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IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATE: Unfortunately, here we go again. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just released a food safety alert about Romaine lettuce after a multi-state outbreak across 11 states. The CDC is advising that U.S. consumers not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants not serve or sell any, until we learn more about the outbreak. This includes all forms of Romaine lettuce, such as whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, and bags and boxes of precut lettuce and salad mixes that contain romaine, including baby romaine, spring mix, and Caesar salad. So far, there have been...

The 8 Hottest Healthy Food & Beverage Trends for 2019 For the seventh consecutive year, Mareya Ibrahim, The Fit Foodie, breaks down the top 8 healthy food and beverage trends like a master butcher.   1) TREND 1: ADAPTOGEN ADD-ONS Image Credit: Moodbeli.com   As our society gets more and more frazzled, fried and wigged out, the need to bring balance and stabilize cortisol production is the holy grail of functional foods. Traditional herbs, roots and plant foods like holy basil, ginseng, maca, rhodiola, mushrooms, and spirulina all fall into the category and are showing up in more ready-to-consume preparations...

In the last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued MULTIPLE food recalls. These massive food recalls have affected and could affect thousands of people.   Here’s some food for thought… McCain Foods USA has had multiple offenses of food recalls and contamination!!! Hash Browns were recalled back in April 2017 because they may contain CHOPPED UP GOLF BALLS??? I don’t know about you, but I’d rather a side a eggs with my hash browns, and that’s par for the course. Roasted Black Bean Corn recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella contamination just last week??? NO THANK...

We are thrilled to be partnering up with Chef Works and Kitchens for Good called WASTED – A Celebration of Sustainable Food. At this Innaugural Tastemaker event to benefit Kitchens for Good, local and national celebrity chefs and mixologists, including Elizabeth Faulkner, Brian Malarkey and Bruce Kalman, are challenged to take items that would typically be WASTED from their kitchen or bar and repurpose it into a bite-sized dish, cocktail or dessert. Guests will be voting on the winning drink, dish and dessert! This event was created to bring the idea of sustainability to the consciousness of both chefs and consumers...