Food & Drink category, Page 70
Sarris Candies, Schneider’s Dairy team for chocolate milkshake
Sarris Candies and Schneider’s Dairy are teaming up for what they’re calling the ultimate summer treat. Schneider’s will begin selling pint bottles of Sarris chocolate milkshake — made with real Sarris chocolate. The limited edition will go on sale July 2. Based in Canonsburg, Sarris Candies was founded in 1960...
Celebrate Father’s Day with this tasty steak recipe
Almond-flavored romesco sauce tops grilled steak for this easy dinner that’s perfect for Father’s Day or anytime. Make extra of the sauce. It keeps a week in the refrigerator and is great on any cooked meat or vegetables. Zucchini spirals and butternut squash spirals, which can be found in the...
Beyond the McMuffin: Make these 5 breakfast sandwiches at home
When anthropologists of the future look back at the last half of the 20th century, they may give credit to McDonald’s for one thing above all else: inventing the breakfast sandwich. Searching for a way to get customers through the doors in the morning hours, someone at the fast-food giant...
TribLive Taste Test: Harvest Snaps Snack CrispsVideo
On today’s TribLive Taste Test, we switched up the format a little. Since we received a box with every single flavor of Harvest Snaps’ snack crisps – made from peas, red lentils and black beans – we decided to hold a little competition. We blindfolded ourselves and tried to guess...
Padma Lakshmi gets political with series cheering immigrantsVideo
Padma Lakshmi has watched in anger as some politicians denigrate immigrants. She’s been left seething as newcomers are discriminated against or targeted. So she has responded with something she knows quite a lot about: food. Specifically, immigrant food: burritos, dosas, crab boil, pad Thai and poke. Lakshmi, a longtime judge...
Iron City Bean coffee — a new brew suitable for breakfast
Have a cup of Iron City with your breakfast. No, we aren’t suggesting kegs and eggs. There’s no alcohol in this brew. Iron City Bean Nine to Five Blend is a slow-roasted, medium-dark coffee made with beans from Cameroon, Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil. Released in late May, it’s java made...
Aunt Jemima name, image to be dropped by Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats announced Wednesday it’s changing the name of Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix. “We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype,” Quaker vice president and chief marketing officer Kristin Kroepfl said in a statement. “As we work to make progress toward racial equality through several...
Valley Dairy closes downtown Latrobe restaurant
After eight decades, Valley Dairy is no longer serving meals in downtown Latrobe. The Latrobe-based restaurant chain on Sunday closed its location at Jefferson and Chestnut streets. A company official said that store hasn’t performed up to expectations. Valley Dairy welcomed customers to return for dine-in meals at the Latrobe...
7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day canceled amid coronavirus concerns
There won’t be a Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven this year thanks to the coronoavirus pandemic. The annual freebie event held on July 11 — or 7/11 — is being canceled for customers’ safety, according to the company. Free Slurpee Day, held since 2002, is the convenience store’s biggest day...
Frozen bay scallops a sweet summer dinner
Keeping frozen bay scallops in my freezer has been a big help during these challenging times. They are always available for a quick dinner. They’re sweet-tasting and take only minutes to defrost in a bowl of cold water. The side dish for this quick dinner also uses ingredients from my...
Bars reopening in New Orleans. Will tourists come?
NEW ORLEANS — Bar owners in New Orleans prepared for a soft opening, and an uncertain one, as they prepared to let customers in Saturday for the first time in months. Capacity is limited to 25 percent, live music remains prohibited, and nobody knows how many tourists will show on...
Just Eat swallows Grubhub creating restaurant delivery giant
Two pioneers in restaurant delivery — Just Eat Takeaway.com and Grubhub — are combining in a $7.3 billion deal that will create one of the world’s largest delivery companies. Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com said late Wednesday that it was acquiring Chicago-based Grubhub, snatching it away from ride-hailing giant Uber, which...
Virtual PizzaFest to showcase 4 Pittsburgh pizza artisans
Four of Pittsburgh’s best pizza artisans will show their stuff during this year’s virtual PizzaFest – A Slice Of Delish! The event, which welcomed a sold-out crowd last year, will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday on Zoom. In addition to watching as chefs give demonstrations, tips and recipes from...
