Food

Cottage cheese can be used to make an easy cheese dumpling.

Cottage cheese equals easy dumplings

April 24, 2024, 6:01am Food

Sometimes dinner arises from a well-laid plan that includes time for a leisurely trip to the grocery store. Read story

Lodi’s iconic arch was built in 1907 as a symbol of agricultural and commercial growth which seems to counter what is happening in the region with the oversupply of wine grapes on March 26, 2024, in Lodi, California.

Global wine glut compounds headaches for struggling California vineyards

April 20, 2024, 5:58am Food

Times are getting increasingly tough for many of California’s wine grape growers. Wine-souring smoke from wildfires, grape-shriveling drought and global warming have all been playing an increasingly detrimental role in state vineyards for at least the last decade. But those aren’t the only headaches. More recently, a tectonic shift in… Read story

Mohammed Fita picks coffee beans on his farm Choche, near Jimma, 234 miles southwest of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sept. 21, 2002. Wild coffee plants originated in Ethiopia but are thought to have been primarily roasted and brewed in Yemen starting in the 1400s.

Your coffee may be 600,000 years old

April 20, 2024, 5:56am Food

Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers have built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests… Read story

This photo provided by Starbucks shows a new version of the company’s cold cup which is said to be made with up to 20% less plastic. The introduction of the cups will be announced on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Booming cold drink sales mean more plastic waste. So Starbucks redesigned its cups

April 18, 2024, 8:33am Business

Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in. Read story

These thin, crispy crackers are eaten during the Passover season — but homemade matzos are quite different from what you’d get in a box.

Marvelous matzos: Step outside the box with this homemade recipe

April 17, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

“Matzos are so delicious,” is something you’ve never heard anyone say. Yet people have been eating matzos (also called matzah) or similar unleavened flatbreads for thousands of years. Matzos famously taste of cardboard, a reputation perhaps well-deserved because this cracker-like bread made only of flour, water and sometimes salt. Read story

Turn a can of black beans into enfrijoladas

Black Bean Enfrijoladas draws on pantry staples for an easy meal.

April 17, 2024, 6:04am Food

Beans and tortillas are a classic pairing served in numerous configurations, usually with the beans served in or on the tortilla. But for Oaxacan enfrijoladas, lightly fried tortillas are dipped into and completely coated by a black bean puree. Read story

Give tofu a try; it’s versatile, healthful and delicious

Minnesota-made tofu MinnTofu is found in local co-ops, uses non-GMO soybeans grown on a family farm in St. Peter, is processed in Spring Lake Park, and delivered right away.

April 17, 2024, 6:03am Food

Tofu is a wonderfully versatile ingredient. It’s great pan-fried, grilled, scrambled and whizzed into spreads and sauces. But I like it best pan roasted until it becomes meltingly golden and crisp. For this, you need a really good tofu, and the fresher the better. Read story