http://www.mail.com/subjects/4170-food-drink.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/4170-food-drink.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761678-cheese-7500-years-ago.html LONDON (AP) — Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of cheese-making. Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine their purpose. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves w... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761678-cheese-7500-years-ago.html 2012-12-12T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1759204-top-chefs-join-call-gender-neutral-easy-bake.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Some well-known male chefs are getting behind a New Jersey girl's call for Hasbro to make a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven. Chefs including Manuel Trevino of TV's "Top Chef" and Michael Lomonaco of Porterhouse New York are featured in a YouTube video applauding McKenna Pope's online petition, which had reached about 40,000 signature... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1759204-top-chefs-join-call-gender-neutral-easy-bake.html 2012-12-11T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759258-california-chefs-encourage-fresh-dining-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — Rice, beans, pork — and lots of it. That's a typical restaurant meal in Cuba, widely regarded by travelers as a culinary wasteland where the variety and quality of raw ingredients leave much to be desired. But a delegation of chefs from Alice Waters' celebrated Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, is in Havana on a mission to spa... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759258-california-chefs-encourage-fresh-dining-cuba.html 2012-12-11T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754622-no-alcohol-ala-county-votes-dry-drinks-wet.html LINEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Clay County has almost 14,000 residents, around 100 churches and not a single place where you can buy a beer legally. There's no Bud Light in the cooler at the corner convenience store and no fine wine for sale at the Piggly Wiggly supermarket. But bootleggers a few streets away will sell you a can of beer for $1.25. ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754622-no-alcohol-ala-county-votes-dry-drinks-wet.html 2012-12-09T19:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752892-booze-smokes-agenda-quirky-govt-group.html BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an Industrial Revolution production line. It can smoke 20 cigarettes at once and conclude which are unsafe because t... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752892-booze-smokes-agenda-quirky-govt-group.html 2012-12-08T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1751486-nj-teen-wants-easy-bake-oven-to-appeal-to-boys.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Four-year-old Gavyn Boscio loves to cook and asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But when his big sister went to buy one, she discovered to her disappointment that it comes only in girly pink and purple, with girls — and only girls — on the box and in the commercials. So the eighth-grader from Garfield, N.J., started an onli... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1751486-nj-teen-wants-easy-bake-oven-to-appeal-to-boys.html 2012-12-07T21:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1750874-coffee-elephants-gut-fills-50-cup.html GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Thailand (AP) — In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor and smooth on the palate, the exotic new brew is made from beans eaten by Thai elephants and plucked a day later from their dung. A gut reaction inside the elephant creates wh... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1750874-coffee-elephants-gut-fills-50-cup.html 2012-12-07T15:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744046-mongolia-finds-china-too-close-comfort.html TSOGTTSETSII, Mongolia (AP) — After years of testy debate, Mongolia broke ground this spring for a railroad that will haul coal across the pebbled Gobi desert to China, but with one costly condition. Citing national security, the government ordered the rails be laid 1,520 millimeters apart, Mongolia's standard gauge inherited from the Soviets. The width e... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744046-mongolia-finds-china-too-close-comfort.html 2012-12-06T01:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1738320-program-trains-farmworkers-to-organic-farmers.html SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — Bending over beds of shriveled strawberry plants, former farmworker Domitila Martinez pulls pieces of black plastic row covers in preparation for next season's planting. Except this time, she's the boss. Martinez, who escaped the civil war in El Salvador three decades ago, used to pack tomatoes and harvest grapes for long hours and ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1738320-program-trains-farmworkers-to-organic-farmers.html 2012-12-02T17:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1734480-nycs-famous-stage-deli-closes-owner-cites-rent.html NEW YORK (AP) — The famous Stage Deli in Manhattan has closed. The deli, on Seventh Avenue near 54th Street, got its start 75 years ago. It was known for overstuffed sandwiches named for celebrities. Co-owner Paul Zolenge says the dining landmark had been struggling for some time. He tells The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/TqE23C ) that yet another rent ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1734480-nycs-famous-stage-deli-closes-owner-cites-rent.html 2012-11-30T16:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733512-calif-oyster-farm-closure-ends-long-battle.