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Fresh Crumbs : People

Fresh Crumbs are the tidbits at the table—conversation topics, recent news, upcoming events. In this new addition to our website, we keep abreast of the latest “crumbs” to help you get the most out of your next dining experience. See what crumbs our writers have uncovered lately!

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Post Type: NewsTopic: People March 31, 2011

Instant Ramen: Survival Food of This Century

Instant Ramen: Survival Food of This Century

Posted by My Nguyen

Best known as an cheap and affordable dish for college students and people who are on the run when they need an instant food-fix, instant ramen is showing its other facets like its history fighting hunger and its background with relief efforts to help nations who have faced some hard hits with natural diasters.  Due to its convenience and accessibility, most people take for granted the huge impact instant noodles has on the world. 

 
Post Type: ArticlesTopic: People October 09, 2009

Flavors of France: Bon Appetit!

Flavors of France: Bon Appetit!

Posted by Megan Waldrop

French cuisine has influenced the culinary world for centuries with its delicious cheeses, wines, breads, and extraordinary dishes. Restaurants, cafés, bistros, and boulangeries (bakeries) fill the streets of France, proving how seriously the French take food and eating.
 
Post Type: NewsTopic: People March 23, 2009

White House VeggieTales

Posted by Florie Clark

In honor of new beginnings as well as the first day of spring, the White House is digging up an 1,100 square-foot vegetable garden.
 
Post Type: ArticlesTopic: People September 23, 2008

Seeing Stars: Celebrity Spotting in Area Restaurants

Seeing Stars: Celebrity Spotting in Area Restaurants

Posted by K. Monti

When it comes to spotting celebrities dining out in Los Angeles, you need not look very far.  At any given moment in the City of Angels, there is always someone famous who is either grabbing a latte, taking a lunch meeting, or getting together for a drink.
 
Post Type: Web CrumbsTopic: People June 13, 2008

What a Sense of Taste Means to a Chef

Posted by Lauren Duffy

NPR posts an interesting and thought-provoking piece on Chef Grant Achatz, who heads up Alinea in Chicago and who is the recent recipent of the prestegious James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef. Achatz was diagnosed with tongue cancer last year, and while he has undergone treatment to elminate the cancer, the treatment left an unwanted effect: the loss of his sense of taste. 
 

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