Halloween’s Candy Connection

This Saturday, ghouls, goblins and witches galore will join with other costumed characters and spend the evening collecting a staggering 600 million pounds of candy from friends and strangers. It’s no wonder that Halloween is a favorite holiday for kids and one decried by dentists.
Today, Halloween, with all of its modern masquerade and trick-or-treat traditions, [...]

Royal Veggies Growing at Buckingham Palace

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is taking a cue from First Lady Michelle Obama. The 83-year old monarch is growing her own vegetables at the London royal residence, Buckingham Palace.  This is the first time since World War II that a vegetable patch has adorned the palace grounds.  The garden, which is at the back of a [...]

Burger Classic Beer Returns to Cincinnati

Cincinnati Reds fans will be partying this weekend, as they celebrate the return of Burger Classic Beer.  The iconic drink was a former sponsor of the team “back in the day,” but due to increased competition, it had to withdraw its sponsorship, which accelerated the brand’s decline and demise.  It has been gone from the market since [...]

Hidden Culinary Manuscripts Come to Life in New Book

There’s a new book out that promises to be fascinating reading for foodies of all generations.  It also looks like it will make a great gift for our parents or grandparents … anyone who grew up during the Great Depression and World War II.  Author Mark Kurlansky uncovered and wove together previously unpublished depression-era manuscripts from [...]

Test Tube Meat — A Mockery of Nature

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The idea of creating meat from a test tube by men in white lab coats didn’t start with PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) publicity stunt of a $1 million Prize for the creation of “commercially viable” test-tube meat by 2012.
“The Dutch In Vitro Meat project,” writes Scientific American’s Brendan Borrell, [...]

First Lady Plants First Seedlings

The First Lady planted the first seedlings in the first garden on the south lawn of the White House on Thursday, along with the fifth-grade helpers who were there when ground was broken for the garden last month.  (See FriendsEAT.com’s Green Thumbs Up for White House Garden) This is the first time a garden has [...]

Memories Wanted for Culinary History Project

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Memories wanted!  Either yours or those of your relatives and friends who experienced World War II, and remember shopping, rationing, growing, cooking, serving and eating during those years.
The National World War II Museum in New Orleans is spearheading a national grassroots program called Kitchen Memories.  The goal of the program is [...]