| Sunday, January 11 2009 |
Rosina Gourmet 301 S. Water St., 410-244-1885. Open 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m Mondays-Fridays, closed weekends. Best bite: Fresh mozzarella sandwich
Rosina Gourmet is a bright spot in a corner of old, dark Baltimore. The official address is 300 E. Lombard St., but the most visible entrance is just off the corner of Water and South streets. Apparently it is possible to wend your way to Rosina Gourmet from the Lombard Street entrance, but only denizens of the building know the route.
Brawl allegedly started over touch
A fight involving two Weymouth firefighters and some patrons outside Gourmet Oriental Restaurant nearly 13 months ago reportedly began when a man touched the wife of one of the firefighters.
Published news reports state that a security guard at Gourmet Oriental saw firefighter Anthony DiAuto yell, “You don’t grab another man’s wife” to Mark Coye, who was at the eatery with some friends when the altercation occurred.
BAROSSA, Australia -- "If you drink too early in the day, you're a drunkard. But if you combine it with food, you're a gourmet."
This explains the box of crackers Ralf Hadzic is toting as we tour Australia's premier wine region, the Barossa.
German speakers from Silesia, now part of Poland, settled this delicious slice of South Australia -- famous for its flagship shiraz grapes -- more than 160 years ago.
Gourmet is great, but nothing beats the lure of comfort food, the kind that reminds us of good, old home-style cooking. And if we can enjoy it in style, with polite food servers to boot, the dining experience is all the more memorable.
And Thai Patio, which recently joined the dining destinations in Greenbelt 5, may just have the zing to satisfy your craving, if you like vivid flavors, that is.
Economy, seasonality hurt business survival rate on Long Beach Island
SHIP BOTTOM - Sophie Yuan, owner of the Szechuan Gourmet Chinese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, said Thursday that she has lost her business and soon will lose her home, too.
She stood in what was a sleek, Zen-styled dining room in the only Chinese restaurant on Long Beach Island, which now is crowded with boxes and kitchen supplies. The restaurant has operated in Ship Bottom for the past 27 years.| Saturday, January 10 2009 |
Cost Plus World Market Closes Stores
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Cost Plus World Market says it will close all
six of its stores in Minnesota.
The Oakland, California-based retailer sells casual home
furnishings, gourmet food and wine.
It posted a 4.3 drop in December same-store sales and had a 6.6
decline in sales during the November-December holiday shopping
season.
The company says it will close 26 of its 296 stores nationwide
and cut 18 percent of the jobs at its headquarters and distribution
Soup's on, then soup's gone at Virginville Grange
Lester Miller looked up from his bowl of chicken corn noodle soup and exhaled approval.
"Wunderbar," declared Miller, exuding the panache of a gourmet.
Indeed, Miller's a connoisseur of good soup - Pennsylvania-German style.
The 74-year-old retired Greenwich Township farmer has been eating it since he was a kid on his parents' farm in eastern Berks County during the Great Depression.
On a recent evening, Miller and 100 others ascended into Soup Lovers' Heaven.
Things to do, places to go this weekend
Taste
Sara Moulton, the Gourmet magazine executive chef who just launched her new PBS series based on her book, "Sara's Weeknight Meals," will be at Bloomingdale's at the Mall at Short Hills today for a demonstration and tasting.
If you're in the mood for Asian-style pork ribs, stop by the Main Course on the store's lower level from 1 to 3 p.
| Friday, January 9 2009 |
Hillsborough business picks up the pieces following flood
When co-owners Shannon Garrity and Nadine Murtha opened the Red Wagon Gourmet restaurant on March 8, all they saw ahead was a successful business venture.
That vision came to a halt the evening of Dec. 23, 2008, when a sprinkler system froze at the restaurant, pipes burst, causing from six to eight inches of water to flood the store. The result was about $50,000 in damages.
"We have to start from scratch," Garrity said this week.
Prosecutors urge release of testimony in CIA case
Kyle "Dusty" Foggo is the highest ranking officer in the history of the CIA to be convicted of a federal crime, admitting he abused his influence to steer contracts toward an old friend who showered him with vacations, gourmet dinners and other gifts.
