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Green Mango (Infographic)

  • FriendsEAT
  • June 8, 2017

More fresh mangoes are eaten everyday than any other fruits in the world. So it's safe to say it's world's favorite fruit. Would you agree? There are lots of variety of mangoes with color varying to yellow, red, and green. Take a look at our infographic today and found out more facts about mangoes.... Read More »

Manhattan House in Manhattan Beach, California

  • Antonio Evans
  • August 3, 2016

Chef Diana Stavaridis is the executive chef of Manhattan House in Manhattan Beach, California, where they proudly serve sustainable, natural, local, and non-GMO products whenever possible. Chef Diana has helped in conceptualizing this gastropub from the ground up. We were fortunate to get an intervi... Read More »

19 Myths You Should Know About Nutrition

  • Spence Cooper
  • January 4, 2016

Good nutrition plays a vital role in preventing many known health issues. A poor diet can cause deficiency diseases such as scurvy, and can contribute to obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. [caption id="attachment_148894" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Time to prove and d... Read More »

10 Vegetables and Herbs You Can Eat And Regrow In Your Kitchen

  • Spence Cooper
  • December 3, 2015

Some herbs and vegetables such as garlic, onions, and lettuce, are such basic ingredients in dishes and used so frequently that before you seem to notice, they've vanished from your refrigerator's crisper. [caption id="attachment_147208" align="aligncenter" width="700"] One man's garbage is the sam... Read More »

Chef’s Fall Recipe: Nicole Chaszar’s Roasted Pumpkin Soup

  • Antonio Evans
  • November 2, 2015

Chef and co-owner of The Splendid Spoon, Nicole Chaszar has began her journey to find her role in the food industry since she began cooking at a young age and working with her grandmother in jarring strawberry jams! As an undergrad, she studied diet therapies as a treatment for epilepsy, which wa... Read More »

9 Steps We Can All Take To Achieve a Sustainable Future

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 21, 2015

GRACE Communications Foundation consists of a group of activists dedicated to increasing public awareness of the relationships between food, water and energy systems. [caption id="attachment_147563" align="aligncenter" width="700"] GRACE Communications Foundation shows the nexus of food, water, and... Read More »

Chef’s Summer Recipes: Terry Walters’ Jícama Strawberry Guacamole

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • July 22, 2015

Going vegan (or vegetarian) does not have to suck. If you're thinking of making that lifestyle change, Terry Walter's Clean Food is an essential for your kitchen. Terry is one of the original leaders of the clean-eating movement. She shares recipes, tips, and techniques to help people eat healthy,... Read More »

Melt Away Depression With These 5 Good-Mood Foods

  • Spence Cooper
  • January 4, 2015

Delicious Living writers Caren Baginski and Elisa Bosley do a great job explaining how what we eat affects our mood. [caption id="attachment_146147" align="aligncenter" width="700"] As the saying goes, "You are what you eat." Grumpy or happy, food affects our moods.[/caption] They point out that i... Read More »

Chef’s Fall Recipe: Petros Kosmadakis’ Pork With Quinces

  • Antonio Evans
  • December 9, 2014

Born and raised in Crete, Chef Petros Kosmadakis, learned the secrets of the local cuisine at an early age at their own home, under the guidance of his grandmother. He went on to pursue his passion when he attended the School of Tourism. At a very young age of 21, Chef Petros supervised a hotel k... Read More »

Chef’s Summer Recipes: John Keller’s Seared Tuna Salad

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • October 1, 2014

It is said that the best chefs work their way up the culinary rungs. This was exactly the case with Chef John Keller whose passion for the restaurant business awakened at the age of 14 while he worked as a busboy at at the White Marsh Dinner Theatre in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. At 18 year... Read More »

Help This Family-Owned Egg Farm Win a Superbowl Ad With 1 Click

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 27, 2013

Lucie and Jason Amundsen, the owners of Locally Laid Egg Company, a family-owned chicken and egg farm in Wrenshall, Minnesota, are the quintessential farmers of the ever-increasing local food movement. [caption id="attachment_144677" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Locally Laid Egg Company - Final... Read More »

