Month: November 2013

"Eat it to save it" may seem like a counterintuitive strategy for preserving an uncommon species, but it may be key to their survival. It's a rallying cry for advocacy groups like Slow Food, activists and chefs who believe that the loss of biodiversity in our diets is a recipe for disaster. CNN founder Ted Turner is at the forefront of the movement, with his campaign to acclimate American palates to bison meat. …

Oneida Ltd. is thrilled to release their newly renovated foodservice website. The site features a new design, many new functionalities and pages of fresh, robust content. …

Months after dropping Angus burgers from its menu, McDonald’s is experimenting with build-your-own-burgers made with premium ingredients selected from an iPad menu. …

DelMonaco Specialty Foods, a Morgan Hill, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 5,616 pounds of Armanino brand Bolognese sauce products because of an undeclared allergen and misbranding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.  The product contains milk, a known allergen which was declared on the product label; however the label was not applied to all the products in each lot. …

A team of 20 elite executive and R&D chefs from restaurants, retail chains and foodservice distributors rediscovered the power of potatoes at the United States Potato Board’s (USPB) annual “Menu Innovations with Potatoes” seminar held in October at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone in St. Helena, CA. Themed “The New American Menu: Global Flavors, Healthy Appeal”, the seminar inspired new thinking around uses for potatoes. …