Thanksgiving is a celebration usually composed of food (turkey, of course), family (and friends — inclusivity is one of Thanksgiving’s beauties) and football (yes, we’re in the South). Gathering around the TV, Thanksgiving revelers let the food digest before the slicing of pie(s).
In a time when many of us are turning to online recipes for instruction, how is it that heavy, richly illustrated cookbooks (unwieldy for practical use in the kitchen) are being released in a steady stream? Are cookbooks becoming more of an art piece than an instructional book? Are they resting on the coffee table more than on the kitchen counter?
Daily Green, a healthy fast food option in downtown Gainesville, will soon offer online ordering and drive-thru pick up.
A cookbook can be considered an autobiography.
A locally owned Gainesville grocery store is celebrating its 63rd Anniversary Fall Food Festival on Saturday.
The fall music festival season is kicking off strong in Central Florida in the coming weeks, and the small town of Waldo is once again bringing back bluegrass.
In a push for added sustainability, the lush vegetables and bright flowers that grow on the seven farmed acres at Swallowtail Farm in Alachua will be joined by four new mooing members come January.
UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is working to recruit students to fill the shortage of young professionals in the agricultural industries.
Now is the time to start preparing for the holidays ahead. No, we don’t mean shopping or menu planning, which are good ideas by the way, but preparing for the social events ahead. Ways to fine-tune your social etiquette are to know how to give good toasts, a universal practice of honoring a person or occasion with an expression of goodwill and a drink. The holidays present many opportunities to give toasts with gatherings of friends and family ahead, including parties, winter weddings and graduations.
Wizard-themed drinks are whizzing into UF’s Starbucks this month.
Some copycat confusion ensued Sunday when a blog post on Ken Eats Gainesville alerted residents that Gainesville’s upcoming Shila Korean BBQ restaurant had missed a key element in business etiquette: If you’re going to open a restaurant, make sure it doesn’t already exist.
UF students willing to fast from sunrise to sunset Thursday will be rewarded with a feast.
Ever been bewildered by the multitude of forks, knives and spoons jostling for space at a formal dinner table? Which to use? When? And how did they get there, anyway?
Vegans don’t have to scavenge for food anymore now that UF’s Gator Dining Services is expanding its vegan options.
Julian Andrew sipped on vodka-soaked raspberries, tonic and a splash of grapefruit with a lime.
The National Eating Disorders Association has implemented a new online program to serve college students dealing with body image confidence.
Gators are now able to pay it forward with a new UF Alumni Association membership. Gators who are not yet members can receive a $25 one-year membership and extend this opportunity to a fellow Gator.
A new study conducted by UF scientists has discovered how fossils can replicate lost biodiversity caused by human impact.
When the first Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally opened one Saturday in January 2013, thousands of people lined up to sample food from six local food trucks.
Eating, like cooking, is an outlet for creativity and manipulation. Take Oreos, for instance. Do you eat the frosting first and save the chocolate wafers for last? Do you carefully take apart the cookie to separate the filling and then scrape it off with your teeth? Or do you chomp through the whole cookie?
Solutions by The State News
