Beyond mere terroir
Dirt plays an important role in the food world because much of what we eat grows in the soil, and foodstuffs ranging from coffee to carrots have aficionados who tout the 'terroir' of the soil coming through in the…
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A new food museum to add to your bucket list
If you needed another reason to place a vacation to Rome on your bucket list, we just learned about a new museum dedicated to cooking that just opened in this storied city. Like a good antipasto platter, it contains a…
The price of coffee
If I ask you the question "how much does a cup of coffee cost?", you can probably rattle off an answer in seconds. Of course the cost varies on whether you are making it at home, buying it at a gas station, or…
Food news antipasto
Jerry Seinfeld is busy creating a new movie that revolves around food. The film from the famed comedian is tackling a subject that you might not think merits full cinematic treatment: titled Unfrosted, the comedy…
Food delivery is looking up
Evolution in food delivery systems escalated during the pandemic, with people moving in droves to online shopping, curbside pickup, and contactless home delivery. Now an Australian supermarket is aiming even higher when…
Spice support: sumac
Although sumac is most closely associated with Middle Eastern foods, the plants that produces the tart berries, the Rhus genus of the Anacardiaceae family, grow all over the world. You can learn this fact and more as…
Mardi Gras returns to New Orleans
Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday (aka Mardi Gras) and festivities are in full force in New Orleans after a pause in 2021 due to Covid. Celebrated as the last extravagance before the austere days of Lent, Mardi Gras features…
Food news antipasto
Let's start off this week with a timeline cleanse. This one comes to us from Taste of Home, which recently assembled a pairing of classic American desserts with zodiac signs. As a Boston cream pie-loving Aquarius, I…
The internet is adoring this restaurant review
Restaurant critics like Ruth Reichl, Jay Rayner, Pete Wells, and the late Jonathan Gold are known for crafting eloquent and thoughtful reviews of the world's top restaurants. But what happens when an everyday person…
RUSA publishes a list of essential cookbooks for 2022
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is a division of the American Library Association. RUSA serves all types of libraries in reference, user services, adult readers advisory and collection development The…
EatingWell Magazine to end print publication
Another longstanding culinary magazine is moving to digital-only. Dotdash Meredith, which publishes EatingWell, announced that effective immediately, that magazine along with Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, Health,…
Inside the Ebony test kitchen
For those interested in culinary history, a new exhibition in New York City's Harlem neighborhood needs to be on your visiting list. African/American: Making the Nation’s Table, opens on February 23 at the Africa Center…