Provides the latest RSS feeds for Food And Drinks News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Milwaukee Sun.com http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/cat/65c2a14681721a2b/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 01:26:29 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:26:29 -0400 30 According to new research, menu labeling has made more people aware of how many calories are in restaurant meals and has some people reducing their intake. The study evaluated the effects of new requirements for chain restaurants to label their menu items with their corresponding calorie content by following restaurant patrons 18 months after implementation of the law-a longer period than ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214623800/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214623800/scat/65c2a14681721a2b A new law will allow 18- to 20-year-olds to taste wine if they’re enrolled in a community college wine program - just as long as they sip, then ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214623585/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Mon, 20 May 2013 00:18:08 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214623585/scat/65c2a14681721a2b The Tin Drum Band featuring Mighty Mo Rogers (center) performs at the California Jazz & Wine Fest on Sunday afternoon in Thousand ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621767/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 21:55:09 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621767/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardise Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the Europen Union (EU), but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated trademark battle over the country's beloved sweet dessert wine has some feeling less than bubbly, mirroring rapidly declining enthusiasm among Croats for membership in the economically battered bloc. The EU ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621269/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:51 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621269/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Atrium offers its own menu. It has alcohol and foods such as flatbreads, tacos and mini-sandwiches that mostly cost between $4 and $7. The area has a brick interior, a high ceiling with exposed beams and several flat-screen TVs. Orlando-based Darden said it has no plans to make Atrium a standalone ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621185/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:01 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621185/scat/65c2a14681721a2b For William Wordsworth, the Lake District was a "national property" for all to enjoy. But what the poet, a teetotal, would have made of the first whiskey distillery in the area for more than 100 years is hard to ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621117/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 20:03:39 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214621117/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Congress voted to require it, you still won't find calories listed on the menus of most restaurant chains. The problem? The federal government has yet to write the specific rules to carry out the law, in part because supermarkets are balking at it. "It does make you wonder, why all this procrastination?" Orlando dietitian Jo Lichten said. "Research shows people want to have ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214620053/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 18:58:07 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214620053/scat/65c2a14681721a2b In this May 16, 2013, photo, Abdulah Salim, Jr. hold the photograph of his father Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins who was a prominent Charlotte civil rights leader, in Silver Spring, Md. In the spring of 1963, a Hawkins led 65 people on a four-mile march from an African American college to the center of Charlotte’s downtown. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214620055/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:00 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214620055/scat/65c2a14681721a2b /enpproperty--> The government's nationwide clampdown on graft and wasteful spending has left many high-end catering companies with a simple choice: Adapt or die. On Dec 4, China's new leadership issued eight rules to improve officials' working style, which included scrapping extravagant banquets. The effect on exclusive restaurants was felt quickly. A Ministry of Commerce ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214618647/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 16:21:55 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214618647/scat/65c2a14681721a2b 41% of Americans say they are "spending less money" compared to 57% in 2010 Americans seem to be fed up with frugality.As the recession ever so slowly recedes, an increasing number of Americans say they are less frugal than they were a few years ago. At the same time, sales at restaurants are at an all-time high and at least one survey says consumers expect to spend more eating out as ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214617445/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 14:04:53 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214617445/scat/65c2a14681721a2b OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214617415/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:16 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214617415/scat/65c2a14681721a2b ‘Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table’ by Cita Stelzer Pegasus, 332 pp., $26.95 During World War II, Winston Churchill’s battlefield was the dining room. Armed with his wit, ever-present cigar and flute of bubbly, he lorded over his adversaries and allies as the world’s foremost dinner-table diplomat. Cita Stelzer’s new book, "Dinner with ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614937/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:49 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614937/scat/65c2a14681721a2b FYI Guy Recent big buzz in Seattle foodie circles: renowned restaurant Din Tai Fung will open a new location at University Village later this year, according to The Seattle Times. The Taiwanese chain, famous for its Shanghai-style soup dumplings, already has a branch in Bellevue that is always packed. The new location will probably have long waits, too, but at least Seattleites won’t have ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614938/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 10:42:51 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614938/scat/65c2a14681721a2b 09/11/2012 16:41 CET People who cannot afford to eat out are being offered an alternative menu by a Spanish restaurant: do an hour’s work rather than pay the bill. In a move echoing similar initiatives elsewhere during the recession, the Troboda in Catalonia caters partly for the long-term unemployed who live below the poverty line. In return for a free meal they give up some time ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214615011/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 10:33:09 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214615011/scat/65c2a14681721a2b A panel of judges picked Phil's BBQ as the best sauce during a tasting Saturday in Birmingham. Phil's was one of four regional winners that ended up in the state contest organized by the Alabama Tourism ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614778/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 09:47:43 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614778/scat/65c2a14681721a2b EU bureaucrats have been ridiculed for shifting their focus from fighting the eurozone's debt crisis to impose strict rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.From 1 January eateries will be banned from serving oil to diners in small glass jugs or dipping bowls and forced instead to use pre-sealed, non-refillable bottles that must be disposed of when empty.The European commission said the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614179/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 09:07:55 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614179/scat/65c2a14681721a2b A San Francisco restaurant owner says he's out of business after complaints about the smell of bacon led to a discovery the