snack foods

Caramelpalooza is almost upon us -- and it's not too late to apply to be one of our special guest judges at our caramel tasting event, to be held Friday, March 26 at 7 pm at Smeeks candy store in central Phoenix. The competition will be fierce and sweet, including Urban Cookies, Sweet Republic, Bourbon Steak, Tracy Dempsey and La-Dee-Dahs. Apply to be a judge here . Winners -- who will receive an official Chow Bella apron and enough caramel to pull out all your fillings -- will be announced Tuesday, M  

Pine nuts are a key ingredient in pesto. They are also really great eaten as a snack and added to salads. They're a great addition to pastas, grains, and pizzas.  

Hannibal's chip-seal program, which began last summer, may be short-lived, according to Mark Rees, the city's director of public works. "We haven't exactly decided to chip seal next year. We're considering what we're seeing out there right now," he said. Rees, who was a proponent of starting the street treatment program last year, admits the results were not what he had envisioned.

We haven’t exactly decided to chip seal next year. We’re considering what we’re seeing out there right now   -Mark Rees

 

A true friend will always tell you the truth. And that's exactly what Toledoan Suzie Miller did each time her friend Lizann Anderson revamped her cookie recipes to make them a little healthier. Eventually, Lizann and Suzie found the perfect recipe, combining the very best ingredients to create deliciously healthy baked goods for the most discriminating tastes, and Among Friends Healthy Baking Mixes was born.

We love to bake and make people happy   -Suzie Miller

 

An angry letter and a bag of Golden Flake chips were taped inside Major Bashinsky's abandoned car when it was found near downtown Birmingham. Days later the snack food heir's body was fished out of a public golf course pond a few miles away, and now police are trying to find out if the chips that made his family wealthy had anything to do with his death. Bashinsky's father and grandfather founded Golden Flake, a brand that has been sold across the South for generations and was a fixture on coaching le

That's the big question at this point, whether it was a homicide or a suicide   -Johnny Stanley

 

Men will try anything to get out of work and chores and instead watch the NCAA basketball tournament. But undergo vasectomies? Dr. Bill Utz said his procedure schedule today includes men who timed their birth-control procedures so they could recover during March Madness.  

I rarely talk about snacks on this blog. That's because I rarely eat them. Most of my life is planned around full meals; by the time I waddle home from said meals, I'm too stuffed to eat anything else.  

Thursday night is Health Watch night here on Black Hills FOX News at Nine. Each week our panel of local experts brings you important information to keep you healthy. This week we're talking nutrition with Registered Dietitian Nancy Donnelly of Rapid City Regional Hospital.  

Education advocates, parents and students held a "bake-in" rally at City Hall today to protest the Department of Education law that bans the sale of homemade food during school fundraisers. DOE officials said that the ban is part a larger movement to control childhood obesity, as it only allows certain pre-approved, packaged items with approved nutritional content to be sold in school vending machines. Protesters, however, said that pre-packaged food is not a healthy alternative to homemade desserts.  

As the Atlanta Braves step to the plate for their first game of the season on April 5, 2010, the doors to Loews Hotels’ newest property, the Loews Atlanta Hotel, will open. To celebrate, Loews is offering a more upscale version of a ballpark favorite with a specialty beer and nut menu in the lobby bars of all 18 properties, April 5 – June 30, 2010. New York (Vocus) March 18, 2010 -- As the Atlanta Braves step to the plate for their first game of the season on April