Food
ROME -- Rice prices in Myanmar's largest city have surged 50 percent since Cyclone Nargis, which killed tens of thousands of people and flooded entire rice-growing areas, a U.N. ... (05/12/2008)
BYOB restaurants are a boon to the cost-conscious diners who enjoy drinking wine (or beer) with their meal, but are loath to pay the high markup at restaurants. ... (05/11/2008)
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Diageo PLC said today that it would close two Irish breweries, reduce operations at a third facility and cut its staff in the country by more than half as it consolidates Guinness brewing operations in Ireland. ... (05/09/2008)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is urging a federal appeals court to keep meatpackers from testing all their cattle for mad cow disease. ... (05/09/2008)
Barbara McKenna, owner of the Hydehold Restaurant in Moon and Jim Brinkman, dining room manager and wine buyer, taste wines from Chaddsford Winery in Chadds Ford, Pa. at last year's Pittsburgh Wine Festival Grand Tasting.
The Pittsburgh Wine Festival, now in it's sixth year, ranks among the top 10 public wine events in America. ... (05/08/2008)
"Grillin' and Swillin'" is the smokin' title of a cooking class to be held Wednesday at Bella Sera by Greco in Canonsburg. ... (05/08/2008)
Special series

Since Aug. 1, PG food writer Marlene Parrish has gone out of her way to buy food that was grown or produced within a 100-mile radius of Pittsburgh. So far, she has been successful about 80 percent of the time.
Read her updates about her successes and challenges, and send her your ideas, sources and other feedback via mparrish@post-gazette.com.
Let's Eat Local! together.