Food

James Beard award-winning series 'Masienda Presents' celebrates masa

7:25am June 07, 2023

by Milton Guevara

The team at the company Masienda earned a 2023 James Beard award for their documentary series Masienda Presents. The series features home cooks, chefs and farmers.

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Rob Rubba, winner of the Outstanding Chef award at the 2023 James Beard Restaurant And Chef Awards.

These are the winners of this year's James Beard Awards, the biggest night in food

7:14pm June 06, 2023

by Ayana Archie

A Washington, D.C., chef won the outstanding category. The Chicago ceremony was hosted by chefs Eric Adjepong, Esther Choi, Andrew Zimmern and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.

Filipino cuisine is in the spotlight, but don't call it a trend

4:41pm June 06, 2023

Filipino chefs and restaurants were in the spotlight Monday night with at least five nominations at the James Beard Awards.

Eggs are on display at a Sprouts grocery store on April 12 in San Rafael, Calif.

Sky-high egg prices are finally coming back down to earth

10:34am June 06, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The industry is recovering from a massive bird flu outbreak and high inflation rates, but prices may not fall to what they once were.

"Dumplings are my obsession," says chef "Nok" Chutatip Suntaranon of Kalaya, a Thai restaurant in Philadelphia.

Immigrants have helped change how America eats. Now they dominate top culinary awards

8:00am June 04, 2023

by Joel Rose

Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.

National

Bad weather dealt a heavy blow to Georgia peach crops

4:08pm June 01, 2023

by Sam Gringlas

Georgia peaches will be harder to find this summer. Bad weather pretty much wiped out this year's crop.

Tupperware is now selling some products at Target, but it still makes most of its money through individual sellers.

Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive

4:08pm June 01, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

The brand turned homemakers into saleswomen and became synonymous with kitchen storage. But it has relied on Tupperware parties for sales--and struggled to keep its business fresh. Is its fate sealed?

Samira Muhammadi, the owner of Banowan-e-Afghan restaurant, prepares food for a birthday party.

Health & Safety

A pop-up restaurant in Kabul is run by women for women. The Taliban is watching

12:57pm June 01, 2023

by Maija Liuhto

This start-up aims to provide both food and economic opportunity to Afghan women. But success means first overcoming economic crises, cultural taboos and Taliban interference.

Books

How did burgers become a cookout standard? 'Hamburger Dreams' author has the answer

5:09am May 29, 2023

Chris Carosa literally wrote the book on burgers. In Hamburger Dreams, he traces the first hamburger to 1885, and to two brothers Frank and Charles Menches.

Brisket is a classic cut of meat for the low and slow cook.

Turning a slab of meat into tender deliciousness: secrets of the low and slow cook

8:32am May 28, 2023

by Gisele Grayson

Cooking meat for a long time over relatively low temps can transform a tough cut. Who thought it up? And what's the chemical magic? You might be surprised by the origins.