Food As A Cause

Slow Food Nation is underway at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. I’m not there either. But here are a couple of articles on the dialog happening there: San Jose Mercury News and Washington Post.
Listen to Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International, express his passion for high-quality food leading to a higher-quality life—once again thanks [...]

‘Cooking Up A Story’—Presto! It’s Artichoke Pesto.

What are those folks at Cooking Up A Story up to now? How about featuring Michele Knaus of EatLikeAChef cooking up an artichoke pesto that will have you salivating all over your keyboard!
Michele has spent most of her career as a chef and recently started growing her own veggies. So Rebecca and [...]

My goodness. A high-end Baskin-Robbins? What next?

Cafe 31, announced today, is Baskin-Robbins’ answer to the fancy-schmancy (well, sort of) dessert place. You know, the kind offering fondues, foo-foo cakes and other delectables that will be prepared by in-store pastry chefs.
It’s the fast-casual concept for the venerable ice-cream chain.
In Foxborough, Mass., a prototype store opened today at Patriot Place, and so far [...]

Baking Bread: An Interview with Jennifer Moore

All I can say is, I’d love to be Jennifer Moore’s next-door neighbor. I mean come on, with a home-based business that consists of baking fresh bread and cinnamon rolls for distribution around the country, the aromas wafting from her place must be ever so enticing.
Not to mention, she offers a unique product: breads and [...]

TV Munchies: Goren: The ultimate possession.

In last night’s episode, Goren’s mentor Dr. Declan Gage returns. And once again, not in a good way.
The show intro follows Goren delivering flowers to his mother’s grave on her birthday. While there, he notices a framed photo of his brother and him when they were children, leaving him to assume that Frank (Tony Goldwyn) [...]