 20 miles south of Stephenville, refused to make the switch. Each bottle of Dublin Dr Pepper proudly bears the logo of Imperial Cane Sugar.
Dallas Observer |
Robb Walsh |
06-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Quiet Canadian City & the First Local Food Foray on the Continentnew
Markham -- an affluent and multicultural city of 300,000, but still close to farmland -- is going back to the future, and is well on its way to becoming Canada's first post-exurban eco-city. In June, the city becomes the first in North America to steer its food services toward local, sustainable and fair trade purchases.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
06-16-2008 |
Food+Drink