eatery lacked proper health permits. Jim Angelus, the owner of Bacon Bacon, said the restaurant will shut down at the close of business Friday. Neighbors complained last summer about the smell and alleged Bacon Bacon did not properly dispose of grease. The San ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614359/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 08:44:56 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614359/scat/65c2a14681721a2b SA WATER executives spent more than $365,000 in 12 months on credit card expenses including flowers, high-end restaurants and gifts of liquor, jewellery and chocolates. The spending details have only been revealed through a Freedom of Information Act application, and are otherwise never made public by the department. UnitingCommunities spokesman Mark Henley said in the context of bill increases, ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614556/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214614556/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Brussels: Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.From January 1, 2014, eateries will be banned from serving oil to diners in small glass jugs or dipping bowls, and forced instead to use pre-sealed, non-refillable bottles that must be disposed of when ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214612144/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 03:53:37 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214612144/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Macadoo's Chat & Chew hosted a silent auction and battle of the bands competition for the Butterfly Fund on Saturday night. The families of Emily Barger and Maddie Harrill started the Butterfly Fund after the two girls died from a rare form of cancer in the summer of 2008. The organization supports research and services to help defeat childhood cancer. Saturday night's band ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214610209/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sun, 19 May 2013 00:48:46 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214610209/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Predrag Danilovic, president of the Partizan Basketball Club of Serbia and former Yugoslav international player, was stabbed in a Belgrade restaurant after a confrontation with other guests, reported Radio Television Serbia (RTS).Danilovic was hospitalized early Saturday morning with wounds to his stomach, head and hands. Hospital officials said Danilovic is in stable condition after surgery to ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214608779/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:47 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214608779/scat/65c2a14681721a2b CNBC Imagine having a drink with dinner at a restaurant only to be pulled over on the way home and slapped with a DUI. That could happen under a proposed plan to toughen the drunk driving laws across the country, and it has restaurateurs alarmed. The National Transportation Safety Board wants states to make it illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol content level above 0.05. Currently all U.S. ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214608239/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:49 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214608239/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Bonnie Roell often said a small prayer over the meals she served to customers at her St. Paul cafe. "She just did everything with so much love and faith," said her daughter, Tammie Rhoades. "Everybody else came first." Roell, 69, of Maplewood, died Wednesday, May 15, after nearly 40 years of running Bonnie's. She had pancreatic cancer. Over those four decades, the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214608588/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 20:48:25 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214608588/scat/65c2a14681721a2b : The organising committee of Pusat Ehsan’s ‘The Run’ yesterday thanked the over 7,000 registered participants who have paid for their entry fees by the extended payment closing date of May 11 during a press conference held at Vanda Restaurant, Orchid Garden Hotel yesterday, Borneo Bulletin reported.Senior Trustee and Chairman of Pusat Ehsan’s ‘The Run’, Dato ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607649/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 20:05:40 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607649/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Despite the recent election of boards of various sports federations (sports governing bodies), nothing has really changed. We are known to be ingenious about changing 'ogas at the top', but never bother to correct fundamental structural defects that impede real development in sports. Of course, there will be lots of the usual expression of confidence in newly elected officers and ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607415/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:53 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607415/scat/65c2a14681721a2b The raw vegetables and coconut taste so fresh and bright, yet the spices and chilli give it a warmth that you don't usually get from raw salads. ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607416/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:36 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607416/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Heaton, Butler and Bayne is named not for the restaurateur behind it - that's Robert Siegler, who also owns the excellent Market Caf in Broadway Market, east London, and nearby Le Deuxime - but the manufacturers of stained-glass windows whose factory was here from 1855 ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607417/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:35 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607417/scat/65c2a14681721a2b If you thought that making a cup of coffee simply involved a teaspoon of instant and a splash of milk, wake up and smell the proverbial! The 14th World Barista Championship takes place this week, and here we provide an expert guide to perking up, courtesy of Ryan Cross of Ristretto Roasters in Portland, ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607418/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:34 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607418/scat/65c2a14681721a2b The real surfing pros make gliding along waves look as effortless as zipping up a wetsuit. But as any seasoned amateur will tell you, neither of these are as simple as they appear.Let's start with the wetsuit. You're not going diving, so the zip goes at the back. Forget this and you risk getting an almighty chafe on your chest, not to mention a weird crotch bulge in the fabric where ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607011/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:33 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607011/scat/65c2a14681721a2b The combination of earthy spices, sweetness from the coconut and heat from the chillis makes this my perfect kind of curry. You can serve it simply with some plain rice, to soak up all those juices and mellow the heat, but I love a roti (see recipe below) with a wet curry, and the messy eating only adds to the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607419/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:33 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607419/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Quilvest, which acquired the sushi chain in 2008, and Searchlight Capital Partners are understood to be among a few private equity houses through to the second-round of bids for Byron. Silverfleet Capital looked at the 30-restaurant chain but did not submit a bid. Byron is owned by Gondola Holdings, which put the burger operator up for sale recently by teaming up with corporate finance advisers ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214606966/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:30 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214606966/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced - and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is, says Bill ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607199/scat/65c2a14681721a2b Sat, 18 May 2013 19:10:24 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214607199/scat/65c2a14681721a2b