Cookbooks to try: 'Herbivoracious'
Blogger and cook Michael Natkin’s new vegetarian cookbook contains 150 recipes with delightful unexpected flavor combinations, including one for Chevre with Sautéed Grapes that could be served for breakfast, lunch, appetizer, or dessert.
Sugar-free Slurpees: Fewer calories doesn’t equal healthier
7-Eleven goes national with sugar-free Slurpees made with Splenda that targets females in their 20s, but will the lower-calorie drinks help anyone lose weight or curb their sugar cravings?
Ants in your kitchen? Try Terro
After trying many natural remedies, including living in peaceful harmony, our food blogger finds a product that she’s comfortable with that keeps the ants away.
Is MyPlate icon on food packaging an implied endorsement?
The MyPlate icon is starting to pop on food packaging. What are the USDA’s rules for companies that want to use it, and does its appearance on a package imply USDA endorsement?
Why local restaurants rarely sell local wines and other local food topics
Restaurants that embrace locally sourced foods are slow to embrace local wines. Plus, Vermont comes in first in locavorism, and much more.
5 recipes for beet greens
Don’t throw away the tops when you get a bunch of beets. Use them in one of these healthy, seasonal recipes.
Food & Wine's Cocktail app: Recipes, best bars and more
When you're at the liquor store and can't remember what goes into a Mai Tai, this free app has all the information you need.
Cookbook club: Dorie Greenspan's 'Around my French Table'
Philadelphia freelancers come together to share work ideas as well as dishes cooked from one particular cookbook.
Raid your own pantry to Stamp Out Hunger
Saturday, May 12 is the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Postal carriers will collect non-perishable food items for local food banks when they deliver your mail.
