Tag: Food and Beverage

$4.3M in emergency food help heads to OH counties

$4.3M in emergency food help heads to OH counties

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2012 6:49 pm

In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, Dr. Abdul Mabud, director of the scientific services division of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, holds up a bottle of snake liquor from east Asia at a laboratory, in Beltsville, Md. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washingtonâs current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov’t group

Daniel Wagner · December 8, 2012 3:29 pm

200 bid for items from Landmark Boston restaurant

200 bid for items from Landmark Boston restaurant

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2012 12:36 am

FILE - In this Aug 10, 2011 file photo, Glenn Coffee, Oklahoma Secretary of State, is seen in Oklahoma City. The former state senator, who has served as Gov. Mary Fallin's chief budget negotiator since 2010, announced Friday Dec. 7, 2012 he's stepping down to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Coffee was appointed secretary of state after term limits forced him from his state Senate seat. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Secretary of State Coffee says he plans to resign

Sean Murphy · December 7, 2012 11:01 pm

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2011 file photo shows Hasbro's newest version of their famous "Easy Bake Oven" in Pawtucket, R.I. An eighth-grade girl from Garfield, N.J., has started an online petition asking Pawtucket, R.I.-based Hasbro to make the toy ovens in gender-neutral colors and feature boys on the package after she went to buy one for her little brother and discovered that it comes only in girly pink and purple, with girls and only girls on the box and in the commercials. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

NJ teen wants Easy-Bake Oven to appeal to boys

Michelle Smith · December 7, 2012 9:58 pm

n this photo taken Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, chef Tyler Florence puts a finishing touch to his fried chicken dish in the kitchen at his Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco. Baby food and fried chicken may well be the legacy for which Tyler Florence ultimately is best known. Which seems a bit crazy given his near ubiquity on the Food Network since its earliest days on air, his years of running the celebrity chef gauntlet, his many cookbooks, product lines and appearances. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Tyler Florence: No more taking success for granted

J.M. HIRSCH · December 7, 2012 5:23 pm

Student-run coffee shop opens for business at UNK

Student-run coffee shop opens for business at UNK

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 12:22 am

Maine utilities compete in water taste tests

Maine utilities compete in water taste tests

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2012 9:30 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, March 29, 2007, file photo, a man walks past a sign for KFC in Shanghai, China. The owner of KFC and Pizza Hut said Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, it is taking its fast-food menus to the lesser-known regions of China, with plans to set up shop in smaller cities throughout the key market. After expanding in China's biggest cities in recent years, Yum Brands Inc. is focusing on populating the country's less urbanized areas. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Yum Brands taking KFC to China’s smaller cities

Candice Choi · December 6, 2012 9:20 pm

Teachers wanted to study Gullah culture of GA, SC

Teachers wanted to study Gullah culture of GA, SC

Russ Bynum · December 6, 2012 8:28 pm

In this image taken on Monday, November 26, 2012, Christmas sangria and spring pea guacamole are shown in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

Entertaining with easy-to-assemble party foods

Michele Kayal · December 6, 2012 5:01 pm

A student walks past a sculpture made of empty water bottles on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in Burlington, Vt. The University of Vermont is preparing to ban the sale of bottled water on its Burlington campus. The school is holding a "bottled water retirement party" Wednesday that will be highlighted by the unveiling of what's being called a "monument to waste" eco sculpture made from 3,000 empty water bottles. The ban takes effect on Jan. 1.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

U of Vt. celebrates bottled water ban

Washington Examiner · December 5, 2012 11:27 pm