Food drops planned for cut-off Birdsville

Two chartered aircraft will drop food and supplies into Birdsville to up to 5,000 people stranded after heavy rain.

Food fight breaks out as locavores defend turf

AFP/Washington A new food fight has stirred up the locavore movement, which promotes eating of local products, after fresh challenges to the assumption that the practice promotes environmental sustainability.

Labor Day cooking

Fire up the grill for this collection of al fresco fare. With recipes for grilled meats and vegetables, plus accompanying sides, these summer dishes will step up Labor Day barbecue. For more recipe ideas &... Cooking - Labor Day - Barbecue - Home - Holidays

Food drive urgent as middle class becomes "temporary poor"

With demand at their food pantries quadrupled since the recession began, Jewish Family and Children's Services has rolled out about 1,000 volunteers to get word out about this year's High Holiday Food Drive, a monthlong September effort to stock the nonprofit's five food pantries, including an expanded one in San Mateo. Those pantries operate less like food banks and more like small grocery ...

Wine, jazz Sept. 15 at Giralda Farms in Madison

MADISON - Wine lovers, jazz fans and arts patrons will come together for “Wines of the Americas,” a wine tasting benefit for the New Philharmonic of New Jersey from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 1 Giralda Farms in the scenic Giralda Farms office campus off Madison Avenue in Madison.

Dinning Table Dining table glass and chrome with 4....

Dinning Table Dining table glass and chrome with 4 chairs. Table is round and smoked glass. Chairs have chrome frame with cream back and seats. Cost £300. £85.00 ono more info >

Lisa Mirza Grotts: Mealtime Common Etiquette Mistakes & Dining What-If's

At the dining table, get comfortable with common etiquette Do's and Don'ts.

Food Truck Vies for National Reality Show

Among the food vendors at the Captain Redbeard's Feast was a Rochester area food truck hoping to make it in to the national spotlight.

Food cart business in Philippines booming

Patok ngayon ang mga murang food cart business na maaaring pasukin sa pamamagitan ng franchising! Nagpa-Patrol, Apples Jalandoni, TV Patrol, Linggo, Setyembre 5, 2010

Food ministry sees more new faces

Volunteers sort food Friday afternoon at Interfaith Food Ministry in Grass Valley. The center fed more than 7,000 individuals in the month of August. Jerry Bliss, a volunteer for Interfaith Food Ministry on Whiting Street in Grass Valley, checks inventory Friday afternoon.

Food & Wine wins 3 awards

The Chronicle Food & Wine section has received three awards in a national competition sponsored by the Association of Food Journalists for work published in 2009. Executive Food & Wine Editor Michael Bauer received first place for newspaper restaurant... Food - Food & Wine - Wine - Newspaper - Recreation

Food & Wine wins 3 awards

The Chronicle Food & Wine section has received three awards in a national competition sponsored by the Association of Food Journalists for work published in 2009. Executive Food & Wine Editor Michael Bauer received first place for newspaper restaurant... Food - Food & Wine - Wine - Newspaper - Recreation

Dining Center Menu

Hot meals: Elder Services of Worcester Area Inc. and Tri-Valley Elder Services Inc. sponsor a dining program on weekdays for people 60 and older.

Dining-in-the-dark eatery to make New York debut

NEW YORK -- A French restaurant group that offers pitch-dark dining is preparing to open New York's first blind eatery.

Wine Country Saddle Trees of Middletown exhibit featured in Ukiah in September

UKIAH, Calif. – The art exhibit ‘Wine Country Saddle Trees of Middletown, CA’ is exhibiting at the Art Center Ukiah for the month of September.

Food fight breaks out as locavores defend their turf

A new food fight has stirred up the locavore movement, which promotes eating of local products, after fresh challenges to the assumption that the practice promotes environmental sustainability.

Blind dining concept heads to New York

NEW YORK -- A French restaurant group that offers pitch-dark dining is preparing to open New York City's first blind eatery.

Liquor, wine prices likely to get higher

HARRISBURG — Restaurant owners are warning that liquor and wine price increases are likely following a decision by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to charge higher handling fees to wholesalers beginning next year.

Liquor and wine price hikes possible next year in Pennsylvania

Liquor and wine price hikes are on the horizon thanks to a decision by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

Food, fun and family are the main ingredients for La Festa

SCRANTON -- Food, fun and family are all part of an annual tradition in downtown Scranton that has taken place in the Electric City since 1976.

