June 19, 2013

More food and wine Articles

  • Great grilling with 3 tricks to tender, tasty beef

    06/12/13 01:30 PM

    You don't have to go to some high-end steakhouse or shell out $200 a pound for ultramarbled Wagyu beef from Japan to get flavorful, tender beef for your next barbecue. Just keep three crucial factors in mind: the grade, the grain and the aging. A well-informed purchase and a couple of easy prep...

  • Away from Michelle in Boston, Barack gobbles burger, fries

    By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 01:15 PM

    President Obama took a bachelor's road trip to Massachusetts Wednesday to help Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Edward Markey, taking advantage of being away from his fit wife to grab a cheesburger lunch. Shortly before noon, Obama and his posse stopped at Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe (motto:...

  • Michigan lawmakers OK wine tasting, beer refills

    06/12/13 11:45 AM

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Small winemakers could offer tastings and sell their wine at farmers markets around Michigan under legislation headed to Gov. Rick Snyder. The bill approved 37-0 by the state Senate Wednesday would require small winemakers wanting to do business at a farmers market to...

  • Kauai promotes locally grown food, products

    06/12/13 11:15 AM

    LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — It's getting easier to buy food that's grown on Kauai. "Kauai Grown" is an initiative by the county and the county's Farm Bureau that promotes locally grown agricultural products and recognizes the farmers, ranchers, retailers and restaurants that make them available....

  • So long and thanks ... for all the wine

    By Scott Greenberg | 06/11/13 07:25 PM

    My father once told me that there is a first time and a last time for everything. My first wine column appeared in the Journal Newspaper almost 10 years ago to this date. Three years later, the paper was acquired by The Washington Examiner and, thankfully, so was my column. For the last seven...

  • Tom Meyer: Farm to Table, America

    By Alexandra Greeley | 06/11/13 07:35 PM

    Describing Tom Meyer, former corporate chef of Clyde's Restaurant Group and now its president, is quite a challenge: Meyer is personable, outgoing, talented. But perhaps the best way to summarize Meyer is this: He is a bold chef who has changed the way America eats. Thirty years ago -- long...

  • Correction: Food-Drinks for Dad story

    06/11/13 06:00 PM

    In a story June 4 about selecting liquor as Father's Day gifts, The Associated Press reported erroneously based on information from a publicist the name of a Camus cognac and the number of years the company has been in business. The company is celebrating its 150th anniversary, not its 50th, and...

  • Court hears arguments on NYC's big soda ban

    06/11/13 05:01 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — A state appeals court panel had few sweet words Tuesday for a New York City health regulation that would fight diabetes and obesity by setting a size limit on sugary beverages sold in restaurants. The four justices peppered a city lawyer with tough questions during a Manhattan...

  • More wines coming out in support of gay marriage

    06/11/13 05:00 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wineries are coming out loud and proud in their support of gay marriage. They're putting it right on the label. "Little by little, we're breaking down the barrier," says Gary Saperstein of Out in the Vineyard, an events and tour company based in Sonoma wine country that...

  • NM AG King says slaughter of some horses illegal

    06/10/13 08:30 PM

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Gary King, who has been a vocal opponent of plans by a southeastern New Mexico company to resume domestic horse slaughter, says state law could prohibit the operation. In an opinion issued Monday, King says the slaughter of horses with...



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