But if the public knew the full extent of his misconduct, they would be outraged, prosecutors said Friday as they urged a judge to make public secret grand jury testimony in the case against Foggo.
For true honeymoon relaxation, forget passports and plane connections. A Mississippi honeymoon will lighten your carbon footprint and leave more money in your pocket for indulging in gourmet food, luxury accommodations and deluxe spa packages. Or use your honeymoon as an opportunity to really get away from it all in a cabin at one of our beautiful state parks. A Mississippi honeymoon is an investment in our state’s economy.
Fancy food portions are often too small for me
NEW ORLEANS -- We are sitting at a fancy-pants restaurant in the French Quarter, guests of a generous friend and gourmet whose main hobby it is to ferret out such pink and pleasurable places.
There is the clanking of crystal, a stable of obsequious waiters, fresh flowers and cloth napkins the size of Ecuador. Uptown businessmen sniff at corks, and skinny women in Chanel suits toss their coifs.
The new WBC Gourmet Grab & Go at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit officially opened Tuesday, and there are lots of treats in store. Located at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Boulevard, WBC Gourmet is a great spot to enjoy breakfast, lunch or a snack, or a cup of Starbucks on the way to work. The menu features fresh pastries, smoothies, salads, sandwiches, chicken pot pies and beef pasties, all made fresh daily by the hotel's culinary team.
FRENCH master pastry chef Gaston Lenotre, who built a worldwide empire with his gourmet dessert creations, has died at the age of 88. Lenotre died at his home in the central French region of Sologne after a long illness, a statement released by his company in Paris said.
"Gaston Lenotre died at his home where he had retired with his wife Catherine in the early 1990s," it said.
Gourmet taste without the attitude
A fine dining experience does not have to be pricey, according to Megan Chang of Indio, the owner of the newly opened Tea House and Wine Bar.
She has dreamed of opening her own restaurant since her college days, and left a teaching career to do so.
The Tea House opened along the Highway 111 retail corridor on Dec. 4 and offers 35 menu items, including appetizers, fresh seafood, steaks and desserts.
| Thursday, January 8 2009 |
Proud Annie opens with ‘Funeral for a Gangster’
Proud Annie Mystery Theatre and B&B of Historic Jonesborough wilo open its first production of 2009, featuring a six-course gourmet Italian dinner and Eileen Mousheys critically acclaimed Funeral for a Gangster.
Proud Annie owner Braden McKinley will produce and direct the play, which is set in a Brooklyn speakeasy, Rubys Place during the prohibition days of 1928. The occasion is for the mob families to pay their respects to the late mob boss Vito The Gut Marzetti and the Marzetti Family.
More than your everyday pizza parlor, Fox's Pizza Den at 434 Gateway Ave. offers several gourmet pizza variations, their signature wedgies, stromboli, hoagies, chicken wings, salads, several appetizers and sides, and a few desserts.
Conventional pizza varieties are also available in personal size, small, medium, large, extra large and the big daddy (rectangular pizza with 21 slices).
Fox's Pizza Den, which opened Feb. 26 in Chambersburg, is a franchise.
Red Robin near finished on East Side
The new gourmet hamburger experience of 2009 is inching closer to reality on Evansville’s East Side.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, under construction in the former Smokey Bones BBQ & Grill location in Lloyd Crossing Shopping Center, is nearing completion.
Jef Van Dusen, project superintendent for the general contractor, Deerfield Construction Co. Inc. from the Cincinnati, Ohio, area, said Tuesday the $1 million to $1.5 million remodel is about seven weeks away from completion.
| Wednesday, January 7 2009 |
Peterborough St. Fire in Stop-Motion Bostonist
Bostonist is still in shock because of yesterday's four alarm fire on Peterborough Street in the Fenway that wiped out an entire block of independent restaurants. The damage? Thornton's, Sorento's Italian Gourmet, Umi Japanese Restaurant, Greek Isles, Rod-Dee Thai Cuisine II, El Pelón Taqueria, and Bon cleaners, a dry cleaning shop. Firefighters say that the fire traveled quickly and horizontally through the strip of single-story businesses, spreading through the hazardous roof air conditioning units.
