Buying food without questionable ingredients is hard; making cheese isn’t. I’m funny about my food: I like it to be made out of, you know, food. But, you might reasonably ask, isn’t that what the stuff we eat is made out of? Well, yes and no; more and more often the answer is no. Take sour cream.

We still have a lot to learn about the healing powers of food. But this much we know: Chicken soup does help clear nasal clog. Ginger seems to settle stomachs, and honey lemon tea does wonders for a sore throat.

Consumers are opting for less expensive options like the much maligned meat in a can as a way to stretch out strained food budgets.

Love it, hate it or laugh at it _ at least it’s inexpensive.

First Quarter 2008 Financial Highlights

Reed’s, Inc. (NASDAQ: REED) announced today that it will be launching its range of products in Singapore. In partnership with SuperNature, a wholesale distributor of natural and organic food and beverage products in Singapore, Reed’s will begin sales and distribution efforts in late June of 2008 to the natural food and grocery markets.

Keely Sinclair was worried about the politics of food - how far it travels, how safe it is, how pesticides affect the environment. On top of that, the 38-year-old office manager realized one day that she was spending an awful lot of money on organic produce.

We love Tex-Mex, but we’ll be the first to admit it isn’t exactly health food. But Chipotle Mexican Grill is almost obsessive about fresh, organic ingredients.

Review of ‘The Art of Simple Cooking,’ a cookbook by Alice Waters

Record gasoline prices and higher grain prices have made a trip to the grocery store much more costly. Shoppers can save money by buying in bulk, buying local and growing food themselves.