This Week's Slashfood Stories 2009-02-26 04:00:03

by POPSUGAR Food 2

We love Slashfood so much that every Thursday we round up their most delicious stories. Here are this week's finds:

• In the wake of the recession, family-owned pizza parlors may be among the last bastion of thriving businesses.
• Cheez-It introduces the new Scrabble Junior Cracker.
• The USDA hires sustainable agriculture expert Kathleen Merrigan to take the post of deputy secretary.
• Get to know sciacchetrà, Cinque Terre's most notable dessert wine.
• Michigan is providing a tax credit to help a local brewery with production of a proposed Kid Rock-branded beer.
• What parameters exist for food that's labeled "all natural"?