Tag: Food and Beverage

‘Sweet Cakes’ owner defiant in face of $135,000 fine for refusing to bake gay wedding cake: ‘Get ready to take a stand’

Barbara Boland · July 3, 2015 4:25 pm

"Throw some grilled pineapple on the grill and get ready to enjoy nature's candy." (iStock Photo)

The government wants you to grill fruit for the Fourth of July

Pete Kasperowicz · July 3, 2015 12:45 pm

225.3 million lbs. of fireworks were used in 2014, about 90 percent of which were used by consumers, not spectator displays. (Getty)

Beltway Confidential

Fourth of July, by the numbers

Jason Russell · July 3, 2015 9:00 am

A tailgater barbeques meat

USDA launches Twitter campaign on safe grilling for July 4th

Susan Crabtree · July 2, 2015 5:13 pm

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough has been renamed to I Dough, I Dough in participating Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops. (Business Wire)

Sweet victory: Ben and Jerry’s honors landmark gay marriage decision

Daniel Chaitin · June 26, 2015 11:35 pm

In a joint announcement, the Beer Institute and the Small Brew Association announced they were uniting in support of Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act. (Getty)

Cheers! Beer industry unites behind bill to cut taxes

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2015 4:01 am

A school lunch featuring a grilled cheese sandwich on whole grain bread served with a southwestern-style corn salad, fresh carrots and either canned pears or apple sauce is shown Monday, May 5, 2014, at Mirror Lake Elementary School in Federal Way, Wash., south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Bland school lunch? Bring salt and pepper

Nathan Rubbelke · June 24, 2015 8:38 pm

Blighted property lies June 27, 2005 in downtown New London, Connecticut.Â Today, the land that was once the Fort Trumbull neighborhood of New London, Conn., is a field of rubble. The brilliant plans of the powerful planners failed. They had torn down a neighborhood to make it nicer for a new Pfizer plant. Pfizer left the plant a few years later. Nothing has taken the place of Fort Trumbull.Â (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Property rights are for the little guy: Raisins and Kelo at 10 years

Timothy P. Carney · June 23, 2015 9:03 pm

(By Scott Ehardt, via Wikimedia Commons)

Long live property rights, down with Uncle Sam’s raisin cartel

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2015 4:01 am

Searchers found the body of former White House chef Walter Scheib Sunday night, June 21, 2015, near a hiking trail in mountains in the Taos, N.M. area, the New Mexico State Police said. Scheib had been missing for more than a week after going hiking in the New Mexico mountains, authorities said. (AP Photo/Matt Houston, File)

Body of former White House chef found

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2015 4:35 pm

Raisin farmer Marvin Horne stands in a field of grapevines planted in 1918 next to his home April, 10, 2006 in Kerman, Calif. (AP Photo)Â

Supreme Court: Raisin rules violate property rights

Robert King · June 22, 2015 3:44 pm

Throughout the summer, wildlife biologists conduct nighttime surveys to learn more about the many bats that live in the Coconino National Forest. Scientists gather information about species, population, and habitat. This bat from the genus Myotis is having its wing examined. (USDA Forest Service,Â Coconino National Forest)

USDA festival highlights importance of bats and bees

Nathan Rubbelke · June 19, 2015 10:09 pm