July 2008 - Posts

• Drugs Offer Promise of Fitness Without Effort

  Research on mice suggests that pills could trick the muscles into thinking they have been exercising. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 01:53 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Medicine and Health, Research, Exercise, Muscles, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Resveratrol (Chemical)

• City Room: Brooklyn Market Is Saved

  Vendors in a market once marked for closing are on the verge of signing a five-year lease. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 01:53 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Paper Cuts: ‘American Cookbook Project’

  “The American Cookbook Project” allows amateur foodie genealogists to post their favorite family recipes along with short tales about how they were created. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 01:21 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine

• Your Second Home | Outdoor Kitchens: Cooking Without Walls

  Entertaining is often the main reason for having a weekend or vacation home, and for many people that all but requires outdoor cooking. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:21 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Travel and Vacations, Housing, Kitchens, Grilling (Cooking)

• US wine industry 'doing nothing' on climate change, Taste3 hears

  A leading US wine region climate researcher says the US is ‘doing nothing' to study the problem. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 04:33 AM by Decanter News

• Op-Ed Columnist: Slow Train to Champagne

  Champagne has no need to jump on the easy-drinking bandwagon; it’s a recession-free zone. Read More... Posted Jul 30 2008, 11:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Wines, Champagne (Wine), France, Economic Conditions and Trends, Recession and Depression, India

• Amid Salmonella Case, Food Industry Seems Set to Back Greater Regulation

  Industry leaders are questioning whether the weak produce-tracking rules that many of them once championed are more a curse than a blessing, several food safety experts say. Read More... Posted Jul 30 2008, 09:38 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Tomatoes, Food and Drug Administration, Salmonella (Bacteria), United States Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, House of Representatives

• Fortnum and Mason, Harvey Nichols keep wine too warm: Decanter

  Fine wines in many leading UK stores including Fortnum and Mason and Harvey Nichols are kept at temperatures far higher than recommended, Decanter reveals next month. Read More... Posted Jul 30 2008, 08:31 AM by Decanter News

• Tom Shelton, American wine industry leader, dies at 55

  Tom Shelton, the former head of Joseph Phelps Winery and champion of the Napa Valley appellation, has died aged 55. Read More... Posted Jul 30 2008, 07:02 AM by Decanter News

• Restaurant Chains Close as Diners Reduce Spending

  Soaring food costs and a surfeit of locations have hurt the casual dining sector’s bottom lines just as Americans are choosing to take more meals at home. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 10:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Economic Conditions and Trends, Consumer Behavior, Bankruptcies, Metromedia Restaurant Group, casual dining

• Dining Briefs: Hundred Acres, Curry-Ya

  Hundred Acres has a concise menu, a casual mood and commendably accessible prices. Curry-Ya serves 9 kinds of Japanese curry, in your choice of mild, hot or extra-hot. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 07:53 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Reviews, Restaurants, East Village (NYC), SoHo (NYC), Curry

• Dining Calendar: Dining Calendar

  Rare Italian Wines. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 07:44 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Alcoholic Beverages, Wines, Meat, Tomatoes, Artisanal Premium Cheese, Italian Wine Merchants, Broadway Books, Martha Clara Vineyards

• Restaurants: On Top of Spaghetti

  Scarpetta — which means little shoe, but refers to a hunk of bread you use to sop up lingering sauce — leaves you stuffed and happy. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 07:40 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Reviews, Restaurants, Conant, Scott

• Let the Meals Begin: Finding Beijing in Flushing

  Everything tastes different in Flushing, Queens, the best neighborhood in New York for tasting the true and dazzling flavors of China. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 07:38 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Restaurants, Meat, Soups, Noodles, Queens (NYC), Sauces, Chinese Food

• Farmer Deals With Drop in Business and Credibility

  Organizers of nine farmers’ markets in New York City took the rare step of suspending a farmer for selling meat he did not raise on his farm. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 07:37 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture, Meat, Organic Food, Greenmarket (NYC), Farmers, Farmers' Markets, Local Food