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Guy Fieri takes his lashings, but was it fair?
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
Booze calories nearly equal soda's for US adults
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 ...
Food labels multiply, some confuse consumers
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, ...
Rachael Ray donates $500,000, food to Sandy pets
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 ...
Sandra Lee urges: Get involved in storm recovery
Food Network star Sandra Lee has a simple plea about superstorm Sandy recovery efforts — don't get complacent. Though government efforts to help those ...
New fusion cuisine flourishes in Baja California
Until recently, Baja California's culinary contribution to the world amounted to the Caesar salad, a dish hardly associated with Mexican food.
Corporations just beginning to tally Sandy's costs
Corporate America is just starting to add up its losses from Superstorm Sandy, expected to be one of the most expensive storms in U.S. history.
The Sandy 15? Superstorm comfort-eating on menu
Jamie Sanders went to the grocery store in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy with good intentions. Cucumbers and apples were on her list. But her ...
Big Apple improvises to reopen for business
Two days after Superstorm Sandy brought business in New York City to a standstill, stores that lost power are again serving customers, albeit by ...
State says go home and sleep, 24/7 Egypt resists
Egypt's capital prides itself on being city that never sleeps, with crowds filling cafes and shops open into till the small hours. So, the government ...
TV chef Emeril talks boudin, beer and New Orleans
Emeril Lagasse has a new cookbook and new season of TV's "Top Chef" premiering in a week, but what really got the chef talking was boudin and beer.
Police search for Chinese-food eating Pa. burglar
Eating Chinese takeout in front of a glowing fireplace is a pleasant enough way to spend an evening. But state police in northwestern Pennsylvania say ...
EU beer brewers refuse to swallow French suds tax
France, the land of wine, is planning heavy taxes on beer, and that is not going down well with brewers — even in other nations. President Francois ...
Incoming Dutch government ditches 'weed pass' plan
The incoming Dutch government has ditched plans for a national "weed pass" that would have been available only to residents and that would have ...
Ukraine's ruling party leads in vote called biased
The Ukrainian president's party will retain its strong grip on power, according to returns Monday from a parliamentary election that was criticized ...
Amid bumper crop, families could get PB&J break
Choosy moms and dads may be packing more PB&J in lunches this winter, when the cost of a jar of Jif or Skippy is expected to fall even as other ...
Wine and fracking don't mix, say vineyard owners
The hillside vineyards of New York's Finger Lakes region make money producing fine Rieslings and inviting tourists to sip white wine by the water's ...
Pediatricians offer first report on organic foods
Parents who want to reduce their kids' exposure to pesticides may seek out organic fruits and vegetables, but they aren't necessarily safer or more ...
In food-crazy New Orleans, food 'deserts' persist
Dwayne Boudreaux's memories of the Circle Food Store in New Orleans 7th Ward neighborhood are so vivid he can walk through its colonnade of arches ...
WA apple farmers may see boon from bad weather
First, warm spring weather in the Northeast and Midwest tricked apple trees into budding earlier. Then an untimely frost damaged the delicate blossoms
NM peanut capital at heart of national recall
The country's largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a ...
Starbucks opens first India store in Mumbai
Starbucks inaugurated its first store in India Friday in a historic building in southern Mumbai as the Seattle-based coffee giant seeks growth in a ...
Nestle sales growth eases as global economy cools
Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, on Thursday said its sales growth slowed to 11 percent in the first nine months of 2012 as ...
World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest
It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation — to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability ...
Experts: worst grape harvest in half century
Winemaker Cherie Spriggs had watched the bad weather over southern England's vineyards all season long. It just wasn't good enough for Nyetimber, her ...