USDA Bails out Big Dairy AGAIN!
For the second time this year, the USDA is buying up excess dairy. How did we get such an abundance of dairy, and why are our tax dollars being used for this AGAIN?
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A Trip to Eataly: An Italian Food Lover’s Heaven
If I could live anywhere, I’d live in Italy. The next best thing? Eataly — Chicago’s Italian food megamarket. Sensazionale! Let me take you on a tour…
Genetically Modified Vegan Cheese: Best and Worst Thing Ever?
It’s the white whale for vegans. Cheese. Sure, there are plenty of vegan cheese options on the market. We’ve all grinned and eaten it. But as acceptable as they may be, they do all lack that, well, cheesiness.
Is America’s Cheese Obsession by Design? The Dairy Industry’s Push to Move Milk
While we’ve shifted away from the milk-drinking culture we were as recent as the 1970s—even despite best efforts by the ‘Got Milk’ campaign—our cheese intake has skyrocketed. In the past forty years, we’ve decreased our milk consumption by 30 percent, but cheese consumption has increased more than 177 percent.
Cowgirl Creamery Cooks: Classic Mac and Cheese [Recipe]
Want to know how to plan a cheese course? What’s the best wine to serve with cheese? How to make the perfect mac and cheese? The stunningly beautiful Cowgirl Creamery Cooks cookbook has all the answers — and more! Just north of San Francisco, in the rolling hills of Marin County, the Cowgirls — as they’re known …
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Weekend Food Project: A Hand-Crafted Crème Fraîche Recipe
When I couldn’t find crème fraîche in my grocery store for a new dish I wanted to try, I searched for a crème fraîche recipe, et voila! I made my own.
Reader Recipe: Our Grilled Cheese Evolution
There’s another variation of grilled cheese my family calls the French Toasted Grilled Cheese. This variation completed our family’s grilled cheese evolution because once Mom heard about it (from a friend, sister, magazine?) she forgot all about her toaster oven.
Foods to avoid during pregnancy (and what TO eat)
A little while ago, we covered the teas that are not safe/recommended during pregnancy. We got a number of great questions and reader feedback about it and decided to cover foods that pregnant women should also avoid.
Meet This Year’s Good Food Awards Finalists
Each year, dozens of hopeful food and drink artisans enter their products in a unique competition: the Good Food Awards. Meet the 2013 finalists.
Family Favorite Recipe: “Ear Pasta” With Mascarpone Cheese
My family adores pasta. And because many pasta recipes come together quickly, we eat more than our share. One of our favorite pasta dishes is one I adapted from a Giada De Laurentiis recipe for Orecchiete with Sausage, Beans, and Mascarpone.
Weekend Food Project: Make Your Own Mascarpone Cheese
Looking for a weekend food project with an awe-inspiring, tasty outcome? Set aside a couple of hours to craft fresh, homemade mascarpone cheese.
Confessions of a Cheese Addicted Vegan Wannabe
Over the years, I’ve wandered in and out of various states of vegan and vegetarian and even had a few years as an omnivore (but only ate very carefully chosen responsibly raised meats). My downfall has always been cheese. Do they have a 12-step program for cheese – just cheese? I need it.
The 5 Most Allergenic Animal Foods
Some of the most common foods are also the most allergenic. Here, we’ll examine the most allergenic animal foods plus some plant-based alternatives.