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5 Kitchen Design Ideas to Salivate Over
There is a widespread phenomenon known to foodies as “kitchen porn”: The fanciful, whimsical imagery of pristine kitchen design ideas such as islands, appliances and storage systems, found largely on...
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Sustainable Pinot Noir Winemakers Take Over Manhattan’s City Winery
On a cold, rainy Sunday in January, dozens of New Yorkers seek refuge under the roof of lower Manhattan’s City Winery: A bright, open event space decorated with wall-to-wall antique bottles, exposed...
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Which Flour Really Makes the Best Pizza Crust?
What makes a pizza a pizza? Why, it’s all in the pizza crust. And that, of course, starts with flour. I grew up in a town called Potomac, Maryland: A sleepy suburb of Washington, DC that’s better...
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Going Beyond Fuel Efficiency: General Motors’ Road Towards a Greener Planet
In recent years, General Motors has not had the best luck with its PR. These days, the words most commonly associated with GM fall along the lines of “bailout,” “bankruptcy” and “recall.” There are a...
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New Book Explores a Sane Approach to Healthy Living
Stefanie Sacks, culinary nutritionist and author of “What the Fork Are You Eating?” makes one thing very clear: “Not being an idealist is okay.” In fact, during a Q&A hosted by the James Beard...
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Munchie Marijuana Effects: It’s All In Your Head (Literally)
Anyone who’s been to college has heard nothing less than a laundry list of alleged marijuana effects. “It helps you sleep.” “It enhances sex.” “It revs up your metabolism.” No wonder it’s so often...
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3 Fabulous Health Benefits of Whiskey
I’ll admit it. I’m a lifelong resister of flu shots. Several weeks ago, my stubbornness bit me in the ass: The flu found me, and nothing seemed to be making me feel better. When I finally sought the...
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Meet Sims: The Indie Rap Artist and Conscious Foodie
Over the past decade, something interesting has taken place in the Midwest. All ears, it seems, are on Minneapolis, as the city earns its title as a major birthplace of indie rap artists. It’s home to...
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Learn How to Cook: 5 Culinary Programs for Non-Chefs
It happens to the best of us: The great “Should-I-Go-To-Culinary-School-Debate.” The decision to learn how to cook is one that enters the minds of foodies at least once in life. Everyone tells us that...
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With Urban Farming, 3 Guys in Queens Might Save the World
A funny thing happened on my birthday this year. Rather than taking the day off to get spa treatments and eat cake, I had the privilege of viewing a presentation delivered by Josh Lee, a.k.a., “Farmer...
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6 Truths From TEDx Manhattan: Changing the Way We Eat
New York is, without a doubt, one of the best places to live for people who love food. Of course, our bagels, pizza and Italian pastries are legendary, but the Big Apple is finally starting to live up...
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How A Florida Couple Changed My Life With Hot Sauce
Anyone who’s arrived at Tampa International Airport as their final destination knows that the drive from there to, well, anywhere, is a visual treat. The ride to Clearwater Beach, for example, is an...
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Is Mexican Food the Next Health Food? Chef Mary Sue Milliken Says Yes
It seems that, somewhere on a path made of jumbo burritos and nacho “cheese,” Mexican food earned a poor reputation. Restaurants serving the cuisine were castigated by weight loss programs everywhere,...
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Vegetarian Greek Food Exists? Oh, Yes: A Food-Lover’s Look Inside...
As a half-Greek person, I can identify with confidence two things that we take more seriously than life itself: Our food, and…well, actually, maybe there’s only one thing. After all, my relatives have...
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This is What a Farmers Market Farmer is Really Like (and It’s Awesome)
The farmers market is a weekly display of edible eye candy: Fresh produce, flowers and – okay, fine – baked goods. But it’s more than just visuals; it can be a mental feast as well–for those who ask...
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From Cattle Ranching to Hip-Hop, a Family’s Love for Clean Food Prevails
Food, they say, is a family affair. We celebrate around it, we mourn over it and, in many capacities, it’s just simply how we gather. That’s certainly the case for Sylvia Burgos Toftness, owner of...
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Startup Weekend Shows a Generational Demand For Systemic Change to Our Food...
To say that there has been a generational uptick in food fascination is not exactly news. The media has certainly taken note of the phenomenon (see Eve Turow’s “Generation Yum,” for example), and so...
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A Young Farmer’s ‘Spiral Path’ Toward Bringing Home Cooking to the Masses
Blame it on Brooklyn. Blame it on hipsters. Whoever’s at fault, it’s undeniable that “everything old is new again.” If nothing else, there’s one trendy throwback that we can definitely get behind:...
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Why Milwaukee Kind Of Rocks (Spoiler: It’s The Local Food)
Jaded east-coasters don’t typically have a ton of knowledge on the Wisconsin city of Milwaukee. In fact, very few of us end up in the region at all. With the exception of a trip to Chicago for work...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Medical Marijuana But Were Afraid to...
Medical marijuana: It’s a topic that sparks tremendous debate, and is surrounded by ample misinformation. Since one online medical marijuana store released its “Top ten medical cannabis strains” last...
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