11th Annual World Gourmet Festival opens

A culinary extravaganza organized by Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok is ready to roll out and once again satisfy gourmands’ palates and wine connoisseurs’ taste buds. The 11th World Gourmet Festival welcomes award-winning chefs from around the world who will prepare their celebrated cuisines.

Can you smell whatâs cooking? The Douglas Gallery will be hosting its first-ever cooking class Saturday, August 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Gallery. The workshop will consist of learning to make appetizers and hor dourves from different fruits, cheeses and vegetables.

Dining out needn't mean gaining pounds

Dining out is part of everyday life, whether it’s grabbing something on the way home from work, a special occasion, a romantic meal for two or just because you feel like it! The great news is that with a few handy tips, dining out doesn’t need to mean piling on the lbs.

Gourmet Galley for Sept. 9, 2010

Fresina’s Fleur de lis Pasta is a nice chewy mouthful. Use in salads or entrees. Fresina’s Fleur de lis Pasta is a nice chewy mouthful. Use in salads or entrees.

Cooking for one

Top techniques for producing quick and easy single serve meals.

Food for thought

Just because something looks like a certain type of food doesn't mean it will taste like that food. When you were a kid, you tried to eat dirt because it looked like chocolate. So, while the food at Chef Yan Can Cook in the University Center may look like Chinese food, make no mistake, it tastes nothing like its namesake.

Gretchen McKay's 'Cooking with Gretchen' wins big

The Post-Gazette's "Cooking with Gretchen" video series has won a national award in the Association of Food Journalists' Awards Competition 2010. Gretchen McKay and videographer Steve Mellon and their "Plank-grilled fish" video won a first-place award -- and $300 -- for Best Food Multimedia Presentation.

Wine Calendar: Find a wine tasting near you

Thursday, Sept. 9 Anjo Liquors: 9928-1 Old Baymeadows Road, 5-8 p.m. (904) 646-2656. The Grotto: 2012 San Marco Blvd., 6-8 p.m. (904) 398-0726. The Wine Bar: 320 First S. N., Jacksonville Beach, 6-8 p.m. (904) 372-0211. Tangled Oaks Winery & Gift Shop: 1317 Florida 100, Grandin (just east of County Road 315), noon to 6 p.m. (386) 659-1707. Winn-Dixie: 290 Solana Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, 4-7 p.m ...

Cooking: The less inhibited approach from a 'late-night' chef

Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch. Sometimes, you just have to have another beer. Sometimes, you just have to have something filling after a night of carousing with the carousers. Never underestimate the ability of starches, carbohydrates and other things to soak up (at least spiritually) alcohol and its effects. It may not do much, medicinally speaking, but it sure makes us feel ...

Aggie dining legend dies

By: Katie White June 19, 1921 — Sept. 5, 2010 Lt. Col. Fred W. Dollar Lt. Col. Fred W. Dollar, the former director of the Department of Dining Services at Texas A and amp;M University and Army veteran, died Sept. 5 in his home in College Station. He was 89. ...

Wine & Dinosaurs

Wine & Dinosaurs, presented by Wilmington Trust, is a wine and beer tasting festival with fine wines, specialty beers, live music, hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction to benefit the Delaware Museum of Natural History. The event will be held at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Del., noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 26. Admission is $45 advance and $55 at the door.

Food Bank packs it in for local children

McCARRAN, Nev. — Volunteers at the Food Bank of Northern Nevada moved swiftly in assembly line fashion Wednesday as they prepared plastic bags full of food to serve Washoe County School District’s hungriest children.

Wine for art

Arts Umbrella partners with the Wine Institute of California to present A Taste of Sonoma Sept. 24 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West and Oct. 29 at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel. Both run from 7 to 9.30 p.m. and feature wines from the Sonoma and Napa regions.

Dirty Dining: Felipito's Mexican restaurant

Improperly stored food and workers without health cards are just some of the issues uncovered at Felipito's restaurant, the feature of this week's Dirty Dining segment.

Drive-thru Gourmet: Pizza Hut goes grande with its Big Italy

The Big Italy is shaped sort of like a pillow, which is what you'll need if you go at this pizza alone.

GotChef- New Gourmet Food Truck to Launch in Milford, CT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:GotChef is proud to announce the opening of its gourmet mobile food truck on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Conveniently located off Exit 40 on I-95 at Secondi Bros. Truck Stop, GotChefs unique offerings are unlike any other typical truck stop fare. 1 Zagat-rated Italian chef Biagio Barone has created a menu which includes all-natural, grass-fed, hormone-free, cage-free ...

Food Network Show To Feature Metro Diner

Guy Fieri, of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," helped himself to a serving of Yo Hala on the Square, Metro Diner's version of French toast, when he made a stop in Jacksonville.

Are Wine Wipes genius or just another gimmick?

Drinkers of red wine can either rejoice or cringe at a new product called Wine Wipes. After a swipe across your teeth, these petite wet wipes are supposed to get rid of that deep red film that can stain your...

