AltWeeklies Wire
Even in a Craft Beer Mecca, Microbrewers Are Strugglingnew
Forget oil -- the price of hops has already claimed at least one Seattle casualty.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
03-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Hooray for Chardonnaynew
The oft-derided wine is still ready for its close-up.
Isthmus |
Anne Strainchamps |
03-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Green Fairy Is Freenew
Distilling the myths and washing down the rumors of absinthe.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Matt Kettmann |
03-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Chef vs. Clocknew
As Peter Yuen heads to France for the world cup of baking, his worst enemy is time.
Chicago Reader |
Brenna Ehrlich |
03-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Ingridients for Successnew
The results are in and it's official. Vancouver's restaurant scene is good enough. It's smart enough. And, gosh darn it, people like it.
The Georgia Straight |
Carolyn Ali |
03-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
You Say Gris, I Say Grigionew
Now let's sip pinot.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
03-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
From the Valleynew
In the late 1990s, Ron Lachini and his wife moved from Northern California to Oregon's Willamette Valley to start Lachini Vineyards. The winery's first vintage was released in 2001.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Hughes |
03-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Do You Know Where Your Chicken Came From?new
We're finally digesting the deadly realities of Big Food's hidden power brokers.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
This Little Piggie Stayed Homenew
Vermont's local pork takes some snouting out, but farmers say it's sweet.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
03-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Low Mileage Mealsnew
Food grown nearby is good for you, the environment and the local economy. Plus a recipe for Garlicky Sauteed Kale.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Does the Pig in the Slaughterhouse Give a Fuck if You're Grateful to It?new
The current trendy focus on sustainable and organic meat, coupled with the recent horrific revelations about Westland Meat Company, indicate that people are thinking about it more than ever. That's a good thing. Killing sentient creatures for pleasure, gustatory or not, still isn't.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Elisa Camahort |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Save a Carrot ... Eat a Steaknew
It isn't yet politically correct to eat meat, but it is a lot less politically incorrect. The back-to-the-pasture movement is letting carnivores feel good about themselves again.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Christina Waters |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Return of the Green Fairynew
Absinthe's popularity is growing rapidly now that the century-old ban on it has been lifted.
East Bay Express |
Lorna Garano |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: absinthe
Merlot: What Goes Around ... Comes Aroundnew
Once the dallying darling of the dinner party set, merlot got its butt kicked by seven words in Sideways. But this sophisticate is making a comeback.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corporate Shopping Alternativenew
To me, the environmental benefit of community-supported agriculture has less to do with quasi-controversial "food miles" (some say that long-distance shipping can be more efficient than local trips), than it does with community involvement, and connection with my food.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
