By Troy Bickham Texas A&M University As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, but there were none. Neither did it resemble the cold ...
By Susan Phare Boback Special to the Journal ISHPEMING—Christmas traditions affect us all differently. For me, the foods of my heritage bring the memories alive from those precious moments of childhood when grandparents, aunts & uncles and my parents were all here celebrating ...
Thoughts of ... holiday treats and Christmas goodies come more frequently to mind this time of year. Yet, holidays aside, people have to eat everyday. But what people choose to eat is contributing to steadily increasing obesity in the U.S. In 2011, the National Library of Medicine reported ...
National Brownie Day in the United States is December 8. In fact, the National Brownie Committee estimates Americans consume about 1.45 billion of the chocolate treats each year. However, most brownie recipes require at least one egg, and egg prices have risen over the past couple of years ...
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media about what to him was just another menu ...
LANSING — Michigan is the second-most agriculturally diverse state, with farmers growing a wide variety of produce and specialty crops, such as cherries, asparagus and blueberries. Certain areas produce large amounts of such crops, such as cherries around Traverse City, juice grapes in the ...