College Hill's back in Crustwood
This time, Tina Stoeberl will be ready for the 5:20 a.m. wake-up calls.
She knows in advance that her College Hill Coffee Co. and Casual Gourmet will appear Monday in Julie Larson's "The Dinette Set."
This makes the third time in 19 months that the neighborhood coffee house, gift shop, restaurant and nightclub appears in Larson's nationally syndicated comic strip running in nearly 100 newspapers, including The Enquirer.
Boater's Grill in Key Biscayne offers fresh, casual fare
No Name Harbor, inside the Florida Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, has become famous for its sunset and its view of boats coming and going. During the past few years, it has also become popular for offering fresh fish, gourmet food and delicious desserts to its visitors -- and it's all thanks to Boater's Grill.
Boater's Grill opened its doors nine years ago as a fish and taco shop with an adjacent grocery store.
Java Dave's
5233 S. Sheridan Road, 610-5282?; 8720 E. 21st St., 619-9700?; 6239 E. 15th St., 836-7317?
This local franchise offers gourmet blended coffee drinks with less of the "multinational corporation guilt" that laces concoctions at other java joints. Java Dave's signature drink flavors, like Snickerdelicious and Grasshopper Mocha, are a decadent way to start your day. The coffee house also offers standard espresso drinks, plus unexpected additions. If you'd like something a little less coffee-
| Tuesday, January 6 2009 |
One expensive ride to the Obama inauguration
It's not cheap at $1,800, but the fare for this train trip includes gourmet grub and a place to sleep when you get to Washington, D.C. -- on the train itself, parked a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
That's where Barack Obama will be sworn in as president on Jan. 20. Highways will be clogged with throngs of Americans determined to attend the inauguration.
If you don't happen to live near one of the new gourmet ramen noodle shops popping up in the U.S., you can still enjoy a gussied up version of this inexpensive dorm room staple.
RAMEN NOODLE SALAD
Start to finish: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
3 tablespoons toasted sesame or peanut oil
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons canola oil
Pinch red pepper flakes
Zacks Bull & Bear of the Day Highlights: China Mobile, St. Joe Co., Avis Budget, OPNET and Red Robin
Zacks Equity Research picks China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) as Bull of the Day and St. Joe Co. (NYSE: JOE) as Bear of the Day. In addition, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research discuss the latest on Avis Budget Group (NYSE: CAR), OPNET Technologies (Nasdaq: OPNT) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (Nasdaq: RRGB).
Full analysis of all these stocks is available at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678
Lansing resident Sara Housepian has become an independent consultant with Alexandria, Minn.-based Tastefully Simple Inc., a gourmet products direct sales company.
• The following have joined Lansing law firm Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC as new attorneys: Brian Gallagher, Loukas Kalliantasis and Sean Wilkins.
• Brad Rutledge has joined Detroit law firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC as senior counsel in the Lansing office.
• Dimondale resident Lisa Gnass has joined Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan as executive director.
ADTA launches premier gourmet event
The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), the apex body responsible for managing the tourism industry within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has launched the UAE capital's first premier gourmet event - Gourmet Abu Dhabi - to take place from 5 to 14 February 2009.
Participants at Gourmet Abu Dhabi.
Clapham House climbs on Tootsie's disposal hopes
Restaurant group Clapham House , owner of the Gourmet Burger Kitchen, has climbed 4p to 93.5p on hopes of a sale of its Tootsie's business.
The company bought the Tootise's brand for a round £25m in March 2006, and a disposal would help bolster its balance sheet. It has already sold the Bombay Bicycle Club operation for £4.4m earlier in the year. Greg Feehely at Altium Securities said:
| Monday, January 5 2009 |
Say �bonjour� to gourmet grocery
There is something delicious brewing in an unassuming former car lot in San Mateo.
It is the new store opened by local businessman Hugues de Vernou that specializes in imported European fine food and wines. The Gourmet Corner, located at 873 N. San Mateo Drive, is wedged between a car dealership and an industrial building in the northern section of San Mateo. It seems an unusual place to find fois gras, morels by the pound and the only location on the West Coast to buy a certain French yogurt.
