Big doings in the Triad as we finally finally get some overbearing heat up in here. Seriously: I like it when its like 95 degrees out, and the inside of my car feels like an oven.

Big doings in the Triad as we finally finally get some overbearing heat up in here. Seriously: I like it when its like 95 degrees out, and the inside of my car feels like an oven. Moving on. On the national front, Pamelas Products has announced the fourth annual Gluten-Free Recipe Contest, with a deadline of June 1.

Ari LeVaux, who tracks food-related legislation in his e-mail newsletter Flash in the Pan, says there is currently a raft of legislation before Congress that is likely to confound even the most astute monitor. The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009,.

Remember the Big Eat, Winston-Salems restaurant initiative that pushed half-price specialty dishes at downtown restaurants throughout the month of March? Well, its been re-booted and the promotion will continue throughout the month of April.

This is it, folks, the week for which weve been waiting all winter long. After a couple false starts, spring is underway and with its bounty come the stirrings of the long-dormant culinary scene.

The good news is that Taco Bell refunded the $150 and sent the man a check to cover all his overdraft fees. The bad news is that, you know, the guy still ate $15 worth of Taco Bell. Thats gotta hurt..

I could save myself a bunch of time and labor were I to visit Winston-Salems newest farmers market for my produce. Krankies Downtown Local Market,.

Well, weve got the first stage of the garden done and our compost is mulching as we speak. Im hoping it will bring me more in tune with the natural cycles of food and weather,.

Sno-Cone, anyone? Ha! Just kidding. Seriously, though, this last winter bash is playing havoc with the agricultural cycle, killing off the last of the apples.

Tim and I visited Sonoma a couple of years ago and had kind of joked that if ever Asheboro legalized alcohol, wed open a wine shop, Parrish said in a press release. This past summer, the three of us decided that we should if we ever wanted to now was the time!.