LivingSocial launches takeout and delivery service
BARBARA ORTUTAY,AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Throw away all those soy sauce-stained takeout menus. Online deals site LivingSocial is unveiling an Internet food-ordering service. Hungry...
View ArticleNew Ala eatery mixes Southern and Mexican cooking
BOB CARLTON The Birmingham News HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — This little burro is ready to kick, y’all. Southern food goes south of the border when the ownership group behind the Birmingham-based Jim ‘N...
View ArticleColumnist says Sonoran hot dog could bring harmony
CAROL ANN ALAIMO Arizona Daily Star TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The path to greater harmony between Mexicans and Americans runs through the kitchen of a local eatery, according to an hombre who should know....
View ArticleAsian technique meets Hispanic ingredients
ELEANOR HOH For The Associated Press Stir-fry and salsa aren’t traditional companions on the plate, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be a little common ground. As a wok cooking teacher, I’m constantly...
View Article‘Lucha Libre’ comes to poor Mexico city districts
GALIA GARCIA PALAFOX Associated Press MEXICO CITY (aP) — Their images may strike fear but when Crazy Clown, Black Fury and Big Mama step into the ring their cause is just: bringing Mexico’s beloved...
View ArticleExperts: Mayas may have used chocolate as spice
MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time they have found ancient...
View ArticleIncubator kitchen may get immigrant chefs cooking
CHRISTOPHER SMART The Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — “Incubator kitchen” is not in Webster’s Dictionary. But if it were, it might use words like “fantastic foreign food” to describe a program...
View ArticleRound 2 for Sloppy Joe’s bar, a Havana original
PETER ORSI Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A half-century later, Jose Rafa Malem remembers the balmy breezes blowing through the bar’s arching porticos, the grain of the tall wood stools, the whiff of...
View ArticleTobacco cuisine on display at Cuba Cigar Festival
PETER ORSI Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Tobacco: It’s what’s for dinner. A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf synonymous with Cuba into...
View ArticleBeech-Nut/Goya team for Hispanic market baby foods
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Beech-Nut Nutrition and Goya Foods Inc. are launching a new line of baby foods geared to the tastes of the Hispanic market that will be produced in upstate New York. The...
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