Fat city: dining off the beaten track with Bob Ardren.
think about it and I'll bet you'll agree some of your most memorable meals have been picnics. Picnics are wonderful places to fall in love, terrible places to fall out of love (as if there were any good places for that), and don't forget the old saw,...

Probiotic microbes impact proteolytic activity, flavor of Cheddar cheese.
Incorporating probiotic cultures in Cheddar cheese is believed to provide health benefits to consumers. But it is important to carefully select the proper culture strains so that they can survive as the cheese is manufactured and ripens. Adding probiotic adjuncts may also influence the proteolytic pattern, which is one...

Freezing, thawing have a little impact in cheese protein degration.
The manner in which proteins degrade as cheese matures is affected by several factors, including plasmin, chymosin, protease, the pH of curd, storage temperature and time, the salt-to-moisture ratio and humidity. Unfortunately, the effect and impact of freezing on the proteolysis and shelf life of caprine milk cheeses has...

Question of the month: what's your favorite veg restaurant?
Blind Faith Cafe in Evanston, IL, is one of the only nonethnic veg restaurants in the Chicago area. Entrees like Seitan Marsala (seitan with steamed broccoli, jasmine rice and pureed butternut squash) are tremendous. Julie Newfeld Via email My all-time favorite veg restaurant...

Control location and activity of plasmin components in dairy products.
Plasmin, the major native milk serine proteinase, is an important contributor to proteolytic breakdown in milk and dairy products. Plasmin activity has beneficial proteolytic effects during the ripening of certain cheeses. Plasmin breaks down casein. It reduces the time needed to ripen cheese, which would have enormous economic benefits...

Carrot & stick: who walks the walk, who's nothing but talk.
CARROTS TO The citizens of Chandler, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix, for opposing the construction of a research facility operated by Covance Inc., a pharmaceutical services company that tests cosmetics and drugs on monkeys, dogs, cats and rabbits. Covance wants to Build a $200 million plant in...

Milking the farm for nutrition facts: a dairy company offers schools free agriculture-in-the-classroom kits.
Nearly 15 years ago, Cabot recognized that, with family farms throughout Vermont becoming more and more scarce, many children in this agriculture state had no concept of what dairy farming was or where the cheese, milk and other dairy products they consumed really came from. As a result the...

Alert: is your Roquefort cheese really from Roquefort?
What do you get when you buy Darjeeling tea? Are the leaves actually grown in India? And should you care? Food companies in this country care because they invest huge sums in names such as Dijon mustard, basmati rice and feta cheese--even though their products aren't from anywhere near...

Feast to thanks: celebrate the season with a Thanksgiving spread that's as easy as it is elegant.
If there is one holiday when it's great to be a vegetarian, it's Thanksgiving. After all, it started as a harvest celebration, held to appreciate the bounty of the fields. To this day, everyone's Thanksgiving dinner is heavy on the veggies, from melt-in-your-mouth sweet potatoes to good...

PG&E Providing Biogas to Power Inauguration of California's 'Leading the Green Dream' Program.
ENERGY RESOURCE-4 January 2007-PG&E Providing Biogas to Power Inauguration of California's 'Leading the Green Dream' Program(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Pacific Gas and Electric Company is teaming with Joseph Gallo Farms and Microgy Inc. to provide clean, renewable manure digester biogas to power today's inaugural celebration of Gov....