Advertisement
The Food Channel on Facebook
Beyond The Plate Series
Top 10 back to food trends for 2010
 

Articles



Taylor

Career Waitresses, American Icons

Filed Under: Hot & Cool Trends from CultureWaves®

You see them mostly at old fashioned American diners and coffee shops. Ladies in their fifties, sixties, even seventies and older, working the counter, waiting on tables, chatting up the customers, pouring the coffee. Career waitresses.

Paperplatesbare_thumb

Eco-Friendlier Packaging from the Farm to Fork

Filed Under: Pro

Roughly 113 billion disposable cups, 39 billion disposable eating utensils and 29 billion disposable plates are used in the U.S. each year. Fortunately, many manufacturers and restaurants are as concerned as consumers are.

Istock_000001620149xsmall_thumb

Livestock, Poultry Groups Defend Use of Antibiotics

Filed Under: Food News , Pro

Livestock and poultry groups hosted educational briefings on Capitol Hill last week to share the facts about the importance of tools like antibiotics in raising healthy food animals.

Istock_000010131681xsmall_thumb

Futurevision: Heating Homes with Table Scraps

Filed Under: Hot & Cool Trends from CultureWaves®

Could discarded foods—half-eaten pizza crusts, watermelon rinds, stale bread—soon be converted into fuel to heat our homes? The potential is certainly there, but some high hurdles must be overcome.

Adrienne_thumb

Susanna Foo: Watching a Master at Work

Filed Under: Reviews

This weekend I had the unique opportunity to watch a master at work. Susanna Foo is a well known chef in the Philadelphia area, not too far from my home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. But, really, tofu? Check it out in iraves.com!

El_cholo_47_thumb

El Cholo

Filed Under: Reviews , Pro

The El Cholo story began back in 1923 when Alejandro Borquez pushed away from the dinner table and said to his wife, Rosa, “You are such a good cook we should open up a restaurant.”

Istock_000011692066xsmall_thumb

Translating the Claims on Food Packaging

Filed Under: Food News , Tips & Techniques

For National Nutrition Month, the American Dietetic Association offers help in navigating grocery aisles to learn which food marketing phrases can help you make healthier choices—and which terms won’t make much of a difference to your diet.

Islandoysterstoutlabel_thumb

Do You Want Oysters WITH or IN Your Beer?

Filed Under: Hot & Cool Trends from CultureWaves®

Recently, two U.S. breweries have been brewing oysters in their beer. Flying Fish Brewing had a limited release called Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout, and Harpoon Brewery, Boston, added Island Creek Oyster Stout to its “100 Barrel Series.”

Tomatoes_thumb

Tomatoes By Request Only

Filed Under: Food News , Pro

The prolonged January cold-snap in Florida has resulted in a tomato shortage that’s affecting both supermarkets and restaurants. In many fast food restaurants, if you want tomatoes on your burger, you gotta ask for them—and say please.

Thetwist_thumb

A New Twist on Espresso Making

Filed Under: Hot & Cool Trends from CultureWaves® , Pro

The mypressi Twist is a truly portable espresso machine that is amazingly easy to use. It produces espresso rivaling traditional machines. It’s a gadget you hold in one hand. There’s no cord, nothing to plug in, no batteries even.