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Food Trend Predictions for 2019
What are you looking to try in 2020?
A new year and new places to try (even ones that haven't been created). For those that are still standing or imminent, what places in our area are you looking forward to trying? How about in the ...
Campaign Aims to Revise “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
"...The term stems from a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1968 that states the writer, supposedly a Chinese-American physician named Robert Ho Man Kwok, had experienced s...
Is mutton making a comeback in the US?
" . . . Still, McGuire, Kennard and other champions for mutton say the meat has a lot to offer and that rebranding, re-education and investment in small processing plants are needed to create new b...
Garnish over the top
I enjoy watching shows on the Food Network and one of my favorites is The Kitchen. However, I'm completely "over" all the garnishes (multiple) piled on the finished dishes. This seems to be pushed ...
2019/20 California olive oil harvest looking strong compared to dismal 2018/19 crop, says COOC
". . . 'We had a short crop in 2018 due to weather problems throughout the state, whereas we're hoping for four million gallons in the 2019 harvest . . . more than double what we had in 2018. . . "
What's with all these craft beers?
Caught a commentary by commentator/comedian Jim Gaffigan on CBS Sunday Morning Show this past weekend lambasting the explosion of craft beers/microbreweries around the country. It struck me as true...
Chinese Restaurants Are Closing
" . . . the share of Chinese restaurants in the top 20 metropolitan areas has been consistently falling. Five years ago, an average of 7.3 percent of all restaurants in these areas were Chinese, co...
Indiana restaurant introduces dementia-friendly dining
" . . . So starting this week, Amazing Joe’s will become dementia-friendly for one Sunday afternoon a month, WISH-TV of Indianapolis reports. Customers with dementia and their dining companions wil...
How to reduce food waste this holiday season
"This holiday season, avoid tossing food in the trash by taking these steps: • Try not to over prepare food; instead try to prepare “just enough.” • Encourage friends and family to take...
pantry cookie from 1970's
I was wondering if anyone out there remembers Pantry cookies. I grew up with them in Massachusetts when I was younger, They where about 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 kinda round very flat, and very hard.I believe...
The Unruly Burger: where do you draw the line?
I like a good burger like the next person, sometimes piled high with layers of toppings. The other day, I ordered an 'award winning' towering burger at a friendly local tavern. When it was brought ...
Cotorni: Beware!
I'm starting to beware of the word "cotorni" when I see in on a menu nowadays, and I'm starting to see it a lot. In effect, restaurants are taking a page from the airlines playbook - in which thing...
Houston group with a gun demand Popeye's chicken sandwich
Unbelievable. So what do you think of the new fried chicken sandwich?
Endangered Species: North Carolina Barbecue
". . . In December, Keith Allen quietly announced the closing of Allen & Son in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, considered by many to be the perfect fulcrum between Eastern North Carolina and Lexingto...
Can the McRib Survive in the Viral Food Culture It Created?
" . . . For decades, the McRib has served as the blueprint for fast food brands hoping to cultivate fan participation, weaponizing a short supply to trump up demand. The retirement tours eventually...
Stanford Food Pantry
Students have led a Stanford pop-up food pantry pilot to address hunger on campus. Currently once a month, the next dates will be Oct. 28, Nov. 20 and Dec. 3. Location and times are on this volunte...
A champion of the unplugged, earth-conscious life, Wendell Berry is still ahead of us
Today, October 12, is National Farmers Day. Unusual for me on a Saturday, I didn't make it to my local farmers market. In truth, I didn't even leave the house. However, the first thing I read this ...
How America Lost Dinner
“... It isn’t just buying groceries and figuring out meals that apparently have become more untenable in the past several decades. The very act of feeding yourself in America has changed in fundame...
California crab fishermen are testing “ropeless” gear to save whales—and themselves
In April, crab fishermen and consumers were taken by surprise when the Dungeness crab season closed two months early due to a lawsuit and settlement over whale entanglements. https://www.chowhound...
The red abalone is dying off
“For people who think they don’t like fish…it’s amazing to see their eyes just sparkle when they take a bite and go ‘this is absolutely incredible,’” says Joe Cresalia, a recreational diver who liv...