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A New Food Recall Affects Apples & Other Fruit Sold at Some Walmart Locations
San Francisco Police Central District Merchant Safety Awareness
This morning the San Francisco Police Department Central District notified merchants to prepare for possible civil unrest with the upcoming verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Suggestions include b...
Pandemic Worsens Dominant Food Retailers’ Anti-Competitive Tactics Against Local, Independent Grocers
The National Grocers Association has issued a white paper and asks Congress to investigate antitrust violations by dominant retail chains. https://www.nationalgrocers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021...
I knew I liked Antler for a reason
More restaurants should do this. Add patio construction to the bill while you're at it.
Orange tier isn’t enough to convince these East Bay bars to reopen
Not easy to decide when to reopen. I appreciate the thought and care the health and safety of staff and customers that these owners are weighing.
US Courts Deliver Body Blows to Wine
"Wine lovers took a big legal setback on Tuesday, as a US federal appeals court ruled that a Florida wine shop cannot ship wine to customers in Missouri, even though Missouri stores can. The cas...
Toronto Life decided to do some actual restaurant reporting this week
For those of you fatigued with their sponsored articles and Wine Club ads, here's a couple of in-case-you-missed-it links. Yay, TL. Keep it up. https://torontolife.com/food/what-to-eat-now-toron...
The New York Times Re-Starts The Bagel Wars
It feels like this is going to go over about as well as peas in guacamole... "But no, to be clear: Emily Winston’s bagels are some of the finest New York-style bagels I’ve ever tasted. They just...
Take THAT President's Choice
Good news for those looking for more Cook's Night Off options.
Budding Vintners - By Chadsey's Cairns Winery is for sale
Sad to see one of the pioneers of The County's wineries retire. I quite liked him and his wines. An opportunity awaits someone with deep enough pockets to take it on. It has every possible ame...
Scarborough-raised Food Journalist, Suresh Doss, sits on the other side of the notepad
Bravo! Or I should say, Bon Appétit!
Premier Cru owner admits his business was a Ponzi scheme
Apparently this business has been extremely controversial for years - I'm not a high-end wine person myself, so this is all new to me. But it's such a lurid story I know somebody here must know so...
Pearl Milling
After decades of controversy Pepsico is renaming the Aunt Jemima Brand. It will know be known a Pearl Milling. Yeah I know there's better stuff out there.
Ferndale Meat Co.'s new landlord is . . . the Mayor of Flavortown
The publisher of the _Ferndale Enterprise_ created his own news when he texted Guy Fieri that the historic 1903 building housing Ferndale Meat Company was for sale. Fieri bought it the next day. ...
What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020
An entertaining and informative read from “the Bernstein of Bucatini”.
Patrick Kriss of Alo
Exactly the kind of person you want to be successful.
Sur La Table prepares for bankruptcy
" . . . For companies like Sur La Table that offer classes and other in-store experiences, the nationwide shutdown has been even more pernicious. . ."
Gold's Horseradish & Fox's U-Bet Syrups Long Island plant to close in March
This announcement set off a flurry on the West Coast where I am. Anyone else concerned that the private equity firm that owns these iconic brands does not yet have another facility under contra...
And now Amanda Gorman is a cookie
"When National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman took the podium at Joe Biden’s inauguration, in her vivid yellow coat and her skin glowing like she had swallowed sunshine, delivering a message of ...
Tipping vs Fair Wages
This is not a discussion about how much to tip. You can search for restaurants that pay their waitstaff a fair wage here: https://www.highroadrestaurants.org
Godiva closing all North American shops...
Another victim of the coronavirus pandemic. Godiva, the iconic Belgian chocolate maker, will be closing its 128 North American company stores in the U.S. and Canada. They will still maintain a pres...