Jared Rivera, 02/17/12

Co-founder, Rivera Public Relations, Chefs Feed

Here's a first look at what President Obama ordered from Great Eastern Chinese Restaurant. For the record, he knocked it out of the park here on this selection of dim sum.

Honest Cooking, 02/21/12

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The favourite frozen dessert of Italy has been around for centuries, although it was originally a specialty limited only to royalty. The Medici family held the secret to this delectable dish for a long time.

Avital Binshtock, 02/22/12

Writer and editor

No matter how you slice it, mainstream cheese is inefficient fare: Almost 10 pounds of milk are needed to make a typical 1-pound wheel. But you need not forsake your favorite Gouda. Just choose a brand that takes sustainability into account. I asked five experts to name their favorites.

Scott Bridges, 02/22/12

L.A. Writer

The Pacific Mutual Building is a monument to a glorious Los Angeles downtown of yesteryear. So it is only fitting that the building house a restaurant of similar reminiscence. The Water Grill is a reminder of what great dining is all about.

Richard Jennings, 02/22/12

Wine writer and reviewer

Petite Sirah is, along with Zinfandel, one of California's heritage and most distinctive grapes. It can produce wonderfully complex, rich, black fruited wines, often with floral, blueberry, tar, licorice and peppery dimensions.

Marcus Samuelsson, 02/22/12

Chef and author

Harlem is alive and thriving, more so now than ever before, and in many cases food is at the center of Harlem's new economic growth. Within the midst of great history and cultural diversity lies a food side of Harlem just waiting to be discovered by those foodies who seek it.

Steven Kurlander, 02/22/12

Political and communications strategist/Columnist for Sun Sentinel and Florida Voices

While most Americans spend about 10% of their family's budget on groceries, about one-third of them actually spend closer to 20%, so large increases in grocery prices means less spending on consumer goods, which account for a great portion of our economic activity.

Solmaz Wein, 02/22/12

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Perry Garfinkel, 02/22/12

Veteran journalist

Billions of bees have disappeared in the last decade and scientists have no idea why. As executive chef at the Four Seasons Atlanta, Robert Gerstenecker has launched an awareness campaign by setting up two beehives on the hotel's terrace.

Linda Novick O'Keefe, 02/22/12

Founding Executive Director, Common Threads

An elementary schooler got to participate in the biggest sports event in America through Fuel Up to Play 60, a program that uses the star-power of NFL players to get kids excited about exercise.

Dr. Gary Ginsberg, 02/22/12

Toxicologist; Faculty, Yale and the UConn School of Community Medicine

Taking a crop high in arsenic and concentrating it down into a syrup and then putting that into baby formula sounds like a terrorist plot on a TV drama. Unfortunately, it's actually happening.

Jeffrey Hollender, 02/22/12

Co-Founder, Seventh Generation

There is no denying that our oceans are in grave peril, and the conventional tuna industry now must make a choice: fish more sustainably, or lose market share to those who do.

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, 02/22/12

Executive Director and CEO, Healthy Child Healthy World

Last week's findings of arsenic in organic brown rice syrup may be even more frightening to parents than last year's discovery of arsenic in apple juice. That's because organic brown rice syrup is ubiquitous in natural products -- it's used as a substitute for high fructose corn syrup.

Julie Tilsner, 02/22/12

Parenting writer and food blogger

Andrew Kimbrell, 02/22/12

Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn variety that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange.

Robert Rosenthal, 02/21/12

The 'Short Order Dad'

Doesn't the name "sweetbreads" suggest something wonderful and tasty? However, the second it's explained that you're dining on a large mammal's thymus gland, not so much. Here are 12 other foods that seem like they could be a one-way ticket to uncontrollable vomiting.

EatingWell, 02/21/12

Where Good Taste Meets Good Health

Chances are you have a microwave sitting somewhere in your kitchen. They've gotten smaller over the years, but even the most svelte version takes up precious real estate. It's time to put that baby to work.