The National Milk Producer's Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association has submitted a petition to the FDA to allow for the addition of sweeteners as a flavoring ingredient for milk and 17 other dairy products. The catch? They want to remove notices on the front of the carton that the milk is artificially sweetened or reduced calorie. In other words, they want to … [Read more...] about Dairy industry trying to pull a fast one on the consumer – hide Ingredients
Portland Food and Restaurant News and Discussion
This is an archive of Portland metro area restaurant and food news, political debate, diatribes, discussion threads etc. If we aren't quite sure where a story belongs, you'll find it here.
A Cocktail Inhaled, Not Stirred. The “Vaportini”
[Updated: a reader tells me they are available at Porto Terra in the Hilton]Is this a dumb idea? Red Kiva, a Chicago cocktail lounge, is offering customers a cocktail that is inhaled.From NPR's The Salt: That's right, folks, the "Vaportini" has arrived. And it's making a big splash on the cocktail scene in Chicago. Vaportini provides a revolutionary way of consuming … [Read more...] about A Cocktail Inhaled, Not Stirred. The “Vaportini”
Restaurant Publicly Shames No-Shows
The popular upscale restaurant Red Medicine in Beverly Hills, has come up with a new way to deal with reservation no-shows: publicly embarrass the offenders on the restaurant's heavily used Twitter account. The restaurant, which was just named number 48 of the "Top 100 U.S. Restaurants" by Opinionated About Dining, lost a "bunch of prime tables" during last Saturday night's … [Read more...] about Restaurant Publicly Shames No-Shows
Restaurant Throws in the Towel – Teaches Diners How to Take Better Food Photographs
How many times have you seen a food photo on a social media site and thought, hmm... that doesn't look very good? Many restaurants are in a quandary as to whether to allow photography in their restaurants. Faced with what they perceived as a losing battle, Spanish restaurant group Grupo Gourmet, which owns some big-name restaurants, has started to hold classes for foodies on … [Read more...] about Restaurant Throws in the Towel – Teaches Diners How to Take Better Food Photographs
Is Fine Dining Ready for a Comeback?
Ruth Reichl was the restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times in the 1980s and '90s, then restaurant critic for the New York Times, editor of Gourmet magazine and author of a series of best-selling food memoirs.In an article in the LA Times, she pointed out the importance of the 20-30's demographic to restaurant dining, and how they will shape the future of the restaurant … [Read more...] about Is Fine Dining Ready for a Comeback?