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Jerusha Klemperer

50 Most Powerful People in Food? Whose Food?

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted March 21, 2012

This week The Daily Meal put out a list of America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food and the jumble of powerful people was by the site's own admission very subjective and a bit random but also a) a great indication of the schizophrenia at work in our...

Zagat

The 10 Best Restaurants Owned By NFL Stars

Zagat | Posted March 21, 2012

What do you do when you retire from the National Football League? Apparently, you open a restaurant -- preferably a steakhouse or a sports bar that serves "manly" foods like thick steaks, wings and nachos. With the NFL playoffs in full swing and the Super Bowl only a few weeks...

Laura Silverman

How Dry I Am: Mushroom Jerky

Laura Silverman | Posted March 21, 2012

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I'm about to pick a major bone, so if you're not in the mood -- and I'm not talking about steak for dinner -- turn away now. There's been a media pig pile on Paula Deen this week and I've got to get...

Bettina Elias Siegel

A Preventable Tragedy: Choking to Death in the School Cafeteria

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted March 21, 2012

Last month a Brooklyn nine-year-old named Jonathan Jewth tragically choked to death while eating meatballs in his school cafeteria. The New York Post, which first broke the story, reported that the lunchroom workers on duty at the time were unable to assist the boy. Said an eyewitness quoted...

Thei Zervaki

Foods and Trends at the Winter Fancy Food Show 2012

Thei Zervaki | Posted March 21, 2012

Hunting for trends during a food show is a daunting task, if ever possible. Trends are, after all, never 100 percent objective and depend on the particular features of the show attended. After spending three entire days on the floors and aisles of the Winter Fancy Food in San Francisco...

Kristin Braswell

How Caribbean Corn Chowder Reunited My Grandmother and Me

Kristin Braswell | Posted March 21, 2012

I am a prideful woman who loves to cook. Oddly enough, this combination provided the perfect recipe to bring my grandmother and I back together after three years of not speaking.
Our ideologies are not aligned; she believes that natural disaster is the result of God's fury against...

Food52

Burns Night Supper

Food52 | Posted March 21, 2012

Unlike St. Patrick's Day (its over-hyped, beat-to-death second cousin once removed) Burns Night is a holiday that could use a little PR boost. A quick intro for the uninitiated -- every year on poet Robert Burns' birthday (January 25th), lovers of all things poetic and Scottish...

Liquor.com

A Whisky Toast For Burns Night

Liquor.com | Posted March 21, 2012

We don't need much of an excuse to buy a bottle of single malt whisky or to pour a dram. But next week, we're more than justified: Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, was born on January 25, 1759. For more than 200 years, fans around the world have been celebrating...

Maria Rodale

Spiced & Roasted Squash

Maria Rodale | Posted March 21, 2012

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure.

We all know squash is good for us, but cooking it can be such a bother (or rather, chopping it is). However, I've been making it a lot lately because of a recipe I've adapted from...

Maria Rodale

Spiced & Roasted Squash

Maria Rodale | Posted March 21, 2012

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure.

We all know squash is good for us, but cooking it can be such a bother (or rather, chopping it is). However, I've been making it a lot lately because of a recipe I've adapted from...

David Lynch

Obsessed: Coffee

David Lynch | Posted March 21, 2012

Inspired by one professor's infectious enthusiasm for Emily Dickinson, Obsessed is a new HuffPost Culture series exploring the idiosyncratic, all-consuming passions of public figures and unknowns alike. Through a mix of blogs and interviews, these pieces will highlight the elusiveness of whatever it is you just can't live...