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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Wink Lorch highlights wine offerings of the French Alps
When you’re curious about any French wine region, typically you can find one or two excellent English language books to provide insights on history, wine culture, terroir and producers. But until now, the wines from France’s Alpine region provided a glaring exception. English author Wink Lorch corrects the situation with...
'MasterChef Junior Live!' cooking up some fun in Pittsburgh 
Kids in the kitchen aren’t necessarily a recipe for disaster. It was just the opposite for Jasmine Stewart, whose creativity and persistence helped her win the grand prize of $100,000 at age 12 on Season 5 of “MasterChef Junior,” a culinary competition series for ages 8-13 on Fox television. The...
This robot can make 300 pizzas in an hour 
Watch out pizza world: this pizza robot could shake things up. Seattle startup Picnic announced Tuesday that it has a developed a unit that can make 300 12-inch pizzas per hour and 180 18-inch pizzas per hour. We are excited to unveil our first-of-its-kind intelligent food assembly platform. See us...
Yuengling and Hershey’s team up for chocolate porter beer 
In a match made in Keystone State heaven, Pottsville-based Yuengling, the oldest brewery in the United States, and Hershey’s, one of the nation’s oldest chocolate companies, have teamed up to make a chocolate porter beer. Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter will be available starting in October and available only on draft....
Guinness’ U.S. brewery to release first nationwide beer
Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Maryland is rolling out its first nationwide release: Over the Moon milk stout. The beer, a popular pour at the brewery’s U.S. outpost, will be available nationwide for a limited time starting in November. The milk stout, described having a subtle sweetness and chocolaty flavor...
Cape Cod brings back limited-edition chips in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A popular potato chip company is showing its dedication to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by returning to a familiar, limited-edition flavor. In a Thursday tweet, Cape Cod Chips reminded us that “October is right around the corner” and the company has brought back the Pink Himalayan Salt & Red...
Celebrate National Coffee Day with a free cup
National Coffee Day is Sept. 29, which means many of us will have a leisurely day off to sip our favorite morning beverage. Pittsburghers like their brew. According to wallethub.com, the city cracks the top 20 (landing at 19) on a list of best cities for coffee lovers in America....
McDonald's takes a nibble of the plant-based burger 
McDonald’s is finally taking a nibble of the plant-based burger. McDonald’s said Thursday that will sell the PLT, or the plant, lettuce and tomato burger for 12 weeks in 28 restaurants in Southwestern Ontario by the end of the month. The small-market test is rolling out about six months after...
A Few Bad Apples is spoiling Pittsburghers with their delicious hard cider
As a kid, Mike Sturges was urged by his mother to set up a roadside stand and sell apples from his parents’ Gibsonia property. When his first-grade teacher stopped to buy some, Sturges was too embarrassed to sell her any. The fruit didn’t meet stereotypical schoolhouse standards: It was blemished...
Yes, there is an art to the perfectly peeled egg
I love eating deviled eggs and egg salad, but I had been avoiding making either because it was so much trouble peeling the eggs. I researched the subject online and tried many of the techniques that promised perfectly smooth eggs. I even went so far as to purchase an egg...
Empanadas — Great on the street and everywhere else
Empanadas — those familiar, golden, hand-held pies — are popular throughout Central and South America, from Mexico to the southernmost tip of Argentina. But in Chile, they are something of an obsession. You could call empanadas the national dish of Chile, and no one would argue with you. In Chile,...
What's Brewing? 'Tis the season for the extra taste of malted grains
Beer is made up of four main ingredients including grain, water, hops and yeast. How much of each ingredient is used will change the taste. This gives brewers an unlimited palate from which to create. Grains are the foundation of beer! They lend color, flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, as well as...
Plethora of pumpkin choices at The Pie Place in the South Hills 
Pumpkin pastries will be prominent at the Pie Place. The bakery located on the Bethel Park/Upper St. Clair border created 31 days of pumpkin treats. Day one started Monday with pumpkins located throughout the store to introduce the promotion. On Tuesday, the choice of the day was pumpkin tarts. The...
