Summer time is the perfect season for snacking! Days on the beach, family reunions and lazy days are perfect for snacks. continue reading...

I’m not sure when the whole notion of making items of clothing out of food (check out this, but more importantly, this) started, and, more to the point, I’m not sure I really want it to stop, but the people over at RizzoTees really outdid themselves.

In creating a bacon-related shirt that parodies the Dos Equis commercial(s) featuring The Most Interesting Man in the World (and, more specifically, his tagline “Stay Thirsty My Friends”) Rizzotees may have created the single-most desirable thing for straight men the world over to look at. continue reading...

I may be behind on this news, but Coolio - yes, the rapper - has an online cooking show.  It’s called Cookin’ With Coolio, and it’s basically what you’d expect from a cooking show hosted by a rapper.  Except with better food.  Worth a look, check it out here. continue reading...

From USA Today:

ROME (AP) — Twenty-two nations are particularly threatened by the global food crisis that has seen soaring prices increase hunger, leading to protests and riots in some countries, the United Nations said Wednesday. continue reading...

NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire/ — Who needs endless breadsticks when zesty girls are on the menu? Playboy.com is searching for the sexiest “Girls of Olive Garden” to pose for a tasty pictorial. With more than 600 Olive Garden locations throughout the United States, Playboy.com is confident it will uncover the freshest ingredients for its sexiest “Girls Of” pictorial yet.

As a special appetizer, Kendra Wilkinson, star of E!’s top-rated show “The Girls Next Door” and a huge fan of Olive Garden, will personally hand-pick the models to be featured in the exclusive Playboy pictorial. Wilkinson, who notoriously told Italian couturier Roberto Cavalli that Olive Garden is much better than authentic Italian food and lists on her MySpace page “the owner of Olive Garden” as “people she would like to meet” said, “I am very excited to lead the search for the sexiest ‘Girls of Olive Garden.’ Not only is it my favorite restaurant, but I always notice how cute the staff is. I look forward to finding the sexiest employees and giving them the opportunity of a lifetime — to be featured in a Playboy pictorial.” continue reading...

Stamp on Hunger!  On Saturday, May 10th, Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to Stamp Out Hunger! Across America. Now in its 16th year, the Stamp Out Hunger! effort is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, having collected more than 836 million pounds of food since its inception in 1993.

At www.helpstampouthunger.com you can learn more about Stamp Out Hunger! cause and find out more information on how you could help and spread the word among your friends, family and online users. continue reading...

CARROLLTON, Texas, March 17 /PRNewswire/ — After a nationwide contest to determine the Ultimate Pasta Recipe, an entree inspired by Elizabeth Morath, a 45-year-old insurance specialist from Amherst, New York, will be featured at over 600 US T.G.I. Friday’s® restaurants beginning today.

Morath’s recipe was judged to be the best of the best on Food Network’s “Ultimate Recipe Showdown,” a six-week series featuring America’s greatest home cooks battling head-to-head for $25,000, culinary supremacy and a spot on T.G.I. Friday’s menu. continue reading...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ — The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes, North America’s largest system of culinary programs, released a survey of its students today, providing a glimpse into where the next generation of culinary professionals may take tomorrow’s menus. The survey found that culinary students want to serve dishes that are more globally diverse and conduct business in a more environmentally sensitive manner.

More than 40 percent of students responding to the survey said they believe Spanish and South American cuisines have the most potential influence on future menus, while more than half said they are most interested in including Italian (68 percent) and French (53 percent) in their professional repertoire. Eight out of 10 students would consider specializing in a fusion cuisine. Among those students, the top fusion choices were Japanese and French (17 percent) and Thai and Mexican (16 percent). continue reading...

BOSTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Over the years, the Boston Wine Expo, has become just as renown for its culinary offerings as it is for its wine. Today, gourmet cafe and catering company Sebastians announced that it will participate in the Expo’s long standing tradition of culinary excellence by providing mouth watering samples of a new pasta offering by Carla’s Pasta called Sacchettini®, to guests at the event to be held February 9-10 at Boston’s World Trade. This unique stuffed pasta is made with a special blend of six-cheeses and is then lightly fried and topped with a savory tomato BBQ sauce created by Sebastians Executive Chef John Merrill using locally grown Backyard Beauties tomatoes from Backyard Farms of Madison, ME.

“There’s no better combination than pasta and wine and, with more than 2,000 wines to choose from at the Expo, there’s no better place to offer this item,” comments Sebastians President Emil Grosso. continue reading...

DENVER, CO–(Marketwire - December 26, 2007) - The Cure, the first healthy, all-natural, hangover remedy to relieve the negative effects of alcohol, is now available at online retailer Amazon.com. The Cure is a tropical-flavored, fast acting powdered mix that effectively alleviates hangover symptoms when taken after alcohol consumption. The Cure is available for purchase at hundreds of liquor stores, convenience stores and ski resorts across the country, and now online at Amazon.com. continue reading...