Dining out needn't mean gaining pounds

Dining out is part of everyday life, whether it’s grabbing something on the way home from work, a special occasion, a romantic meal for two or just because you feel like it! The great news is that with a few handy tips, dining out doesn’t need to mean piling on the lbs.

Wine Sept. 1

He was a wise man who said: “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Q. I drink a lot of wine as I enjoy it with dinner and at social events, but I have never had any formal training concerning wine as I just started drinking it and liked it.

Food Outlet Owners Advised On Water Quality

Food outlet owners in Christchurch are advised not to open at all if tap water in their premises is murky. The Council further advises café, restaurants owners or any food provider thinking to open for business to take extra measures as far as food preparation is concerned.

Gray Gourmet, Sept, 5, 2010

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Wine Tasting Benefits Fluvanna SPCA

People were wine tasting for Fluvanna County's SPCA Saturday afternoon at Keswick Vineyards.

Gourmet chef Tom Kitchin gives students a taste

HE IS best known for gourmet dishes in his Michelin-starred restaurant, but yesterday Edinburgh chef Tom Kitchin was slumming it with the city's beans on toast eaters as h

Wine Tasting Event Benefits Fluvanna SPCA

The Fluvanna SPCA held its second-annual wine tasting event at Keswick Vineyards on Saturday. It featured wine tasting, a dessert bar and a silent auction to help the organization.

Cooking demos at the fair

There is no shortage of delicious food at the fair. But what happens when you get back home and have to cook? Wegman's has the answer.

Wine cellars can work in any home

No basement is no excuse for not having the wine cellar of your dreams. Even in a townhouse, Ken Clark managed to carve a serious wine room out of his kitchen corner to house up to 600 bottles. "The inside is about 5 by 7 feet and has more room than...

Crab Cooking Contest winner's rule: 'No practicing'

CRISFIELD -- A woman who has taken part in the annual Crab Cooking Contest for 22 years took home her first grand prize after whipping up a crab and fresh corn gratin.

What's cooking at the Gallery

Can you smell whatâs cooking? The Douglas Gallery will be hosting its first-ever cooking class Saturday, August 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Gallery. The workshop will consist of learning to make appetizers and hor dourves from different fruits, cheeses and vegetables.

High flavor for weeknight cooking

Weeknight cooking is no time for nuance. Meals must stand and be noticed. They must cut through the clutter of weekday chaos. And they must do it quickly and without fuss, mess or toil.

Cooking For Geeks: Jeff Potter on Experimenting in the Kitchen

Jeff Potter, author of Cooking For Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks and Good Food , talks with daily podcast correspondent Cynthia Graber, and podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture left) tests your knowledge of some recent science in the news. [More]

Valet Gourmet on Broadway has front door smashed, safe stolen.

Some time early this morning, an unidentified person threw a rock through the glass front door of Valet Gourmet, an independently owned food delivery service formerly known as Blue Ridge To Go. The business has been located at its Broadway location since December of 2008. Owner Kenan Hopkins reports that this is the first troubling incident that the business has encountered, although their ...

Wine industry facing difficult few years

The wine industry has endured a tough few years, but those tough times appear not to be over just yet. Agribusiness editor Neal Wallace reports overproduction of grapes and plummeting asset values will force vineyards and wineries to amalgamate, and some to fail. read more

Cooking By The Book: Rediscovering whole-grain flours

For Kim Boyce, a Los Angeles-based food writer and former pastry chef, cooking with whole grains and whole-grain flours represented a kind of epiphany.

Judges From Cooking with Paula Deen, Better Homes and Gardens to Join Panel for 18th Annual National Gingerbread House ...

Top editors from Cooking with Paula Deen and Better Homes & Gardens have joined an elite panel of judges for the 18th Annual National Gingerbread House Competition. The competition takes place at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in scenic Asheville, N.C. on Nov. 15th. Â Cindy Cooper, the Editorial Director for Cooking with Paula Deen magazine and Erin Simpson, Associate Food Editor for Better ...

Dining@Large: Kooper's Chowhound Burger Wagon wants you to vote early and often

Elizabeth Large , The Baltimore Sun 's restaurant critic, blogs about memorable meals, dining trends, comings and goings on the restaurant scene and more.

Quality Dining hopeful for future

Mishawaka-based Quality Dining, one of the largest Burger King franchisees, is cautiously optimistic about the fast food restaurant's ownership change.

Gourmet food offered on second Bike Michiana: Benefit is for Hospice, bike coalition.

SOUTH BEND -- Mmph. A bike ride Sept. 12 will appeal to both families and serious riders where -- mmph, oh, excuse me -- you can literally pig out.