http://www.post-gazette.com/food/ All Food and Dining en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:40:19 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10253/1086400-46.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml A plan to sell six Kings Family Restaurants as a means of raising capital to invest in the White Oak chain's other locations has evolved into a likely sale of the entire 34-restaurant company. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085949-242.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Donato's, a new restaurant in O'Hara, is something of a quandary. Part Italian restaurant, part steakhouse, part clubhouse, it's certainly one of few restaurants in Pittsburgh where it's possible to see a server in a tuxedo waiting on one guest still dressed in her tennis whites before turning to another in a cocktail dress. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085919-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml More than 100 diners and farmers and food purveyors sat down together for a five-course, open-air dinner Saturday evening to benefit Friends of Grandview Park on Mount Washington. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085921-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml The Post-Gazette's "Cooking with Gretchen" video series has won a national award in the Association of Food Journalists' Awards Competition 2010. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085925-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Tiny little sprouts are trying to grow in my garden. In my late-season garden. Wildfire lettuce mix, two kinds of beets, a new batch of Ruby Red chard, white turnips, flat-leaf spinach and ruffled Lollo Rossa lettuce. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:51:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085906-46.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml What if Munch told you that hidden high in one of Downtown Pittsburgh's skyscrapers there was a secret restaurant serving gourmet, three-course lunches for just $12 a person? Well, believe it. Because just as Claire Danes said at the Emmys, Munch is like, for serious. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085920-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Rick Bayless leaves the orange liqueur out of this margarita to enhance the crisp, cucumber flavor. It's a perfect fit for the contemporary martini glass, the cocktail cup or a martini glass of your choice (see Page E-6). I forgot to strain the cucumber mixture, but the addition of the pulp added even more fresh cucumber flavor. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085926-106.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, started last night, but there still is time to make some tasty desserts for the two-day holiday. Paula Shoyer, author of "The Kosher Baker" (University Press of New England, 2010, $35), used her expertise as a pastry chef to convert buttery desserts into delectable kosher parve (without meat or dairy) desserts. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085928-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml "Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze or Dry Almost Anything," by Pittsburgher Susanna Meyer and her mother, hits home for those of us eating according to the whims of a new vegetable garden or bullied by a community-supported agriculture (CSA) subscription that spews too much of a good thing. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085930-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml We here at Food & Flavor are always on the lookout for good stuff. Here are a few new things that we've recently liked. Falafel fans won't feel awful when they try these: Falafel Republic has launched a fresh, ready-made falafel with a home-made taste. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085948-46.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Wine and Dine The ninth annual Art of Wine & Food takes place at 6 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. The event will include a DJ, food and drink from 23 local restaurants and wine and beverage purveyors, and free massages from Massage Envy in Squirrel Hill. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085968-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085980-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1086072-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml A PG slideshow from an Aug. 25 event that featured more than 100 diners and farmers enjoying a five-course dinner on Mount Washington. It benefited the Friends of Grandview Park. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085727-51.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Today at sundown, Jews will mark an occasion of great joy and feasting as Rosh Hashana -- commonly called the Jewish New Year -- begins. It's a time of introspection as Jews commit themselves to make a better life. It's also a time of great food and plenty of good eating. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085731-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Makes 1 10-inch tube cake, on 13-by-9-inch cake or 2 large loaves Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085527-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml The big yellow sign at the entrance to the new Valu King grocery store in Johnstown's Westwood Plaza seemed to be an instruction manual on what to expect when shoppers get inside. "We only offer products that are great deals." "We keep advertising to a minimum." "We encourage you to bring bags. We have bags available for a small fee." Oh, and the store does not take checks. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400