Well Fed Network

Posted by Madeline Miller on Edible TV.
The Next Food Network Star certainly seemed more popular this year than in the last two seasons. There’s been news everywhere about the drama with JAG and then about Amy Finley’s win, despite being cut only one episode before.
TV Guide caught up with Amy to find out how she’s […]

Posted by Stuart Reb Donald on Cook Smarter.
When the Shredded Wheat Company of Niagara Falls, NY unveiled their new snack cracker, the Triscuit, they thought “baked by electricity” was innovative. Fast forward one hundred some odd years into the future and the Triscuit is now produced by snack magnate Nabisco and the little cracker that […]

Posted by Andrew Barrow on Wine Sediments.

For this monthly edition of Great Grape Day on Wine Sediments, we are delving into the delights of the those two obscure Rhone varieties Roussanne and Marsanne. The two are - and this is a generality - blended together in the Rhone but from the New World they can […]

Posted by Rosa Li on Sugar Savvy.
According to Larabar’s website, these bars used to be called Maya bars. They’ve replaced the cocoa nibs in Maya bars with ground cocoa beans for a smoother texture and renamed the result. The Jocalat name sounds swankier (because we’re not sure how to pronounce it), and it lets Larabar […]

Posted by Frank Haddad and Susan M Boyce on Wine Sediments.
Although there’s been little fanfare, British Columbia’s wine industry has a new set of standards and regulations. Thanks to a provincial law passed on July 18, 2007, and named the Wines of Marked Quality Regulation, these new standards come under the umbrella of the BC […]

Posted by Kelby Carr on Kids Cuisine.
There are a couple things that are certain to make kids more interested in dinner: give them some degree of control, and make it fun. We have a favorite dinner that my oldest requests over and over again, and my 1-year-olds also enjoy. The grown-ups even love it, and […]

Posted by Alex Prichard on Paper Palate.
This is one of my most recent acquisitions: a cookbook that I actually won! Even though it’s a book of swift, store cupboard suppers, in the two months I’ve owned it I haven’t actually used it. Time to rectify that!
The book is by-lined “How to get the most out […]

Posted by Todd M. Johns on Get Your Grill On.
Entered this at a BBQ contest in Burlington, Kansas and placed 3rd out of thirty teams. I got the idea from Good Eats. The capers and lemon zest were add ons to Alton Brown’s recipe. The sauce was made on a Weber Kettle grill in a […]

Posted by Rosa Li on Sugar Savvy.
Jones Soda Co. is probably most infamous for their Thanksgiving sodas that come in flavors like Turkey & Gravy, Cranberry, and Brussels Sprouts. I don’t know if I’m adventurous enough to try those, but when I saw Jones Soda Co. Carbonated Candy while standing in line at the checkout […]

Posted by Jeff Harbert on Growers and Grocers.
Here’s a short but interesting article over at Live Science about the efficiencies of organic farming.
Here’s a snippet:
Badgley and her colleagues admit that organic farming is labor intensive. But their review of yield data for the past 30 years on different agricultural methods found that in developed nations, […]