Wegmans Launches 'Cheese Caves' To Ripen Some Of Its Top Imports

Now, Rochester-based Wegmans Food Markets is introducing a modern take on the Old World tradition of the "cheese cave."  It's a high-tech, climate-controlled facility where Wegmans will age some of its top-of-the-line cheeses before sending them off to stores.

Finalists For Best Specialty Foods Of 2014 Announced

Fruit gels from Hawaii, Sriracha popcorn from Washington state and beet yogurt from New York all made the finals in the Specialty Food Association’s 2014 sofi™ Awards contest.

Trend Watch: Yogurt Turns Savory

April 10, 2014 Salma Abdelnour, TODAY

Yogurt is taking a savory turn—at last. Curious passersby have been crowding around a new shop called Sohha Savory Yogurt in New York City's Chelsea Market. The specialty? Tangy, Middle Eastern-style strained yogurt with seasonings like zaatar (a mix of thyme, sumac and olive oil) or Everything Bagel, made with pine nuts, poppy seeds, sesame, garlic and onion. The company’s slogan: “Yogurt doesn’t have to be sweet."

Clover Stornetta Farms Lends Its Milk To New Iced Coffee Beverage

Petaluma-based Clover Stornetta Farms is using its North Bay organic milk to manufacture a new iced coffee beverage for Blue Bottle Coffee, a venture-backed Oakland company that inspires devotion among the coffee cognoscenti on two coasts.

IDFA Commends US Reps. For Bill To Establish Voluntary GMO Labeling

The International Dairy Foods Association applauds the introduction today of The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014, which would establish a federal standard for voluntary labeling of food and beverage products made with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). The bill was introduced by Representatives Mike Pompeo (R-KS) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), and co-sponsored by Representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY).