By Duane D. Stanford, Bloomberg At a beer industry summit last month, Ed McBrien, distribution chief for MillerCoors, compared himself to a typewriter salesman in an iPad age. McBrien was sketching out plans to resurrect light beer, a $50 billion market battling to stay relevant as makers of craft beer, wine and spirits increasingly steal […]
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By Nancy Shute, NPR Mothers of new babies might be forgiven for turning to caffeine to get through those sleep-deprived months. And they might worry that drinking coffee interferes with the sleep of breast-fed babies — the Web is full of such questions. But a new study says it’s not so. Instead, researchers in Brazil […]
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By Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune If you spend more than a few minutes picking out your beer, you’ve probably seen the words on a label or two: bottle-conditioned. But what is it? And why do some well-loved breweries swear by the practice (Sierra Nevada) while others don’t touch it (Lagunitas)? First of all, bottle-conditioning — […]
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By Kathryn Reed Oh, if only I were royalty, then I could eat fresh asparagus year-round. “In the 16th century, asparagus gained popularity in France and England, and early colonists brought it to America. King Louis XIV of France so enjoyed this delicacy that he ordered special greenhouses built for a year-round supply. Hence the […]
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By Steve Chawkins and Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times A years-long environmental battle ended abruptly when the company producing a fumigant for strawberries and other crops yanked it from U.S. distribution, bringing relief to activists and raising concern among growers. Methyl iodide, meant to replace an ozone-depleting fumigant being phased out by an international treaty, […]
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By Eve Mitchell, Contra Costa Times Bowing to public pressure, Safeway said Wednesday it will no longer use a controversial filler called “pink slime” in its hamburger meat. Safeway, the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain, joins several other stores, including Whole Foods, Costco and Nob Hill Foods, in rejecting hamburger with the filler, called lean finely […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee From artisanal breads and homemade jams to gluten-free goods, some of the year’s most buzzworthy food movements are sprouting under the Capitol dome. State lawmakers are set to consider a handful of food policy proposals that could shape what goods Californians keep in their pantries and what they know […]
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By Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon It’s a great day to be a cow. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health announced that just a single serving of red meat per day dramatically increases your risk of death – by 13 percent. The odds of developing cancer or heart disease start around 14 percent — […]
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By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times Take a good long look at these hissing cockroaches. What words come to mind? Meaty? Juicy? Downright succulent? That’s what chef Gene Rurka thinks. And he’d like you to give them a try. Rurka is serving hissing cockroaches at the annual dinner held at the famed Explorers Club in […]
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By Toni House More people than ever are clipping coupons for their supermarket trips, but they’re often not saving as much as they could. You can easily shave $5 to $20 off your weekly grocery budget with a minimal investment of time. Cutting your bill just $10 a week will save you $520 over the […]
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