Burger restaurant to open in Florence
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc., a casual dining restaurant chain, plans to open a new location here.
The company has filed a site plan for a restaurant at Ky. 18 and Houston Road, according to the Boone County Planning Commission.
A company spokesperson declined to comment.
Red Robin has three locations in the area in West Chester, Deerfield Township and Milford, according to the company's Web site.
Many labels don't list allergens
CHICAGO -- Some supermarkets, gourmet shops and bakeries routinely sell mislabeled products that pose a danger to children with food allergies, according to Chicago Tribune testing and a comprehensive check of grocery aisles.
In one of the nation's largest examinations of undisclosed ingredients in food, the Tribune reviewed thousands of items at 60 locations in or near Chicago, finding dozens of products obviously mislabeled. The newspaper also conducted 50 laboratory tests -- more than the U.
Kids pop: This year's trends for really young hipsters
Get a dog -- not just to keep up with the Obamas -- grab a guitar and break out the gourmet baby food.
Those are just some of the things you'll need to do in 2009 to keep your kids hip to the latest trends -- and what kind of parent would you be if you didn't?
Like, so 2008.
Here are some of the hot trends for kids for 2009, from Parents magazine:
Nation & world business: Starbucks to add teas
Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will begin selling three new tea-based lattes and two nondairy tea drinks on Saturday as part of a push to offer customers healthier choices.
The gourmet coffee retailer said all but one of the new drinks have fewer than 200 calories for a 12-ounce, or tall, serving.
The new lattes are made with steamed milk and Tazo full-leaf tea bags.
About Town: Beaufort's new bar and bistro is a family effort
A mother and daughter can be best friends at one moment and sparring partners the next, but Nancy Huber and Anne Sergent add another layer to the dynamic relationship -- business partners.
"I think a mother-daughter relationship is complex on a good day," said Huber, who co-owns the Wren Bistro Bar and Market on Carteret Street with Sergent, her daughter. "We laugh a lot, we talk a lot, we even argue sometimes, but we appreciate that this is our business.
| Sunday, January 4 2009 |
Full-course dinner featured at Coelho Winery
Enjoy a gourmet evening at Coelho Winery for its Oregon Bounty Epicurean Dinner, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 111 Fifth St. in Amity.
The menu will include stuffed grape leaves, French onion soup with baked gruyere cheese, buffalo flank steak stuffed with hazelnuts, spinach and dry jack cheese served with baby garlic carrots and cardmon spiced potatoes, plus French chocolate torte with Grand Marnier and raspberry sauce for dessert.
Starbucks says it will begin selling three new
tea-based lattes and two nondairy tea drinks on Saturday as part of
a push to offer customers healthier choices.
The gourmet coffee retailer said all but one of the new drinks
are less than 200 calories for a 12-ounce, or tall, serving.
The new lattes are made with steamed milk and Tazo full-leaf tea
bags. The new varieties include the Black Tea Latte, the Vanilla
Chef-inspired Recipes for Cooking at Home
ARA) - The popularity of food-focused TV, devoted "foodie" bloggers and countless epicurean magazines have encouraged Americans to develop palates that desire lavish gourmet adventures. Dining out on extravagant cuisine is not always an option, but you don't have to break the bank for a haute culinary experience -- channel your inner chef and find inspiration in your own kitchen.
From easy appetizers to elegant entrees, leading chefs around the country share their cheese-inspired creations in the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board's "The Perfect Recipe Cookbook."
Starbucks to introduce new tea-based drinks
Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will begin selling three new tea-based lattes and two nondairy tea drinks on Saturday as part of a push to offer customers healthier choices.
The gourmet coffee retailer said all but one of the new drinks are less than 200 calories for a 12-ounce, or tall, serving.
The new lattes are made with steamed milk and Tazo full-leaf tea bags.
| Saturday, January 3 2009 |
Kenosha Man Accused of Stealing Gourmet Food From Grocery Store
RACINE, Wis. -- Racine police said a man accused of stealing groceries had some pricey items in his cart.