Sugar and Smoke restaurant at former Del's building in Bloomfield closes
Say goodbye to another restaurant at the Bloomfield location once occupied by the iconic Italian bistro Del’s. Sugar and Smoke, an eatery that offered Southern-style cuisine such as brisket, smoked meatballs, po’ boys, and fried green tomato sandwiches, has apparently closed after being in business for a year. The windows...
The best plum jam recipe is also the easiest to make
For the past five years, I’ve spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the violet fruit transforms from thin, bursting bubbles to slow lava pops. And at...
From common to cool: The lowly cabbage has become a star
Here’s a sentence that might come as a surprise: Cabbage is cool. That taken-for-granted vegetable, that sturdy, dense staple of many a poor, ancestral homeland, is finally getting respect. “It’s all about how it is prepared, how it’s elevated,” says Paul Kahan, a James Beard award-winning chef in Chicago and...
Rye whiskey with Pennsylvania roots raises nearly $20,000 at auctions
Century-old bottles of rare Western Pennsylvania rye whiskey are making a few organizations very happy this week, and it’s not just the buzz from throwing back a couple shots. Bottles distilled in 1909 and 1911 were auctioned off within days of one another this week, with one fetching $14,000 to...
'Designing chefs' heat up fundraising competition in North Huntingdon 
Minutes after being introduced to each other on Sept. 19, four area restaurant chefs and their sous chefs are slicing and dicing, stirring and breading, putting on a cooking show/fundraising competition at The Kitchen by Vangura in North Huntingdon . While colleagues, friends and family cheer them on, the teams...
Ligonier Country Market features music, art demonstration
Ligonier Country Market will offer several special features during its 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 21 event. Music will be provided by The Cash Out Show, a trio paying tribute to Johnny Cash. A local artist demonstration will give a preview of the same-day Ligonier Art Walk, held in town...
West Overton takes 'whiskey road show' to Bushy Run Battlefield 
Aaron Hollis delivers the bad news first while discussing “Distilling Whiskey” during a program at Bushy Run Battlefield on Sept. 18. “I don’t have any samples,” he says, as the audience jokingly groans. Hollis, manager of learning and guest experience at West Overton Village in East Huntington, spoke as part...
Scottdale, Mt. Pleasant welcome fall with annual festivals 
Autumn heralds festival season for several local communities, and Scottdale and Mt. Pleasant will host their popular versions back-to-back over the next two weekends. The Scottdale Fall Festival, set for Sept. 20-22, offers visitors the opportunity to stroll along its downtown and browse the offerings of vendors featuring a wide...
KFC tests chicken and doughnut sandwich in Pittsburgh region 
Finger lickin’ good at Kentucky Fried Chicken is taking on a whole new meaning. KFC is testing — for a limited time — the public’s appetite for its fried chicken and glazed doughnut pairing in just two markets: Norfolk, Va., and the Pittsburgh region. On Wednesday, Leo Wozniak tried KFC’s...
Fort Ligonier will auction 1911 Old Overholt bottle at 'Cannon Ball' event
When it comes to capitalizing on Western Pennsylvania’s rye whiskey history, the Fort Ligonier Association isn’t going to get left out. In addition to a rare whiskey auction happening Thursday in Kentucky that includes a bottle of 1909 Old Overholt — a West Overton distillery once owned by Henry Clay...
Fill up at Mac and Cheese Festival, Pittsburgh Pierogi Festival
Carb counting is not an option when two of the region’s tastiest comfort foods are the main attractions at two different food festivals the weekend of Sept. 21-22. Pittsburgh’s first Mac and Cheese Festival will take place at Highmark Stadium at Station Square on Sept. 21, followed by the sixth...
Pizza Hut debuts Stuffed Cheez-It Pizza
No, you aren’t dreaming. This is reality. Pizza Hut just took one of the most addictive snack foods this side of heaven and stuffed it — either with mozzarella or pepperoni — and made it a thing. A single order of the ’za snack gets you four large squares of...


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