Nibs & Sips

Have you or a friend always wanted to make your specialty food bright idea go commercial, but the cost of renting a certified kitchen is prohibitive? Thanks to the California State Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown, you can do it all from home now – with some limits. To all who make great jams, cookies, [...]

Monday night the Sonoma City Council overturned the Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny Peet’s a permit on Broadway, a block south of Sonoma Plaza. Responding to public demand and an overflowing council chamber audience, the council vote was unanimous. While the Sonoma City Council has a “formula store” ordinance prohibiting large chains from opening in [...]

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. of Springdale, Arkansas has recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that my be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.  Many people throughout the U.S. have allegedly become ill from ground turkey, some resulting in death, with the [...]

Many restaurants and grocery stores are pushing tilapia as a fish alternative. It is inexpensive, firm, high in protein, provides more protein than it consumes, and often tastes good if cooked properly. There are important tilapia cautions, though, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch list. The Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Guide, which you can [...]