Large chunks of king crab arrive with a mozzarella-and- avocado salad; eggplant ''caviar'' forms the centerpiece of a garden of crisp bright vegetables and dainty shiso blossoms. At Robuchon, request seats at the pear-wood counter (it seats 20) for a view of the chefs at work in the open black kitchen filled with pots of fresh herbs and glass vats of vegetables. At Alto, a well-dressed clientele speak in hushed tones as unobtrusive servers move efficiently about a room lined with thousands...

We all have one, don't we? Some of us can trace our history back many generations and say exactly where we came from, our ancestors' country of origin. I have lived many places on the east coast and everywhere I lived I have seen large populations of one ethnic distinction or another grouped together where they form a community. And so there were little mom and pop bakeries and markets all over the city that reflected those cultures. There were many Jewish bakeries that set up shop all...

Researchers think they have have identified one factor in the mysterious destruction of beehives across the United States and in some other countries. In addition to producing honey, bees are used by farmers to pollinate fruit and vegetable crops. prior to 2004 when we imported packaged bees from Australia and also to look at more worldwide distribution of IAPV to try to understand this story," he said. While scientists broke new ground in terms of analyzing diseases of insects, markers...

The recipes are featured in "Aroy Dee Thee Chiang Mai" ("Tasty in Chiang Mai"), an exquisitely photographed coffee-table book recently launched by The Royal Project Foundation under the supervision of its marketing adviser, MR Datchrabimol Tunganaga, the eldest daughter of foundation chairman HSH Prince Bhisatej Rajani. The recipes are featured in "Aroy Dee Thee Chiang Mai" ("Tasty in Chiang Mai"), an exquisitely photographed coffee-table book recently launched by The Royal Project...

Bill Stanfield, who heads Metanoia, said one of the items that came out of a community meeting last February was that local people didn't have a nearby supermarket. Stanfield said the market will need to attract about 300 people each Wednesday to make it work. Charleston.net does not edit user submitted statements and we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. If you find a comment that is objectionable, we urge...

A couch potato is defined by the OED as "a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes. They're afraid that the image of a slovenly fat guy slouching on his sofa, watching Baywatch reruns is going to have a negative impact on the image of a potato as a healthy food item. British potato farmers are concerned that the term "couch potato" is doing irreparable harm to their terrific tuber. Sure, Atkins diet proponents say that...

That s apt, because while the cuisine prepared by partner and chef Matt Mermod is billed as contemporary Creole, it s really a made-up cuisine peculiar to this little restaurant housed in an oddly shaped room on a bend in Clay Street near Napa s city center. Creole interpretations in Napa . Santa Rosa Press Democrat // News for California's North Bay and Redwood Empire. That s apt, because while the cuisine prepared by partner and chef Matt Mermod is billed as contemporary Creole, it s...

After freezing bees, grinding them up, extracting the DNA, and using sophisticated genetic sequencing to identify every organism present, the researchers have settled upon a little-known virus discovered in Israel only three years ago. California's almonds alone require about 50 percent of all the managed bees in the country; the insects are loaded onto tractor trailers and trucked west every winter. With the rise of monoculture farming and the decline of many native pollinators, such as...

SYDNEY'S official APEC outfit has been revealed - tailor-made, knee-length Driza-Bone coats made of the original brown material and spiced up with a contrasting colour for each of the 21 world leaders. They dined on an entree of barramundi with endives, mushrooms, pearl of vegetables, yabbies and scallops, followed by roasted saddle of lamb with field mushrooms, kipfler potatoes, confit of tomato and thyme jus. The so-called "silly shirt" is the highlight of the Asia-Pacific Economic...