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Lunny's struggle to keep his family's oyster farm running in Point Reyes National Seashore appears to be over, closing out an era of oysterman plying the park's pristine waters and ushering in the nation's newest ocean wilderness. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement Thursday that he was allowing the oyster farm's ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733512-calif-oyster-farm-closure-ends-long-battle.html 2012-11-30T08:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1729236-watchdog-us-explain-probe-halal-company.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A national civil rights organization called on U.S. authorities Wednesday to explain their investigation into a leading maker of food for observant Muslims, saying it is troubled by the secrecy surrounding the seizure of the company's bank account and records. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim ci... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1729236-watchdog-us-explain-probe-halal-company.html 2012-11-28T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1729294-zippers-bo-flakes-deck-white-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — "Bo-flakes" featuring the first dog and ornaments fashioned from zippers are among the new twists on traditional favorites at the White House this Christmas season. First lady Michelle Obama unveiled this year's decorations before an appreciative crowd of military families Wednesday, then spent some time doing holiday crafts with militar... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1729294-zippers-bo-flakes-deck-white-house.html 2012-11-28T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1726784-judge-bows-pink-slime-suit-abc-ties.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has recused himself from presiding over a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC because his daughter-in-law works as a producer on one of the network's morning shows. Judge Lawrence L. Piersol recused himself from hearing the defamation lawsuit filed by South Dakota-based Beef Products Inc. against ABC becaus... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1726784-judge-bows-pink-slime-suit-abc-ties.html 2012-11-27T18:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1724196-nolan-ryan-to-serve-up-beef-cookbook-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — A new book by baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan will be a bit of a sizzler. The game's all-time strikeout king is also a longtime Texas rancher and has compiled dozens of his favorite recipes for "The Nolan Ryan Beef Cookbook." Little, Brown and Co. announced Monday that the book is scheduled for May 2014. The 65-year-o... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1724196-nolan-ryan-to-serve-up-beef-cookbook-2014.html 2012-11-26T16:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1721936-trail-spurs-interest-ex-atlanta-rail-route.html ATLANTA (AP) — Since a new urban trail opened last month in an old rail corridor in Atlanta, it has drawn a steady stream of joggers, dog-walkers and cyclists to take in spectacular views of the skyline and neighborhoods once seen only by train. Hundreds of trees have been planted along the paved 14-foot-wide path, while artists have added works such as windmills made of bic... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1721936-trail-spurs-interest-ex-atlanta-rail-route.html 2012-11-24T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1716882-sandy-victims-prepare-subdued-thanksgiving.html NEW YORK (AP) — The things that Marge Gatti once cherished are lying on what's left of her deck, spattered in mud, like a yard sale gone awry. The white fur coat she bought for $80 at an auction. Family videos. A peach-colored glass creamer from England. Books she never got a chance to read. The stuff is ruined, just like her sodden Staten Island home, wh... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1716882-sandy-victims-prepare-subdued-thanksgiving.html 2012-11-21T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1716614-tv-chef-art-ginsburg-mr-food-dies-81.html Art Ginsburg, the delightfully dorky television chef known as Mr. Food, died at his home in Weston, Fla., Wednesday following a struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Ginsburg — who enticed viewers for decades with a can-do focus on easy weeknight cooking and the tagline "Ooh! It's so good!" — was diagnosed just over a year ago. The cancer had gone i... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1716614-tv-chef-art-ginsburg-mr-food-dies-81.html 2012-11-21T15:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1715922-nj-mayor-to-honor-twitter-food-stamp-challenge.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he and a Twitter follower will try living on food stamps for at least a week. The idea stemmed from a back-and-forth conversation between Booker and a woman who goes by the name TwitWit and uses the handle (at)MWadeNC. They began talking about the idea Sunday night while discussing the role the government ... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1715922-nj-mayor-to-honor-twitter-food-stamp-challenge.html 2012-11-21T07:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713294-dutch-govt-scraps-weed-pass-coffee-shops.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dope-selling coffee shops in Amsterdam won't be shutting their doors to foreign visitors any time soon, a huge relief to the hundreds of thousands of tourists who enjoy a toke or two in the Dutch capital alongside their excursions on the canals and to the museums. Amsterdam welcomed Tuesday changes in the national government'... