It’s Friday, and it’s happy hour somewhere, so why not enjoy a glass of “green” wine?
According to a recent study presented at a meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists, bag-in-box (BIB) wine is better for the environment than bottled wine. It also keeps better, as the BIB packaging locks oxygen out, making the shelf [...]

What better way to combine two passions (environmentalism and chocolate) than through companies that make delicious chocolate treats that don’t impact the environment?
First up, Endangered Species, which donates 10 percent of net profits to wildlife habitat conservation projects. Their Supreme Dark Chocolate bar has 72 percent cocoa content in 3 oz., and is gluten free and [...]

Trish?a Yearwood is the latest in along line of celebrities to lend her mug to the Got Milk? campaign.
Her ad touts the nutrients in milk, which help maintain weight, as well as the protein, which helps build strong bones and muscles.
Yearwood joins many other famous Milk Mustache women, including Martha Stewart, Marg Helgenberger, Ali Vincent (winner [...]

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report sheds new light on food marketing to children and adolescents. The report, “Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation”, finds that 44 major food and beverage marketers spent $1.6 billion to promote their products to children under 12 and adolescents ages [...]

Whenever my husband and I go on vacation (or really, any time we know we’ll be away from home for a few hours), we pack some Odwalla bars just in case we get hungry.
Odwalla (pronounced Oh-dwa-la) is a juice company founded in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 1980 and is now headquartered in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
The Odwalla [...]

Speaking of sugar, there’s one item (besides baked goods) in which Stevia will not do, and that is the highly addictive phenomenon known as Kettle Corn.
If you’ve never before tried this sweet-and-salty popcorn made with granulated sugar, salt, and oil, walk–no, run!–to your nearest fair, amusement park or open air market, where you will most [...]

If, when you think of sweeteners, immediately you start humming “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, you’re not alone.
Generally speaking, there are two types of sweeteners, nutritive and non-nutritive. Among the nutritive are sugar alcohols, honey, fruits, and syrups (including maple, sugar beet, corn, cane, golden, barley malt, Molasses, brown rice, and agave).
Non-nutritive sweeteners include Acesulfame [...]

Now that we’re in the thick of barbecue season, it’s about time someone came out with a terrific product to help busy BBQ chefs.
Grate Chef Grill Wipes are disposable, vegetable oil-soaked towelettes that not only oil your grates pre cooking, but also clean them. Because the towelettes are flammable, it’s best to wrap one over [...]

Herbs such as lavender and rosemary not only smell great, but also provide ample future uses, not only in cooking but also in sachets and other fragrant uses. Best of all, if you’re already growing them yourself, you can dry them and not have to buy dried herbs at the store.
The best way to dry [...]

Matcha (pronounced ma-cha)  is a fine, powdered green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies, and to dye and/or flavor foods (mochi, soba noodles, ice cream).
While I prefer a less hearty green tea (one that I can see through), I do like a cold, creamy Peet’s Matcha Green Tea Freddo in the summertime. Peet’s makes theirs with the highest quality [...]