Archive for November, 2007

November 29, 2007–Quality Plus Products, Inc., of Bellingham, Washington is recalling its 7 ounce packages of Jackson’s Quality Plus Smoked Wild Salmon Spread because the top ingredient label does not mention eggs, however, it is listed on the side label…

 This is cool — monk-preneurs.

Looking for new ways to give back this holiday season? How about ordering foodie gifts like gourmet coffee and preserves from Benevolent Blends, an online retailer that dedicates part of its business profit toward…

Here is a really cool word game called Free Rice (better than flash cards) that for every time you guess the answer correctly 20 grains of rice are donated to help feed and end world hunger. Apparently, the rice is paid…

Sugar and spice and everything exotic. 

You know who you are. The holidays are not the holidays unless you bake up a storm. I never bake. My mother was a baking monster. She loved to bake and she was a…

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2007–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for the Eighth Session…

Bend, Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery recently introduced its newest beer, Green Lakes Organic Ale. We have always been committed to sustainability and see this new beer as a natural extension of our interest in doing things the best way possible,…

Butter makes everything better or so I think. I grew up in a household devoid of butter. Instead we had that horrible oleo or vegetable margarine. The reason we had oleo was because…

Sweet deal here I come: Enter the holiday dessert recipe contest. Mentally, I am already in Sonoma, Calif. What’s not to like or want?

All recipes must be readily preparable, written in English, and not more than 200 words. Contestants…

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We all have a favorite coffee mug. Mine is green with dragonflies printed on the outside. I’ll even choose to use it when it is dirty, over getting…

Nov. 24, 2007–According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, American Foods Group, LLC, a Green Bay, Wisc., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 95,927 pounds of various coarse and fine ground beef products because they may…