Chronicles from a Pig Party

Our associate food editor goes to the Southern Foodways Alliance conference to celebrate the year of the pig and other Southern delights.

Is it only for Californians? Michael Ruhlman responds to Kim Severson’s New York Times piece about the increasing demand for locally grown food.

Moose may have become the butt of a million jokes, but in Alaska, the animal is less punch line than dinner.

If your idea of space food is that funky dehydrated ice cream your parents bought you at the gift shop at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, you might be surprised interstellar cuisine has matured.

Should a locavore diet involve some sort of sacrifice?

Royal fever hits the superorganic celebs, and Prince Charles gets a new American BFF.

Butter on the West Coast, sugar on the East, as two papers take on the backbones of holiday baking.

As the debate continues over New York City’s proposal to ban trans fats, one restaurateur gets downright patriotic in expressing his outrage.

A day after the news about the New York City Health Department’s proposal to ban trans fats was first reported, the Crisco is really hitting the fan.

An amusing article in Wednesday’s New York Times mocks the new trend of greenwashing in food-package design. But do all hippy-dippy cereal boxes and rice-cake bags deserve equal scorn?

A Columbia Journalism Review article has a great overview of contemporary ethical food writing.

What’s so Brooklyn about Domino’s new Brooklyn Style pie? A New York Times reporter does a slice smackdown at Totonno’s, one of Brooklyn’s most venerated old-school pizzerias.

Zagat’s recent newsletter discusses a “Taste the Difference” dinner at Acme Chophouse. Addressed during the pre-dinner discussion (moderated by Kim Severson of the SF Chronicle) and featured throughout the...

E-Kitchens Can Get Crowded By KIM SEVERSON Crowd-sourcing recipes — corralling a group of strangers on the Internet to create and edit a bank of recipes — is gaining popularity and investors. From today’s NY Times...

Kim Severson of the Chronicle won two in the journalism category (and was nominated for a third). NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING WITHOUT RECIPES Journalist: Kim Severson San Francisco Chronicle Article(s): “High Stakes: Bay Area at...