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If you're a huge fan of farmers markets and you love the experience of dining out, it's time to check out a farm-to-table restaurant. These eateries are associated with the local food movement, a social campaign concerned with connecting people to what they eat and, more importantly, the farmers who grow it. Farm-to-table chefs seek out the very best ingredients from the best local farmers and Read more
Kate and the kids headed to Henry's farm to buy fresh produce in last night's episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8. Test your skills and see how closely you watched the show by taking this quiz! Can't get enough of the Gosselins? For more on the whole crew, visit the Jon and Kate Plus 8 group over in our LilSugar community! View 5 Photos › Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Source: Read more
Bobby Flay may be the world's worst horse race caller. — Grub Street Find out where Bernie Madoff used to eat. — Eater Got old school photos of your parents partying? Send them here. — Keggers of Yore The nation's top 10 food trucks. — GQ Must make: caramelized onion, potato, and blue cheese tart. — Serious Eats Ten ways to barter for food. — Chow Meet Rani Cheema, the lady Read more
Last night I attended Jack Falstaff's first Farm to Table Grower's Dinner. The special menu features seasonal ingredients from local producers. The most exciting part of the meal (besides the delicious food) is that the farmers and wine makers dine with you. I was lucky enough to speak with Audrey Sterling, the grande dame of Iron Horse vineyards. After fabulously describing the wines, she told Read more
Recently, I found myself with the prospect of being in Boulder, CO, for a long weekend. It was an opportunity that I seized faster than a dog would take leftovers. Aside from being home to the University of Colorado's flagship college campus, Boulder's also known for its food-centric, health-focused, and highly educated population — last year, it was even named America's Foodiest Town by Bon Read more
Toast to Earth Day with five eco-friendly cocktails. — Huffington Post Food Expect prices at McDonald's to go up very soon. — Bloomberg Five Guys and In-N-Out lead a better burger revolution. — NPR Meet Google Offers, the latest Groupon clone. — Eater Watch the likes of Heidi Montag open an eatery on VH1's Famous Food. — Slashfood Guess what? Table-to-farm is the new farm-to-table. Read more
Thousands of cookbooks were published in the last year, but which ones are really worth buying? The International Association of Culinary Professionals, or IACP, tackled the question as it announced its cookbook award finalists for 2012 today. Among them: plenty of cookbooks from top restaurant chefs, like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Besh, and Andrew Carmellini, as well as new books from Read more
We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. From pouring on the olive oil like the Greeks to slashing stress like the Scandinavians, what we can learn from the happiest, slimmest, longest-living cultures around the globe. The secret to a long, healthy life in America? According to longevity researchers, it may be to act like you live somewhere else. It Read more
We've got a new partnership with Padma Lakshmi! The host of the Emmy-winning Top Chef, writer, and designer started Padma Lakshmi, a social-networking site that celebrates our favorite topics including food adventures, recipes, and party planning. She'll be dishing up goodies for us here on YumSugar monthly. Today Padma offers creative ideas for cooking with pumpkin during the Winter Read more
We're excited to bring you a new post from mother and actress Tori Spelling! Every other week we're bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle advice from ediTORIal by Tori Spelling, which is Tori's daily blog about everything from food and fashion to parenting and relationships. This week, Tori shares her adventure in cutting down her own Christmas tree. I love the holidays. To me, Christmas Read more