Authorities said 43-year-old Brian A. Rubenstein from Kenosha tried to steal $625 in groceries.The total included $365 in lobster and $213 in ribeye and beef roasts. Police say the Kenosha man was arrested Dec. 23 after store employees caught him walking out with a loaded cart.Workers told police they saw Rubenstein fill his cart with lobster tails and beef cuts, as well as a smoked ham, apple pie and fruit platter.Ginger Warder makes a visit to It Must Be Heaven and says that “if you love gourmet ice cream, the name is true.” The 5-star review has great things to say about the soup, too:
What surprised me was not the great ice cream, but the great soup. Owner Stan Jones (sheâs a woman by the [...]
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Still want to go to the big event? All aboard for the luxury train
It's not cheap at $1,800, but the fare for this train trip includes gourmet grub and a place to sleep when you get to Washington, D.C. -- on the train itself, parked a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
That's where Barack Obama will be sworn in as president on Jan. 20. Highways will be clogged with throngs of Americans determined to attend the inauguration.
Kids Pop: This year's trends for really young hipsters
Get a dog -- not just to keep up with the Obamas -- grab a guitar and break out the gourmet baby food.
Those are just some of the things you'll need to do in 2009 to keep your kids hip to the latest trends -- and what kind of parent would you be if you didn't?
Like, so 2008.
Here are some of the hot trends for kids for 2009, from Parents magazine:
| Friday, January 2 2009 |
Andrew's Capital Bar and Grill — 228 S. Adams St. $$; A; 4 hats. 222-3444.
Bethel Family Restaurant — 435 W. Tennessee St. $; C; 3 hats. 577-0222.
Boston Market — 2329 N. Monroe St. $; A, C; 3 hats. 297-2183, 297-2178. Also, 1415 Governors Square Blvd. $; A; 3½ hats. 878-7660.
Cabell's American Bar & Grill — 2915 Kerry Forest Pkwy. $$; A, C; 3 hats. 893-8888.
The Charcoal Grill — 631 W. Tennessee St. $; A, C; 3 hats. 425-2780.
Harry's Seafood, Bar and Grille — Kleman Plaza, 301 S. Bronough St. $$, A; 4 hats.
| Thursday, January 1 2009 |
Everyone should be so lucky to have a Sugar Mama, or in this case, a Sugar Mama's. They're not giving away cash, but they're still doling out luxury items: breakfast breads, gourmet soups, sandwiches, cakes and cookies.
Sugar Mama's is actually a sugary-sweet pair, the owners being Amy and Jason Hogg. They've settled nicely into their corner shop digs at Seaside Farms, luring a steady crowd.
Atlantic Ave. (609) 822-7899. Ambitious gourmet fare, great service and pleasant, understated surroundings. Pricey. $$$
Sage, 5206 Atlantic Ave. (609) 823-2110 . An inventive Italian menu in a fine-dining arena makes Sage just as good, if not superior, to Lisa Savage's former Savaradio's in Linwood. High-quality, imported delicacies, a stunning ambiance and a friendly wait staff is reason enough to come experience Sage. Standard. $$Yama Japanese Restaurant, 5305 Atlantic Ave.After 15 years in the Springs, Cookies by Design (3315 N. Academy Blvd.) is under different ownership. New proprietors Hank and Kathy Scarangella say they're making several improvements, including a redecoration of their franchise outlet and expansion of gourmet cookie offerings.
"I fell in love with this store five years ago, after my daughter received two (cookie) bouquets," says Kathy. Shortly thereafter, the longtime accountant applied to the Plano, Texas-based franchise to open a store, possibly in California.
Many people living in the Laurentians either worked at Gourmet du Village or knew someone who did.
The gourmet food and homestyles company, whose products sell in more than 5,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, has been a fixture in Morin Heights for more than 20 years.
That's why on March 12, after a major snowstorm hit the area, news that the company's warehouse roof had collapsed just before 1 p.
Muscovites in New Year shopping frenzy
Despite the financial crisis, there’s shopping frenzy in all Moscow shops two days before New Year. Customers buy up everything to enjoy gourmet dining and present gifts to their friends and relatives. (89 sec./3.29Mb, shows: 74) © RIA Novosti
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