Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The winners of the 2013 James Beard Foundation restaurant and chef awards announced Monday are: ___ NATIONAL CHEF AWARDS: — Outstanding Restaurant Blue Hill in New York City — Outstanding Chef David Chang of Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York City and Paul Kahan of...

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

Barbecue chicken is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I like every part of it — the tomato-based sauce (the spicier the better), the crispy skin, even the bones. And taste aside, it's also relatively healthy, at least as compared to such sundry first cousins as grilled and/or smoked ribs,...

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas breakfast restaurant is reopening five weeks after a teenager drove his car through the patio and front windows. The Egg & I opened its doors Monday. It now has eight large boulders between the street and the patio to keep patrons safe from out-of-control...

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — With the arrival of May, farm markets are opening for business across Virginia. The state has more than 220 farmers' markets. That ranks that state ninth in the nation. While some operate year-round, most markets offering locally grown produce are open from early may...

Updated: Sun, May 5, 2013

JELSA, Croatia (AP) — Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated trademark battle over the country's beloved sweet dessert wine has some feeling less than bubbly, mirroring rapidly...

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Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

No trendy restaurants. No fancy equipment. No hard-to-find hipster ingredients. The pages of this year's top food publication don't read like your average gourmet glossy. That's because the only trend ChopChop magazine -- named publication of the year by the James Beard Foundation on Friday --...

Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — When Kathy Davis pulled onto I-80, breakfast was still warm in the back of the minivan — the braised greens and tomato quiches, the croissants and muffins and scones. It was snowing, blowing. It was slick. If she hadn't been catering a committee meeting of the Old...

Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's largest farmers market is opening its 38th season in downtown Des Moines despite cold weather. The Downtown Farmers' Market will open at 7 a.m. Saturday along nine city blocks, centered on Court Street. It will continue until 1 p.m. on the first day, then return...

Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

No trendy restaurants. No fancy equipment. No hard-to-find hipster ingredients. The pages of this year's top food publication don't read like your average gourmet glossy. That's because the only trend ChopChop magazine — named publication of the year by the James Beard Foundation on Friday...

Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

The winners of the 2013 James Beard Foundation book, broadcast and journalism awards announced Friday are: ___ COOKBOOK AWARDS — Cookbook of the Year "Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America" by Maricel E.