Coronavirus Cuisine
In the face of the greatest challenge in generations, America's chefs, bartenders, and restaurant owners are reinventing their food, their businesses, and themselves.
In the face of the greatest challenge in generations, America's chefs, bartenders, and restaurant owners are reinventing their food, their businesses, and themselves.
California residents can now legally buy foie gras online from out-of-state suppliers
The New York governor requires bars to sell "substantive" offerings if they'd like to stay open.
Past attempts to reduce foodborne illnesses haven't worked. Will a focus on technology make this effort any different?
Chicago used its food licensing laws to harass a nonprofit providing free food to protesters.
The Occupational Freedom and Opportunity Act "will save thousands of Floridians both time and money for years to come," says Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Regulators ought to take a scalpel to the many burdensome rules still on the books.
But it's not enough. NYC needs to unleash its food vendors.
The flexibility will allow food makers to substitute small amounts of food ingredients temporarily without necessitating the creation or use of a new food label.
Wet markets should be made safer, not driven underground.
Cities are imposing "emergency" regulations capping the fees that delivery services like Uber Eats may charge. That's a mistake.
The ability of Americans to buy meat in grocery stores is at risk due to serious supply-chain issues caused by COVID-19.
A renewed push to pass the PRIME Act picks up steam as COVID-19 leaves us all asking “Where’s the beef?”
When it comes to the food economy, government should remember that workers and consumers call the shots.
A civil rights lawsuit alleges that the government violated Kathy Hay's constitutional rights when it shuttered her free pantry.
"You can't exactly eat with a mask on, and I have a small space where people would be in close proximity to each other."
Is tahini salsa verde an insidious form of cultural appropriation or two immigrants from Oaxaca riffing on food traditions they love?
If politicians really want to help citizens, they should brush up on the laws of supply and demand.
The federal government has given states permission to open up highway rest stops to food truck service. Many are deciding to keep their protectionist bans in place.
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Dairy industry-endorsed regulations required skim milk to be labeled as “imitation” if it hadn’t been enriched with added vitamins.
People need to eat. Governments shouldn't make that harder than it has to be.
The company says it will return the money after it was announced that the Paycheck Protection Program ran out of funding.
The FDA has relaxed some labeling laws in order to allow restaurants to sell groceries, but it could do more.
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"It's unconscionable that the Trump administration would do the bidding of the potato and junk food industries," noted one critic. But Trump's changes are relatively minor.
The city said that food-packaging regulations stand in the way. That's not true.
Ill workers in processing facilities, the forced death of restaurants, and national and international storage and shipping disruptions all threaten our food supply.
Wyoming’s first-and-best-in-the-nation food freedom law just keeps getting better.
The agency has hampered widespread COVID-19 testing and the production of both protective gear and hand sanitizer.
Stores seem full now, but both illness and legal barriers could interfere with the economy of food production and distribution.
First, they didn't have grocery permits. Now they are not allowed to take any walk-ins.
"You cannot just decide you want to sell groceries," said Barbara Ferrer, the director of L.A. County Public Health.
Especially during a pandemic, Americans need access to healthy food.
Make this incredible service to America permanently legal.
Impossible Foods says that animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change. Instead of trying to pass laws to ban meat, it's providing tasty, plant-based alternatives.
Dirt farmers want the feds to stack the deck in their favor.
Greenville has run its food trucks out of town.
New amendment would allow low-risk foods such as homemade jams to be sold in grocery stores and sold and consumed in restaurants.
Brits will have only themselves to blame if they don't embrace food freedom.
This is just the latest petty development in what is an ugly, mostly partisan dance.
“I’ll pay whatever fine I have to, but I will never put calories on my menu,” says chef Wade Murphy.
The label changes include new font along with pointless and misleading information.