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See who won Quad-City Times 2023 Favorites’ Guide awards for Food & Drink
The Quad-City Times annual Favorites’ Guide allowed readers to nominate and vote for their favorite local businesses and service providers in hundreds of areas. Here are the results among Quad-Cities businesses in the Food & Drink category. ASIAN FOOD Lemongrass • Miss Phay Café • Hy-Vee Olde Towne Bakery • Nothing Bundt Cakes • Cookies…
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‘A hand up’: BCSO collecting Thanksgiving food donations for Operation ThankFULL
PANAMA CITY — For Capt. Myron Guilford of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, it’s important to be there for those in need during the holiday season. To help less fortunate members of the community still have a proper Thanksgiving dinner, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office is collecting canned and dried food items through Operation ThankFULL,…
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Evansville-area food news: 10 morsels of food news for you this week
EVANSVILLE − We’re bringing you Tri-State restaurant happenings and food news you need to know. Here’s the latest. Brass Ring Pizza Kitchen The Brass Ring in Haubstadt has added a pizza kitchen. On the menu are build-your-own pizzas and specialty pizzas The Meats (with pepperoni, sausage, wagyu beef, ham and bacon) and The Don (with all…
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Marion County restaurant inspections: Oct. 3-13 critical violations
The following restaurant inspections with critical violations were conducted by Marion Public Health between Oct. 3 and Oct. 13: ● Kroger Company N 808, 1428 Marion-Waldo Road, Marion, Oct. 3. Food package(s) received in poor condition (critical repeat, corrected during inspection). Observed dented cans of tomato juice on store shelves. Person in charge (PIC) removed…
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Gutting American Cuisine
In “Endangered Eating,” the food historian Sarah Lohman explores the onetime staples disappearing from our tables. ENDANGERED EATING: America’s Vanishing Foods, by Sarah Lohman In Nashville, there’s a precisely conceived country restaurant called Audrey, which the chef Sean Brock named after his Appalachian grandmother. His menu is an exercise in the theory that in order…
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MTC students prepare for Suncoast Food and Wine Fest
Madelin Orga-Gonzalez carefully cut strawberries into pieces during a class at Manatee Technical College, then meticulously placed them, along with slices of kiwi and a few blueberries, on top of caramel flan. Besides being dessert, it was art. For Orga-Gonzalez, a Manatee Technical College baking and pastry arts student, baking is a passion but she…
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Port Townsend churches host special drive for area food banks
PORT TOWNSEND — The 38th WAVE Food Drive will finish with a special food drive day on Saturday, when community members are urged to help Jefferson County food banks with non-perishable foodstuffs and money. “Thirty-eight years ago, a few PT churches decided something needed to be done to help Jefferson County food banks do what…
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Lunch with Lena: Pecan Tree Cafe brings Philly favorites and classic soul dishes to York
Growing up in West Philadelphia, Kevin Byard, the youngest of nine children, spent hours in the kitchen with his mother, the late Mildred Byard, where he would define his life’s work. He fondly recalled memories of his mother’s knife slicing through collard greens. “I still have the knife she had,” said Byard. He remembers waking…
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Food trucks return to Mendota on Oct. 23
Reimagine Mendota’s “Food Truck Mainia” is set 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, on Main Street in front of the train depot. Tony’s Butt Shack, Philly Factory, Salinas Mexican Food, Chef Soma L & J, Tacos Guzman, Maria’s Pizza and Didoughs Pretzel are expected. The Mendota Christian Food Pantry will be selling raffle tickets…
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Consumers Want More Bang for Their Food Buck. Earnings Reports Show Some of the Ways They’re Getting It
U.S. consumer spending remains resilient, but third-quarter earnings reports from food-focused companies indicate that some customers are trying to maintain their eating habits without paying higher prices. Here’s a roundup of some examples. They’re passing up delivery to pick up pizzas.