Chef’s Fall Recipes: Rob Dalzell’s Pumpkin Apple Meatloaf

  • Antonio Evans
  • November 15, 2013

Chef Rob Dalzell grew up in Missouri, where his passion for culinary arts began and flourished working at Les Bourgeois Winery and vineyards in Rocheport. He was trained with a farm-to-table philosophy, which led him to revamp his own eating habits and ultimately encourage him to attend Napa Valley ... Read More »

Study: Many Herbal Supplements Diluted By Cheap Fillers

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 6, 2013

The study of herbs dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians. The use of herbal remedies to treat disease is not only more affordable than purchasing expensive modern pharmaceuticals, but has fewer side effects. Americans spend $5 billion a year on herbal supplements. (Source) But according Ana... Read More »

Chef’s Fall Recipe: James Clark’s Crispy Oysters

  • Antonio Evans
  • October 28, 2013

James Clark is the Executive Chef at the award-winning Carolina Crossroads Restaurant at The Carolina Inn " one of only three Forbes Four-Star restaurants in North Carolina and an AAA Four Diamond-rated restaurant. Chef Clark is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont, where he ... Read More »

Big Dairy Wants to Sneak Aspartame Into Chocolate Milk

  • Spence Cooper
  • May 23, 2013

Diet soda, bottled water, and artificially sweetened sports drinks have contributed to a steady decline in milk sales. So to increase sales, the dairy industry has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to change the current standard for flavored milk. The industry plans to replace the sugar ad... Read More »

Oprah Plans Start of Organic Food Business

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 14, 2012

According to filings for the US Patent and Trademark Organization, several applications for "Oprah's Organics" were filed late last month for, among other items, organic salad dressings and frozen vegetables, soups, beverages and snack dips. Oprah will be making products that come straight from her... Read More »

Lake Champlain Chocolates: Get Some NOW!

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • September 3, 2012

One of the great perks of food writing is the samples. I get lots and lots of samples in the mail. My policy...if I don't like it, I don't write about it. I seriously enjoyed my samples of Lake Champlain chocolates. They come from a Vermont based family who has been working at perfecting the art of ... Read More »

Chef’s Summer Recipes: John Toulze’s Padron Peppers

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • August 29, 2012

[caption id="attachment_111911" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Photo by Steven Krause"][/caption] I love Sonoma, not only because of its wines, but also because of the amazing food found in the area. Sondra Bernstein's restaurants, The Girl and The Fig, and The Fig Cafe, are exemplary of w... Read More »

Can Fast Food Be Ethical? Lyfe Kitchen Says YES!

  • Spence Cooper
  • August 16, 2012

At a soon-to-be-chain of restaurants called Lyfe Kitchen (an acronym for Love Your Food Everyday), all the cookies will be dairy-free, and all the beef from grass-fed, humanely raised cows. Moreover, Lyfe Kitchen will use no butter, no cream, no white sugar, no white flour, no high-fructose corn sy... Read More »

Organic Milk Wars

  • Spence Cooper
  • July 30, 2012

Larry Hansen was dairy operations manager for milk quality and supply at Horizon Organic for four years before taking a similar job at Organic Valley, a dairy farmer cooperative that is the second largest supplier in the US. Now the nation's two biggest suppliers of organic milk are involved in a l... Read More »

“Certified-Organic” Label is a Complete Hoax

  • Spence Cooper
  • July 13, 2012

New York Times writer Stephanie Strom has written an explosive piece exposing Big Food's -- Coca-Cola, Cargill, ConAgra, General Mills, Kraft and M&M Mars -- success at co-opting the organic food business. Bear Naked, Wholesome & Hearty, Kashi: all three and more are actually owned by Kellogg. Nake... Read More »

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