Were you aware that June is National Soul Food month? Well it is.

“Soul Food is a cuisine,” says Chef Todd Richards author of Soul. Soul Food is flexible, it is vegan and omnivorous. It has a particular and…

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VANILLA is one of the world’s most popular spices and an important ingredient in products ranging from chocolate to perfume. But it is getting harder to find. Vanilla-rich foods like ice cream have been removed from shelves or become…

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Aspire TV has announced that they will be premiering Butter + Brown, a culinary series created and co-executive produced by Issa Rae. Issa Rae is the creator and star of HBO’s Insecure, a dramedy series developed from one of…

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BeeSweet Lemonade was started by Mikaila Ulmer at 4 years old. Her family encouraged her to make a product for a Children's business competition (the Acton Children’s Business Fair) and Austin Lemonade Day. After getting stung by a bee, she…

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Former NBA star Ray Allen is getting into the restaurant business. Allen and his wife, Shannon, are opening an organic fast-food restaurant called Grown, the Miami Herald reports. Opening in March in Miami, where Allen played his final two seasons…

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The Halal Guys, famous Middle Eastern street food vendors from New York City, will be coming to Toronto. The halal-certified
restaurant will have five franchises in the city, adding to 200 franchises across the United States and the Philippines, Malaysia…Read more

When she's not bringing the boys to the yard, Kelis can be found indulging her love of cooking. In forthcoming
her cookbook My Life on a Plate: Delicious Everyday Recipes & Sauces, the Food singer lets us into her life…Read more

Maple syrup is once again making headlines for being the rockstar condiment that every Canadian knows it is, but it's
not the culinary world that's buzzing this time  it's the medical world. Newly released research from McGill University
in Montreal…Read more

The Food and Drug Administration on Mar 20 approved the genetically engineered foods, saying they are
"as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts."The approval covers six varieties of potatoes by
Boise, Idaho-based J. R. Simplot Co. and two varieties…Read more

McDonald's Corp's U.S. restaurants will gradually stop buying chicken raised with antibiotics vital to fighting
human infections, the most aggressive step by a major food company to change chicken producers' practices
in the fight against dangerous 'superbugs.'The world's biggest restaurant…Read more

Beyonce Knowles shares her secret to a healthy life. The R&B singer will reportedly
launch a new vegan meal delivery service in partnership with fitness trainer Marco Borges
after she and husband Jay-Z followed his 22 Days Nutrition program in…Read more

You can run, but you can't hide from Girl Scout cookies not even if you actually
wanted to. Girl Scouts of the USA announced Thin Mints, Tagalongs or any other
of America's longtime favorites will just be a click away.…Read more

Back in September, Biz Markie revealed that he had lost 140 pounds and gone from 385 to 244
pounds over a three-year period following his type 2 diabetes diagnosis, according to the NY Daily
News. And the "Just a Friend"…Read more

Most of the drugs prescribed today are those for pain, high blood pressure, cholesterol
reduction, antacids, antipsychotics, hypothyroidism, diabetes and antibiotics. If you knew
that you could simply increase the consumption of the proper foods (with no side effects)
in…Read more

Red Bull just settled a false advertising lawsuit, and now owes anyone who bought one of
its drinks between Jan. 1, 2002, and Oct. 3, 2014, either $10 cash or $15 worth of Red Bull
products. They have agreed to…Read more

Life is sweet for Cory Nieves. The bespectacled 10-year-old CEO of Mr. Cory's Cookies
is building a dessert empire and has gained national attention for his treats as well as his
designer threads all before starting fifth grade. Mr. Cory's…Read more

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The world's top food and drink companies announced a raft of measures to try to
improve the industry's image, including stopping advertising junk food to children
by 2018, harmonizing nutritional labeling and fighting deforestation. The Consumer
Goods Forum (CGF), an…Read more

Caribbean Week is the largest most engaging, regional tourism activity in the
New York area and typically attracts thousands of participants. Extensive media coverage
of the various events reaches local, national and international audiences in the millions.
This year, Caribbean…Read more

A B.C. restaurant may become the first in Canada to ban tipping, which the owner calls a
"broken system." David Jones plans to pay his staff at Smoke and Water a living wage
instead of depending on tips, reported The…Read more

One of the largest beef recalls in recent history occurred earlier this year when Rancho
Feeding Corporation was forced to recall almost nine million pounds of tainted meat from
thousands of stores nationwide. CNN says it has obtained documents showing…Read more

American drinkers could find themselves sprinkling their favorite beverage rather than pouring it, as powdered
alcohol brand 'Palcohol' is now fully approved by the US government. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau this week signed off on seven… Read more

Packaged foods conglomerate General Mills has created a new privacy policy that, if deemed
legal by the U.S. courts, would make it virtually impossible for consumers to sue the company,
regardless of whether its actions violate state or federal laws.…Read more

Walmart plans to announce that it is putting its muscle behind Wild Oats organic products, offering
the label at prices that will undercut brand-name organic competitors by at least 25 percent. The
move by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and…Read more