AltWeeklies Wire
In Defense of SPAMnew
A brief history of Hormel's spiced ham loaf.
North Coast Journal |
Joseph Byrd |
08-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Spam
Spam: It's Not Just for Inboxes Anymorenew
Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
12-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Face the Economic Tough Times by Cooking Up Some 1930s-Style Foodnew
In May, one of the nation's largest cooking sites, AllRecipes.com, reported that traffic to recipe pages using low-cost ingredients nearly doubled in the first three months of the year and that searches for low-cost foods increased as much 107 percent. In June, I wrote about the recession-led increase in sales of Spam luncheon globs. And all that was before the economic downturn had turned into an economic smackdown.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food, recipes, cooking, eating, economic issues, Spam, Great Depression, AllRecipes.com, penny pinching
Meet the Folks Behind the San Diego County Fair Foodnew
Fair food is famous. "Notorious" is probably a better word. As if deep-fried Twinkies and frybread weren't enough, this year, Koolickles (Kool-Aid-marinated pickles), deep-fried SPAM and deep-fried frog legs were added to the menu.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Meat-in-a-Can Spam Is Backnew
The economic downturn means more people saving money by skipping restaurant meals and eating Spam at home.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
06-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Hormel foods, Spam