Over the years of serving up your Cup of Joe (fresh and hot), this semi-experimental online  original commentary on our collective Past,...

In this week's New Yorker, a fascinating and slightly disgusting story of one man who encountered a nasty little thing called Salmone...

Yeah, what goof off thing is this? It's a by-product of American education reform, STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engin...

For many years I have offered this joke about food - "Food is addictive. I started eating at a very young age and I still do it, someti...

Children in need are being threatened in legislation from Knoxville Senator Campfield. He wants to withhold food stamps from families if a c...

Just how does one steal over 10 million pounds of maple syrup? And who knew that Canada has a 'global strategic maple syrup reserve...

 Peep raid on Bin Laden Hideout, image courtesy Washington Post   A sure sign of a society of immense luxury - a society which creates ...

A stray comment on a Knoxville message board I frequent brought up something called "food tripping" which led me to be educated a...

This weekend marks the 36th Annual Mountain Makins Festival at Rose Center in Morristown, a celebration of Appalachian folk life, history...

As I wrote earlier this month, I've taken up The Twitter again , and today I did have much fun with it, but if said fun had any value, I...

Watermelons turning into explosive shrapnel is the kind of story that grabs your attention. " The report said the farmers sprayed the f...

A blogger has taken up the challenge of eating and review-blogging of every slice pizza place in Manhattan called Slice Harvester. He's ...

I'll confess it right here and now. I am an addict. My addiction is food. I started eating at a very early age and have continued to ea...

Leave it to right-wingnuts like Michelle Malkin to vigorously blend donuts, scarves and Rachel Ray into examples of terrorists taking over A...

Here's a Monday kind of apocalypse - Corn Wars and Food Riots Corn is a part of so many foods and in the production of food, from beer t...

Heh, the post title today is a pun ... see, my brother sent me this link to a news story on the ribbon-cutting yesterday of the giant seed v...

This is just wrong . " Chocolate in its purest state - the "liquor" made from ground, processed cacao beans - must contain be...

My fine friend Chef Bill up in Chicago earned the award last weekend for Best Use of a Cell Phone. He called me up as he was enjoying the su...