25 Foodies to Follow on Twitter

Taco trucks and burger mobiles post their up-to-the-minute locations, and gourmet chefs share their latest haute cuisine menu creations. Whatever you’re looking for, foodies can follow all the exciting happenings and behind-the-scenes food gab on Twitter. Check out the tweets on this collection of 25 imaginative and eclectic foodies:
Gena Knox
“Like everyone who grew up [...]

Batali’s Seafood Restaurant Sinks: Chef Owes $75,000 in back Rent

If you click on the Web site of The John Dory seafood restaurant in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, a screen pops up that says “Gone Fishin’.  See you soon …”  That’s because this upscale New York City eatery, co-owned by Iron Chef Mario Batali and business partner Joseph Bastianich, shut its doors without warning on August 29, [...]

Peruvian Cuisine Takes Over the World

If Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio has his way, the cuisine of his native land will become just as popular as Mexican, Chinese and Thai are now.  To accomplish his goal, Acurio is scouting locations in New York City to set up a Peruvian restaurant that he hopes will be a launching pad for his brand, which [...]

Jessica Seinfeld Wins Cookbook Court Fight

Cookbook author Jessica Seinfeld, came out a winner in court after a judge threw out a plagiarism lawsuit brought by Missy Chase Lapine, the author of a similar type of recipe collection.  Lapine charged that Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious: Secrets to Getting Your Kids Eating Good Food was a direct rip off of her own recipe [...]

Minimize your Cookprint

As millions around the world celebrate Earth Day, here’s a morsel to chew on.  Let’s all try to minimize our “cookprint.”
Kate Heyhoe, cookbook author and founding editor of The Global Gourmet and New Green Basics, has coined this phrase in her newly released book, Cooking Green: Reducing your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen.
Cookprint refers to [...]

Artichokes: Good For The Eyes

Artichokes in the wild.

Award Winning Cookbook author, Martha Rose Shulman, points to the many health benefits she recently learned about artichokes. “Whenever I find bitterness in a vegetable,” says Martha, “I suspect that there are beneficial ingredients hidden within. Artichokes, for instance — although they aren’t overly bitter, the flavor has a definite edge. [...]