Meat News

I like to think I am an adventurous cook. Then someone gave me a huge, restaurant-sized container of Chinese five-spice powder.

I heart picnics. Even Webster's definition makes a picnic sound healthy: an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.

Firing up the grill is an American tradition. The farm families who produce the food so many people enjoy at backyard cookouts want to share some of their favorite grilling recipes, as well as an appreciation for how food gets from the farm to the table.

Wholesale beef prices are at historically high levels. This may affect summer cookouts as consumers can expect to see higher prices at the grocery store.

Those of you who have followed my column for a while now know of my love of Italian food.

Darryus Lowe is only a freshman but he is an award-winning chef already. The 15-year-old Land O' Lakes High School culinary arts student is the winner in the 2013 Let's Do Gourmet High School Recipe Challenge, which was held statewide.

Health chiefs last night confirmed a man suspected of suffering from the human form of mad cow disease is being treated in hospital.

Pot-eating pigs may not only be a solution for waste left over from Washington state's new recreational marijuana growers, but they could turn out to be fatter pork for market, Reuters reported May 20.

Form each mixture into 4 patties, each 4 inches in diameter and about A1 2-inch thick.

Brooklyn, NY 11237 ; 929-210-9531; fritzlslunchbox.com Cooking method: Griddled Short Order: A worthy pub-style burger in a neighborhood lacking in good burger options Want Fries With That? Absolutely Price: Hamburger, $8; cheeseburger, $9; fries, $3 with a sandwich In residential Bushwick, the steamroller of gentrification rolls forward, bringing ... (more)

Veterinarian Stephanie Czub, seen with cattle at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency laboratory near Lethbridge, discovered a case of BSE from her Winnipeg lab in 2003.

Where there are million of animals, there are millions of tons of waste. In a clever solution to a major waste disposal problem, Australian researchers have found a way to convert 1.4 million tons of Chinese pig excrement into fertilizer and a source of alternative energy.

STARING at my freezer full of chicken, sausages and minced beef, I wondered why I had agreed to give up meat for the week.

Are you ready to strut your stuff? The 2nd annual Chicken Chase is just around the corner and this year it will be remembering one local boy who lost his life.

With 125 varieties of jumbo wings on its menu, Sheila's Place is working hard to live up to its slogan, "Your Wing Connection." But the restaurant at 150 Rockdale Road on Hooverson Heights soon will be adding fried chicken, assorted sandwiches and salads and soft-serve ice cream, all served in a family-friendly environment, said co-owners Sheila ... (more)

Vernon Meyer of Bellwood, Neb., opposes a proposed Pillen Family Farms hog confinement facility that would be built on this site, northwest of Bellwood and about a mile south of the Brandenburgh Lakes housing development where he lives.

When the weather turns warm, I find myself craving the smell and taste of a great homemade burger off the grill.

Ryan DuVall, restaurant critic for The Journal Gazette, was a "foodie" long before joining The Journal Gazette in 1999.

Everyone has a comfort zone or two. I think I have two. I love to talk sports and coach and I also really enjoy the animal science or animal husbandry side of my job.

This fried chicken couldn't be easier to make and is tasty served cold as well as straight out of the pan.