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  • Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

    Updated: 23 hr ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this...

  • The careless art of the wonderful summer cocktail

    Yesterday

    The art of the summer cocktail is something I take most seriously. Because several years ago I realized what surely is obvious to most people... But I can be a bit slow. Summer is better with a signature cocktail. Not a fancy dinner cocktail. Not a party cocktail. And certainly nothing that...

  • Germany: Mystery over Japanese chef's island death

    Yesterday

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany's swanky resort island of Sylt has been shaken by the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food. Miki Nozawa died Monday from a brain hemorrhage after a brawl with the two men at a nightclub near his restaurant in the...

  • D.C. to start counting calories on drink vending machines in municipal buildings

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    By placing labels with calorie counts on District government vending machines, Mayor Vincent Gray hopes city workers will pick healthier drinks. "There are a lot of calories in a lot of these beverages, and they're not necessarily the most healthful calories, either," Gray said Thursday on...

  • Mich. fruit growers seem to have less frost damage

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    SPARTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan fruit tree growers who suffered devastating freeze losses one year ago seem to have sustained less serious damage from this week's late frost. Growers took extraordinary steps ahead of Monday's frost and freeze warnings, using helicopters, wind machines,...

  • The 3-Minute Interview: Chocolate City Beer co-founder Ben Matz

    Andy Brownfield

    Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

    The Chocolate City Beer co-founder always knew he wanted to get into brewing. At the age of 18, Matz took an interest in homebrewing and took in all the information he could on the topic. Fast-forward and Matz now helms a production brewery in the District, a budding beer town, with hopes of...

  • Wineries want to help raise a glass to veterans

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making the veterans-and-vines connection. And if you're not so fine on wine, there's even a liquor — Wild Turkey — that's...

  • Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic nation — were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a...

  • Chefs cook, raise money for Boston bombing victims

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks from concession stands in a project intended to raise money for those killed and wounded in the twin explosions. The Boston...

  • Chefs raise money for Boston Marathon bomb victims

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of top chefs left their kitchens on Wednesday to offer fine food and drinks at Fenway Park concession stands in a project intended to raise money for Boston Marathon bombing victims. The Boston Bites Back event at the Boston Red Sox's home, the oldest baseball park in the...