Create delicate ribbons without a pasta maker
If you are using your extra time at home to improve your cooking skills, America’s Test Kitchen has a new cookbook that can help. Called “100 Techniques,” it’s the first technique- focused book from the Boston-based media company that produces a public television cooking show, several magazines and countless cookbooks. Along...
Glazed, powdered or jelly? Yes, yes and yes — it’s National Doughnut Day
Friday is National Doughnut Day. It’s the perfect way to celebrate as Allegheny, Westmoreland and surrounding counties are headed into the “green phase” of the state’s coronavirus action plan. Always the first Friday of June, National Doughnut Day highlights everyone’s favorite cylindrical breakfast treat. Oakmont Bakery owner Marc Serrao said...
Brewery looking for someone to hike Appalachian Trail and drink beer
A Virginia brewery is looking for someone to take on the Appalachian Trail and drink beer. As “Chief Hiking Officer” for Devil’s Backbone Brewing, based in Lexington, Va., just a few miles from the AT, the candidate will hike the entire trail in 2021 and get “some big ol’ beer...
Choolaah Indian BBQ to open 2nd location in Pittsburgh region
Choolaah Indian BBQ, a fast casual Indian barbecue-style restaurant, is opening a second Pittsburgh-area location. The newest location will open June 9 in North Fayette. The first area Choolaah opened in East Liberty in 2018. Choolaah means “oven” in Hindi. Jay Nesbitt, chief creative officer for Choolaah Indian BBQ, said...
Necco Wafers returning to store shelves this summer
Good news for people who like their candy crunchy and slightly chalky — Neccos Wafers will soon be back on store shelves after a 2-year absence. Spangler Candy Co., which now owns the iconic brand, says the candy will return in all its multicolored glory beginning this month. “Major drugstores...
Pull out that wok for 5-spice-pork and rice stir-fry
Five-spice powder is the base for this sauce that glazes the meat and vegetables with an aromatic and exotic flavor. It is a blend of many spices, usually, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed and Szechwan peppercorns. It can be found in the spice section of the supermarket. You only...
Want a bright start to each day? Bake this easy yogurt lemon loaf
What makes this lemon loaf stand out is the addition of orange blossom water. Distilled from orange flowers, it encapsulates the heady scent of blooming citrus trees. It’s that perfumed air you catch on some sunny Southern California mornings, that happy smell that transports you to bucolic groves and wide-open...
Documentary focuses on unlikely champion of Mexican cuisineVideo
If you add garlic to your guacamole, we have bad news: You’re not doing it right. Do you mince the onion? That’s also a no-no. And, please, leave the avocado lumpy. So says 97-year-old Diana Kennedy, a foremost authority on traditional Mexican cuisine. Over many decades, she has mastered, documented...
Western Pennsylvania restaurants team to benefit Westmoreland County Food Bank
Order to-go items from some Pittsburgh restaurants next week and you will help feed others at the same time. Takeout Tuesday is June 2 and area eateries will be donating 15% to 25% of proceeds from sales that day to the Westmoreland County Food Bank. The promotion is being organized...
Food Podcast: Trinity School District handing out 20,000 meals weekly
Trinity School District in Washington County is serving 20,000 meals each week to children as part of their Grab ‘n Go meal program in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Hunger doesn’t have an end, so we’re not going to discontinue services,” said Nicolle Pleil, the district’s food service director. “We...
Western Pa. restaurants prepare for expanded dining options, cope with losses
On Thursday morning, restaurateur Erin Connelly prepared for her most important staff meeting in months. After being limited to takeout options during the coronavirus shutdown, the Cornerstone Restaurant and Bar in Aspinwall soon can commence limited dining options. Connelly was hesitantly excited. “People are scrambling,” she said. “It’s hard to...
60 more Pennsylvania liquor stores resuming in-store public access
Sixty more Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores in counties in Pennsylvania’s yellow phase of covid-19 mitigation will resume limited in-store public access on Friday, the state Liquor Control Board announced Thursday. When that happens, a total of 349 stores in 56 counties will be allowing limited in-store public access....
