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Donald Trump eyes the wine business with a vineyard purchase. — Daily Dish The future of factory farming. — Huffington Post Food Taco Bell's testing taco shells made of Nacho Cheese Doritos. — Slashfood The 101 tastiest noodle dishes in America. — Grub Street NY Kroger jumps on the sustainable seafood bandwagon. — Reuters Here's how to host your first Passover Seder. — Chow Check Read more
Although most of us associate freeganism with dumpster diving, freegans actually do advocate much more than sifting through garbage for food. Madeline Nelson from freegan.info shared with me the ideology behind their lifestyle. She says, "Not all freegans are dumpster divers and not all dumpster divers are freegans. Freegans' focus is much broader and much more political — how to throw a cog Read more
A complete guide to potato varieties. — Kitchen Daily Thoughts from the latest exile of The Next Iron Chef. — The FN Dish Which star chef just underwent an emergency appendectomy? — Grub Street SF The USDA's latest problem: food stamp trafficking. — AP For an extrafun time, play this Thanksgiving drinking game. — Food Republic How to get better at homebrewing. — Serious Eats Which Read more
Today may just mark a great shift in reeducating American people about the direct connection our bodies have to our food. For the first time since 1977, Food Day, a grassroots movement whose "goal is nothing less than to transform the American diet," has a national footprint. At its core, Food Day aims to mobilize the American public to get serious about more sustainable and humane food policies Read more
Listeria-tainted cantaloupes have now affected at least 14 states including Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and California. So far, 55 infections and eight deaths have been confirmed, and even more are suspected. Local, state, and federal health experts are investigating the increasing outbreak connected to whole cantaloupes grown in the Rocky Ford-region of Colorado and shipped by Read more
Once a misunderstood diet, veganism continues to move more and more into the mainstream — it's even taken Hollywood by storm. Reasons for going vegan are probably more varied than you think: for some it's a sensitivity to meat and dairy products, while others cite animal cruelty or a strong dissatisfaction with factory farming. One thing most vegans can agree upon is that both their health and Read more
The Paleo Diet, or Caveman Diet, is gaining momentum in the fitness world as a healthy way to lose weight. My trainer is all about the Paleo Diet — a meal plan based on the dietary habits of our Paleolithic, cave-dwelling ancestors. We're talking wild game, meat, and seafood, and vegetables, fruit, seeds, and nuts. What you won't find as part of the Paleo Diet are foods that developed during Read more
