Paper Palate

Just in time for those Fourth of July barbecues, Vegetarian Times has rated that alternative grill favorite – veggie burgers.
The May/June issue of the magazine rates the commercial brands and even gives a recipe of its own. Since the information is not posted on Vegetarian Times’ own website, I thought I would share their rankings […]

Maybe your dad is a thriller of a griller, or makes some mean Sunday morning pancakes, or maybe your mom would like him to take on a little more responsibility in the kitchen. If your dad just isn’t comfortable in the kitchen or only knows how to whip up a few dishes, you might […]

I just picked up one of my favorite food publications. It’s free, comes out just a few times a year and is full of short articles on old favorites and new foods to try. What is it? It’s Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, a 24-page publication that celebrates some of the 2,000 specially […]

The San Francisco Chronicle recently published an ode to a regular guy, Guy Fieri, winner of Food Network’s Next Food Network Star, who is proud of his California roots and who is an integral part of his Santa Rosa, CA hometown. The article, by Peter Hartlaub, dominated the front of Datebook, the paper’s […]

A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle by Steve Rubenstein detailed some of the changes planned by America’s largest convenience store chain.
The article, “7-Eleven seeks to go beyond beer, jerky, cigarettes,” reports on a northern California meeting of 7-Eleven franchise owners. The company set up a “faux” 7-Eleven so the franchisees […]

Faith Kramer finds herself reading about food sometimes even more often than cooking it. “After all,” she says “it’s hard to grill chicken in bed.” In addition to the many American food magazines she reads, Faith also enjoys “translating” into American some of the best food magazines of England and Australia. She’s […]