Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it. It's also pretty delicious. I love any dish that includes melted cheese, and it's that much better when Mexican ingredients are added...

Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

ROME (AP) — The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as...

Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Fans of the local offerings at farmers' markets now have another incentive to seek them out. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is offering a punch card for farm market customers who spend at least $10 each visit at a Virginia farmers' market....

Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brennan's, a New Orleans restaurant that famously invented the Bananas Foster dessert six decades ago, is more recently known for a long-running family clash over ownership of the French Quarter eatery. Infighting among relatives of the restaurant's late founder, Owen...

Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire is working on multiple fronts — including the griddle — to reduce binge drinking. Before last fall's Homecoming football game, health officials set up a griddle near a popular tailgating spot and served free bacon, eggs and pancakes to...

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

SOUK AL-JUMMA, Tunisia (AP) — On the day he chose to die, Adel Khedri woke up at 6:30 a.m., took his black backpack and headed down to the busy boulevard where he worked as a cigarette peddler. It was the last in a series of odd jobs that had defined his hand-to-mouth existence for almost...

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The man who came with celebrity cachet to run the kitchen at Virginia's Executive Mansion in 2010 is now accused of pilfering food from the governor's residence and has emerged as a central figure in a growing political scandal. Todd Schneider arrived at the Richmond...

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

CHURCH POINT, La. (AP) — Acadian Fine Foods LLC is recalling 17,000 pounds of pork and chicken stews because labels don't list whey and soy as ingredients. Some people are allergic to those substances. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the...

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bravo's hit cooking competition show "Top Chef" is heading to New Orleans. The cable TV network issued a statement Friday that "the vibrant food scene of New Orleans will be a welcome addition in the 11th season of the series." The statement also said Bravo is working in...

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From Stamford up to Granby and as far east as Pawcatuck, microbreweries that make specialty craft beers are putting Connecticut on beer-drinkers' maps. Without the advertising budgets of the big domestic beer companies, microbrewers rely on grass-roots marketing and...