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713294-dutch-govt-scraps-weed-pass-coffee-shops.html 2012-11-20T13:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709080-white-house-notebook-fiscal-cliff-obama.html BANGKOK (AP) — Even in the temples of Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back home. Touring the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok, a sprawling compound of temples, gardens and man-made waterfalls, Obama was overheard chatting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and with their monk guide. ... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709080-white-house-notebook-fiscal-cliff-obama.html 2012-11-18T19:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1708286-moonshine-makers-set-up-shop-ga-city-hall.html DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Moonshine distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town's city hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law. A handful of moonshine distilleries are scattered around the South, but observers say this is the first they've... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1708286-moonshine-makers-set-up-shop-ga-city-hall.html 2012-11-18T02:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1707930-hungry-girl-pounds-without-guilt.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — She never set out to become the maven of guilt-free, fun-food dieting, the go-to girl for people who want to have their cake — and cheeseburgers and chili fries — and eat them, too, without getting fat. No, 10 years ago, Lisa Lillien says, she was just another 30-something LA "Hungry Girl." Someone who needed to drop 15 or 20 pounds and... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1707930-hungry-girl-pounds-without-guilt.html 2012-11-17T20:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1706336-what-twinkies-away.html Let's not panic. We all know that Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder bread and the rest of Hostess Brands' oddly everlasting foods aren't going away any time soon, even if the food culture that created them is gasping its last. Yes, Hostess is shutting down. And odds seem to favor the roughly century-old company disappearing from our corporate landscape. But be... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1706336-what-twinkies-away.html 2012-11-17T00:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1702966-fda-probe-were-deaths-linked-to-energy-drink.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health authorities are investigating reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to so-called energy shots and cautioning consumers to talk to their doctors before they take them or other energy drinks. The Food and Drug Administration has received 92 reports over four years that cite illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths after consump... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1702966-fda-probe-were-deaths-linked-to-energy-drink.html 2012-11-15T21:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1703610-guy-fieri-takes-lashings-was-fair.html Guy Fieri may not realize it, but being ravaged by a New York Times restaurant reviewer might have been the best thing that could have happened to him. Sure, the Food Network celebrity probably laments the lashings Pete Wells doled out this week to his 500-seat Times Square ode to down home grub, Guy's American Kitchen & Bar. And he might have taken it pe... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1703610-guy-fieri-takes-lashings-was-fair.html 2012-11-15T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1701712-booze-calories-equal-sodas-us-adults.html NEW YORK (AP) — Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found. Soda and other sweetened drinks — the focus of obesity-fighting public health campaigns — are the source of about 6 percent of the calories adults consume, on ave... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1701712-booze-calories-equal-sodas-us-adults.html 2012-11-15T15:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1693098-food-labels-multiply-confuse-consumers.html FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Want to avoid pesticides and antibiotics in your produce, meat, and dairy foods? Prefer to pay more to make sure farm animals were treated humanely, farmworkers got their lunch breaks, bees or birds were protected by the farmer and that ranchers didn't kill predators? Food labels claim to certify a wide array of sustainable practices... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1693098-food-labels-multiply-confuse-consumers.html 2012-11-11T13:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1690272-rachael-ray-donates-500000-food-to-sandy-pets.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rachael Ray is donating $500,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help pets and families who are struggling to rebound from Superstorm Sandy. The Emmy-winning chef said Friday that her pet food brand, Nutrish, is also shipping 4 tons of wet and dry dog food for Sandy animals, and her Yum-o! organizatio... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1690272-rachael-ray-donates-500000-food-to-sandy-pets.html 2012-11-09T17:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1682456-sandra-lee-urges-involved-storm-recovery.html Food Network star Sandra Lee has a simple plea about superstorm Sandy recovery efforts — don't get complacent. Though government efforts to help those caught in the path of last week's epic storm have been tremendous, as have contributions by corporations and individual donors, Lee fears a fallout from all the goodwill and good deeds — people outside the ... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1682456-sandra-lee-urges-involved-storm-recovery.html 2012-11-06T19:22:00Z