Food & Drink category, Page 78

Food harness makes Super Bowl snacking simple, with tongue in cheek

Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching. And whether you are cheering on Feb. 2 for the San Francisco 49ers or the Kansas City Chiefs, you and your party guests know the game highlight is the halftime — or all the time — grub being served. Calorie counting goes out the...
Oakland Restaurant Week offers special mid-day meal deals

Oakland Restaurant Week returns, with six days of $6 lunches at numerous eateries in the busy Pittsburgh neighborhood. This year’s dates are Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, and 20 eateries are participating this year, according to the Oakland Business Improvement District. Participants can enjoy a meal without making a huge...
Mr. Peanut is dead — long live Mr. PeanutVideo

Aw, nuts! Mr. Peanut, the mascot of the Planters Peanut Co., is dead. He was 104. The Planters’ mascot died a noble death: Sacrificing himself so that actors Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes could live on. We’re devastated to confirm that Mr. Peanut is gone. He died doing what he...
Man registers beer as emotional support animal

Perhaps it’s one man’s definition of comfort food. A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident registered his beer as an emotional support animal on the USA Service Dog Registration website. Ale Street News was the first to report that Floyd Hayes was initially successful in obtaining a registration letter with a code —...
Caliente Pizza to open restaurant in Green Tree

Caliente Pizza & Draft House will open a new location in Green Tree this spring. Locally owned and operated, the Green Tree spot is Caliente’s sixth since opening in Bloomfield less than eight years ago. The 6,500-square-foot space is near the intersection of Mansfield Avenue and Noblestown Road, not far...
Legume Bistro in Oakland to close for a rebrand

Family-owned Legume Bistro, once a pioneer in Pittsburgh’s farm-to-table dining scene, is closing at the end of February. But the restaurant plans to reopen after retooling into something new. “It is with a mix of sadness, relief, and excitement that we announce Legume’s last service will be on February 29th,...
Top Picks From the Wine Cellar: PLCB now offers free shipping

Imagine purchasing top-notch wines online and then enjoying prompt, free shipping directly to either your home or business on a routine basis. Impossible, you say? Not if you live in Pennsylvania and spend at least $99 at FineWineAndGoodSpirits.com, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s ecommerce website. Consumers may also directly ship...
New cocktail lounge, Emerson’s, opens in Pittsburgh’s Market Square

A new cocktail bar and restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh, Emerson’s, will let patrons get warm on the inside and the outside: It features a fireplace. “This cold weather is the perfect time to come here,” said David Priselac, who owns Emerson’s with his wife Rachel, Mimi and Ralph Falbo and...
Greensburg Restaurant Week returns with new prix fixe menus

Following the success of August’s inaugural Greensburg Restaurant Week, organizer Think Greensburg presents the first winter version. There are 17 participating restaurants for the event Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, says Ashley Kertes, executive director of Think Greensburg. Many are returnees from the summer event. All will offer a week...
First Ligonier Valley Restaurant Tour kicks off Ice Fest

The Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce is kicking off the first Ligonier Valley Restaurant Tour as part of the annual Ligonier Ice Fest. The “tour” will take place from Jan. 25 through April 30, says Ruthie Stewart, events and marketing coordinator for the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce. The tour...
How can you make healthy food resolutions really stick?

For many of us, January is all about giving things up: Maybe we’re going to stop eating meat and embrace a plant-based diet. Or we’re ready to kick excess sugar to the curb after a holiday season awash in sweets. Or we’re committed to avoiding fast food. Starting the year...
Spoonwood Brewing, Bethel Bakery create 3rd pastry-ale offering

Spoonwood Brewing Co. and Bethel Bakery are joining forces for the third time in their “have your cake and drink it, too,” campaign. In May, they introduced Retort Chocolate Raspberry Cake Stout, a combination of Spoonwood’s traditional stout with the bakery’s chocolate cake and raspberry purée. In October, the Pittsburgh...
Gaucho Parrilla Argentina to leave Strip for old Six Penn Kitchen site in Downtown Pittsburgh

The popular Gaucho Parrilla Argentina restaurant, where patrons line up to enjoy wood-fired grill meats, is moving to a larger space in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Gaucho announced on its Facebook page that it plans to move into the old Six Penn Kitchen space this spring or summer. The restaurant, owned...
National Popcorn Day celebrates crunchy goodnessVideo

Jan. 19 is National Popcorn Day. The Popcorn Board has numerous recipes to help make your Super Bowl viewing, movie night, awards show snacking easy and flavorful. And though traditional butter and salt is hardly passé, the popcornboard.org website has numerous other sweet and savory suggestions. Here’s one. Caramel Pecan...
To make a grain bowl great, start by seasoning farro

The promise of a grain bowl — with vegetables arranged atop it as artfully as a wedding bouquet — is one of a bright, beautiful future. But carelessly made, it can end up a slog of chewy, underseasoned filler. Better than tossing cooked and chilled plain grains with a dressing...
The perfect baked potato begins with Russets

A fluffy baked potato is a glorious thing, but too often you slice into the potato and it is shiny and waxy, not light and creamy in texture. Baking a potato is the easiest thing in the world, right? Then why are so many potatoes lacking in texture and flavor?...

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