Month: May 2021

FLINT, MI — Good food. Good people. Good times. It was a vibe at the Beats x BBQ three-day event series between May 28 and May 30 throughout Memorial Day weekend. “I wanted to come back with a vengeance,” said Brandon Corder, music producer and founder of Beats x Beers. “It was most definitely worth […]

Filipino culture will be celebrated with music and a lot of  food when a new festival comes to San Pedro in October. Tickets are on sale for FAHMfest, (Filipino American Heritage Month) which is expected to attract up to 10,000 people per day to Berth 46 in San Pedro Oct. 16-17 for a weekend that […]

Food truck season is here! Learn what makes Pretty Great Cheesecake’s truck pretty unique. With warm weather comes food truck season. While a food truck isn’t a new concept, Kurt Anderson, owner of Pretty Great Cheesecake food truck says baking dessert inside one is pretty rare. Anderson’s business is run exclusively from his food truck. […]

A janitor sweeps the floor of an almost empty New York Stock Exchange Corbis via Getty Images Corporate executives know that workers don’t want to return to the office. They recognize that a large percentage of their employees will resist returning five days a week and only go back full time kicking and screaming. Smart […]

Regular supply launches keep astronauts aboard the ISS supplied with relatively fresh food, but a flight to Mars won’t get deliveries. If we’re going to visit other planets, we’ll need a fridge that doesn’t break down in space — and Purdue University researchers are hard at work testing one. You may think there’s nothing to […]

Good dietary habits can have lasting effects. People who ate one cup a day of nitrate-rich vegetables had lower blood pressure and a 12% to 26% lower risk of heart disease, according to data from more than 50,000 people who took part in the 23-year-long diet and health study.  The nitrate-rich vegetables recommended by the […]

The Urban Justice Center, a nonprofit organization that supports New York’s marginalized groups through advocacy and legal representation, has been actively helping street food vendors get back on their feet while also feeding the hungry through its Street Vendor Project (SVP). Thousands of free meals: With help from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s $100 million COVID-19 […]

Kiki’s Cotton Candy food truck is posted up at the Lake Zurich farmers market Sept. 25, 2020 at Paulus Park in Lake Zurich. Village trustees voted May 17, 2021 to allow food trucks weekly during the summer at Block A near the lake. (Karie Angell Luc / Pioneer Press)

I’ve been closely watching the fast-food fried chicken wars for a couple years now. When Popeyes introduced its chicken sandwich in 2019, it threatened to dethrone Chick-fil-A as the go-to place for fried chicken with pickle chips on a bun. Now, almost every major fast-food chain is pushing a fried chicken sandwich. A report from […]

Aurora resident Juan Chiu, 17, a Scout member from Troop 22 in Aurora, was one of a number of Scouts who volunteered to plant 20 fruit trees Saturday morning in the community garden operated by the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora. (David Sharos / The Beacon-News)