Alice Waters, creator of Chez Panisse and The Edible Schoolyard Project, was the pioneer of cooking with local ingredients decades ago.  In this interview with Spiegel Online International, she talks about the importance of kids learning how to eat real food and why she believes eating locally is possible wherever you live.

This Saturday night, February 28th, is  “Open That Bottle Night”, the  yearly event that Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, the Wall Street Journal wine writers, began 10 years ago.  It’s always the last Saturday in February and it’s all about finally opening that special bottle that you’ve been saving forever.  As usual, John and Dottie [...]

The latest brainchild of Guy Kawasaki and Friends is Alltop - a web site that acts as an online magazine and features the feeds from all the top web sites in almost any subject.  You will be amazed!  If you are interested in Food, you can visit Alltop - Top Food News and see the latest [...]

It seems like there’s an app for everything on the iPhone now but this is one you can really put to use.  There are several cocktail apps that allow you to look up the recipes for any mixed drink.  There’s even one that keeps track of the liquors you have on hand and can suggest [...]

The documentary, “Food, Inc.”, which will be released later this year, was screened at the Berlin Film Festival on Sunday.  This expose on the food industry was followed by a panel discussion with Michael Pollen (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser  (Fast Food Nation) who were both interviewed in the film.

Limiting your salt intake is a healthy thing to do, right?   Did you know the science behind that statement really isn’t there and, in fact, there actually may be some health risks for adhering to a lower sodium diet. 

Joe Ades was a well known street fixture in New York City.  The well dressed gentleman with a Park Avenue apartment actually made his living selling potato peelers on the street.  He died Sunday at the age of 75.  Here is a video of the master in action.  Watch this and you’ll want to buy [...]

Donn Riesen, 60, president of Ridge Vineyards, died from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday.  Ridge Vineyards produces some of California’s best red wines, especially Zinfandel.

Despite backing by Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud, Timothy Hollingsworth of The French Laundry loses the international competition to a Norwegian.

The Wall Street Journal ventures into Olive Garden and asks, “What’s real Italian food?”