Interesting Food Festivals in South Carolina (& Around the World)

If you enjoy eating local food as well as meeting others that feel the same, then attending a regional food festival may be one of the best ways to both honor and explore the particular dishes and food traditions...

Culinary Contest Ends in Multi-Cultural Wins

A Japanese and an Italian dish were among the winners of a culinary contest for local restaurants at Van Thanh Park in HCM City last Saturday. Samurai maki by Samurai restaurant is a kind of sushi made from salmon, tuna, fish skin, cucumber, and other ingredients served with...

The best thing about Thanksgiving - Grandma's cornbread dressing

Perhaps it is unkind to accuse your grandmother of holding out on you on her deathbed, but it's meant in jest."Grandma Virginia's Cornbread Dressing This dressing recipe came from Grandmother Virginia Corse West. She was the mother of Jane West, who went on to be...

Top Chef: The Game released by Brighter Minds Media in collaboration with Bra...

Brighter Minds Media, LLC (Brighter Minds), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brighter Minds Media Inc. (The Company, TSX: BRI.V), launches Top Chef: The Game, along with cable network Bravo and co-developer Gamelab,...

Thanksgiving Food 911: 3 Important Tips to Save Your Sanity

At its best, Thanksgiving is a day to surround oneself with the people one cares for the most as well as to feel gratitude for the bounty of this year and the promise of the next. Unfortunately, with all the...

Take a Virtual Food Lover’s Trip Around the World: 24 Blogs Celebrate Local...

Recently, the folks at Foodbuzz have helped coordinate their second series of blog posts featuring two dozen of their foodie members simultaneously celebrating some of the best regional and local foods throughout...

Eat Like a President: 50+ White House Recipes You Can Enjoy

As Election Day approaches and those in the U.S. prepare to vote (after having a nice breakfast of course!), we thought it would be nice to share some recipes we’ve come across from the hard cooking folks at the...

First Female White House Chef Faces Uncertain Future, Tastes of New President

Depending on the outcome of the 2008 Presidential election, Cristeta Comerford, the first female executive chef in White House history may end up having to look for new employment. Since John...

Less Expensive Restaurants Benefit From Economic Downturn

According to the National Restaurant Association, U.S. restaurants are facing their most challenging financial climate in 17 years as a result of the economic downturn and tightened credit landscape. As Hudson...

7 Pasta Shapes I Have Loved (Plus 1 That Made Me Gag)

Having been raised in an Italian household, pasta is, for me, more than a food. It’s a requirement. Sort of a Vitamin P, if you will. If I don’t eat it on a regular basis, I actually become nervous and unfocused, and I begin to wonder if I’m coming down with something....

How to Head and Devein Fresh, Local Shrimp

Before I came to the South Carolina Lowcountry, I’d eaten plenty of shrimp. Or so I’d thought. It wasn’t until I tasted the shrimp harvested right here in these temperate waters that I’d realized what...

Celebrities in the Kitchen: 16 Famous People Who Have Been Chefs or Cooks

Here’s a list of famous actors, artists, film directors, and other celebrities who have been either been chefs or cooks or are passionate about cooking. Quite a few of the names will surprise you. Celebrities Who’ve Worked Professionally as Chefs or Cooks 1....

Like Reading About Presidential Pork? Read a Cookbook for Free: The White Hou...

Google Books has been gradually placing the full text of thousands of books online, many of them free full previews of culinary books that are either out-of-print or have been added online with the permission of their publishers. One of the former gems we’ve recently...

Dogs off the menu in China, but not animal organs.

Couple questions of mine have been answered through this article. Few weeks back, I posted on the banning of dog meat in China. I was unsure about whether this was a permanent ban or a temporary ban, but after...

World's Best place to Dine, El Bulli, Spain selected

The future of gastronomy lays in Spain Ferran Adria, El Bulli Restaurant, Roses Catalonia, SpainMolecular gastronomy Considered best place to dine by Restaurant Magazine Ferran Adrià began his culinary career as...

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