Wine, jazz Sept. 15 at Giralda Farms in Madison

MADISON - Wine lovers, jazz fans and arts patrons will come together for “Wines of the Americas,” a wine tasting benefit for the New Philharmonic of New Jersey from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 1 Giralda Farms in the scenic Giralda Farms office campus off Madison Avenue in Madison.

Wine chiller designed for compromise

The Cavanova Countertop Four-Bottle Wine Chiller is an affordable solution for space-starved oenophiles.

Cool Stuff: Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows

I always thought that Stay Puft Marshmallows were one of the greatest movie marketing tie-ins that never was.... until now. ThinkGeek is selling "Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows". This is a licensed and delicious Ghostbusters collectible. Unique, rubbery box can be reused, and each mallow has over 100mg of caffeine. Available for $19.99 on ThinkGeek. More information after the jump ...

Cooking For Geeks

jsuda writes "You've got to have a lot of confidence and nerve to write and try to sell a nearly 400 page book on cooking to the take-out pizza and cola set. No cookbook is likely to turn many geeks into chefs or take them away from their computer screens. However, even though Cooking for Geeks contains a large number of recipes, it is not a conventional cookbook but a scientific explanation of ...

Gourmet/Premium Food and Beverage Marketers Still Reaching Consumers

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 8, 2010) - Consumers with caviar tastes but recession-induced tuna budgets are still finding reasons to purchase gourmet products, helped in part by savvy product introductions and marketing techniques from gourmet food purveyors, according to Gourmet, Specialty and Premium Foods, Beverages and Consumer Trends in the U.S., 8th Edition by market research ...

Food Truck Wars on Wilshire

Food truck fans confront building security who are suspected of plugging meters and keeping food trucks away, Truck - Business - Transportation and Logistics - Truck Sales - Used

Report says obesity surgery can save health costs (Reuters)

Reuters - Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year, leading surgeons said on Wednesday.

Food Bank receives food, donations

The Food Bank was the recipient of the Monterey County Herald’s promotion of Relish Magazine’s Grocery Cart Race.

Food Donation Tax Credits Proposed: MPP Lou Rinaldi

To increase food donations to food banks, Northumberland MPP Lou Rinaldi is proposing legislation when Queen's Park resumes sitting next week. The tax credit would be for food producers and processors, but the details still need to be worked out, he said.[...]

Efficiency in College Student Dining

College dining often has a poor reputation with regard to presentation, variety and taste, but a new concept offered at the University of Houston is helping to change that perception.

Long-term weight loss may be harmful to health (Reuters)

Reuters - Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers said on Tuesday.

Dining@Large: Rocco's Capriccio: good enough for another Rocco?

Rocco's Capriccio: good enough for another Rocco? A Dining@Large reader is seeking restaurant suggestions for a couple of New Jersey Italian food sophisticates.

Food Network, Kellogg's Think Outside Cereal Box

Food Network and Kellogg’s are pairing up for an integrated partnership that will look to demonstrate the versatility of the breakfast giant’s brands.

Food prices at 13 month high

Food prices are the highest they have been for more than a year according to a report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Food Network's 'Food Feuds' Coming to Akron Next Week

'Food Feuds," the Food Network's new show hosted by Michael Symon, pits restaurants who specialize in similar dishes against each other in a final showdown of longstanding battles where each claims their own dedicated and loyal following.

Chinese chain Country Style Cooking files IPO

Quick service Chinese company Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co. Ltd. seeks to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.

Food Bank initiates local drive against student hunger

The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma invites Chickasha schools and students to participate in the sixth annual Students Against Hunger Food Drive. Food and fund donations collected from the drive, which runs Sept. 27-Oct. 29, will benefit First Baptist Church in Chickasha. “We have been low on food,” said one partner agency. “This food drive will help us serve those in need.”

Author, blogger of ‘Poor Girl Gourmet’ coming to Swampscott

Amy McCoy, author of the book “Poor Girl Gourmet,” based on the popular blog of the same name, will be at the Swampscott Whole Foods Market ....

Wine 1.3.2 has been Released

Wine-Reviews: "Whats new in this release: * Update of the Gecko engine, now including a 64-bit version. * New implementation of console support on Unix terminals."

Gourmet Pizza Co

Gourmet Pizza serve a variety of Italian and Californian dishes at their restaurant as well as a selection of wines and beers. This branch has terrace seating.

Wine Tasting Event Set at Wings 'n Water Festival

STONE HARBOR — Enjoy wine tasting at the Wings ‘N Water Festival with several new wineries and a couple of returning favorites Saturday and Sunday Sept. 18 and 19, from noon to 4 p.m.

Wine bar celebrates first anniversary

WEST CHESTER TWP. - The Wise Owl Wine Bar staff claims the most personable service around, and they plan to prove it on Saturday, Sept.