The next time you walk down the produce aisle (with your kid in tow) picking out fruits and vegetables to feed your family, ask yourself the question I ask myself when I do the same:  “Does this retailer – locally, regionally or world-wide owned – really care if what it sells you has a pathogen...

Roman cuisine is a reflection of the city itself — layered, deeply rooted in tradition, and full of contrasts. After years of eating my way through Rome, I’ve found the best meals are shaped as much by history as the hands that prepare them. Family-run trattorias have served the city’s defining dishes for generations: cacio...

While gingerbread houses are technically made with edible ingredients, they’re usually meant for us to admire as opposed to consume: These cookies must hold up walls, roofing, icing, and candy decorations without warping, so softness or a tender crumb aren’t the goals. The gingerbread cookies used to build these centerpieces must be firm, sturdy, and...

Through the decades, royal icing has been the edible glue of choice when it comes to building gingerbread houses. Royal icing dries hard, doesn’t smudge or run, pipes precisely, and is quite sturdy. It’s also easy to change its consistency, simply by adding water. So while there are fun new options to consider, like using...

Now that you’ve baked all your gingerbread house cookie pieces and made the royal icing, it’s time to build something fun and magical. First off, it’s always fun to turn this into a group project, so grab a buddy or two to join you. Next, take two walls and pipe thick lines of royal icing...

Wegmans supermarkets are recalling their mixed nuts in 34-ounce family tubs and 11.5-ounce bags because of contamination with Salmonella. The company’s recall notice does not specify how the contamination was discovered and does not report whether any illnesses are linked to the nuts. Consumers can identify the recalled nuts by looking for the following information: ...

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Anheuser-Busch InBev is paying up to $490 million for a majority stake in BeatBox Beverages in a deal that puts the Bud Light brewer on path to full ownership of the party punch maker popular...

Gingerbread houses combine two of my favorite things: holiday desserts and real estate. There is an art to making the cookie-based chateau, and while it can seem intimidating to engineer a structurally sound gingerbread house, there are several steps you can take to make sure your own is easily up to code. As part of...

Published: December 05, 2025, 12:02 am More than 220 suspected frauds were reported in Europe in October, potentially triggering investigations in member states. There were 223 reports in October, compared to 164 in September, 166 in August, 136 in July, 164 in June and 129 in May. Eighteen alerts involved the United States in October,...

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Tyson Foods said value-added products and operational efficiencies across production facilities have helped it contend with fewer hogs and record-low cattle supplies in FY25. The food manufacturer’s efforts to address reduced beef and pork availability...