If you’re in the market for hot drink glasses, we’ve got you covered.
And speaking of hot drinks, ever wonder how competitive baristas are? Well, wonder no more, because, apparently, there’s a competition where they prove their (hot) stuff.
And if you’re in the mood for small batch roasted coffee, here’s a Northern California company doing it [...]

Get this–there’s a new “Dinner Spinner” iPhone app from Allrecipes.com, the world’s #1 food site. 
Top features include:

Search for meal ideas from thousands of Allrecipes.com’s most popular recipes
Access detailed ingredients, cooking instructions, nutritional information, photos, ratings and reviews
Give your iPhone a shake to watch the Dinner Spinner in action and generate dinner ideas for you 

Allrecipes’ Dinner [...]

If you’ve ever contemplated going vegan, now’s the time during World Go Vegan Days, which started October 25 and run through October 31.
Created by In Defense of Animals (IDA), World Go Vegan Days is an annual event to educate people about the vegan lifestyle. During World Go Vegan Days, IDA encourages people to become conscious of what [...]

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 [...]

On July 1, Starbucks announced it was closing 600 stores in the U.S and expects to open fewer than 200 new company-operated stores in the U.S. in fiscal 2009.
Click here for the list of stores that will close by the end of July. Closures will continue into FY09, and the determination of each store’s closure date will be dependent [...]

Thanks to All Recipes, here’s a roundup of 4th of July recipes for every state of the union. So whether you’re in California whipping up a smoothie, South Carolina sipping sweet tea, or Montana kicking back with a tonic, be sure to raise your glass to Independence Day!
Wyoming Stew
Wisconsin Native’s Beer Cheese Soup
West Virginia Recipes
Washington [...]

Urban growth, overcrowding and population explosions, oh my!
According to experts, by the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers, and conservative estimates are that the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim.
More people and larger urban areas (the dreade sprawl) mean less farm land.
Enter [...]

Whether you’re a vegetarian, or you just want to get your daily dose of the good stuff, there’s no reason you have to relegate yourself to eating meat on the road.
Websites
There are several good websites that will help you plan where to eat when you’re on the road, whether you’re sticking close to home or [...]

If you’re a honey fanatic like I am, maybe you already know that there’s been a decline in the U.S. honeybee population as of late, and that decline is wrecking havoc.
Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, the decline is a major concern because bees do a lot for our ecosystem, including produce food (about a third [...]