Let the Games Begin!
Foodie Gamers. Who knew that was a demographic?! Apparently they are out there. The Food Network is hoping to captivate them with its first foray into video gaming. I’ll confess that I’ve never seen the point of television cooking shows. I want to chop the onions and breath them in as they cook on my stove. I want to be able to taste something when it̵

Casting Call: So you think you can cook
image courtesy of Eat Me Daily Be a chef. Or just play one on TV. There are no secrets to getting yourself cast on a reality TV cooking show. You need to check a few websites to learn about open casting calls and applications for auditions. Often this information is posted with very short notice, so check regularly and often. Most casting notices are posted on either Reality TV Casting Calls

The Champagne Bubble
Champagne has always been prone to cycles of boom and bust. It takes many long years for production to be established, but demand fluctuates with the vagaries of the economy. Earlier this decade the Champagne industry saw three straight years of record sales, mostly due to exports to the booming economies of China, Russia, and India. Demand was so strong that France’s appellation system approved an historic expansion of nearly f

Do You Eat Like a Conservative or a Liberal?
Remember the defining moment in the 2008 election? In the still wide field of Democratic presidential candidates, the senator from Illinois strode into a Rural Issues Forum on a farm outside of Des Moines, Iowa and asked this question: Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? That’s when we knew that Barack Obama was a foodie like us. It turns out that Democrats do like arugula. And Thai

Buzzkill: FDA looks to ban caffeinated alcohol beverages
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration notified a few dozen beverage manufacturers that they have 30 days to provide evidence that beverages with added caffeine and alcohol do not pose a risk to health or safety. While singly the substances are approved, the FDA requires approval for each specific use. The problem is that caffeine, a stimulant, can mask the intoxicating effects of alcohol, a depressant. The body feels less fatigued, the mind is more alert, the drinker perceives a less