The Associated Press NEW YORK — Celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay says he will close his New York restaurant, Bar Americain, early next year. Flay and his business partner, Laurence Kretchmer, said in a statement that renewing the lease for the brasserie in midtown Manhattan would have required an […]
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The Associated Press PARIS — Blame the croissant. French pastries, and butter, have become so popular abroad that the increased demand led to a mini shortage of the dairy product in French supermarkets. According to the body in charge of listing the cost of foods, the price of butter rose […]
By Keith Ridler The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Forest Service is illegally jeopardizing a small herd of bighorn sheep with deadly diseases by allowing thousands of domestic sheep to graze in eastern Idaho as part of agricultural research activities, environmental groups have said in a lawsuit. Western […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — Some flowers have found a nifty way to get the blues. They create a blue halo, apparently to attract the bees they need for pollination, scientists reported Wednesday. Bees are drawn to the colour blue, but it’s hard for flowers to […]
By Rachel D’Oro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For the first time in the history of the world’s most famous sled dog race, several of the high-performance animals have tested positive for a prohibited drug. But race officials have refused to name the musher involved. Several dogs tested positive […]
The Associated Press New Yorkers with a taste for an expensive city staple will have an opportunity to try the $1,000 bagel when it returns to the city next month. The Westin New York hotel in Times Square says it’s bringing back the extravagant bagel for a limited time after […]
The Associated Press Excerpts of letters written by a young Barack Obama to a girlfriend. The letters were released by Emory University. ——— September 1982, New York City “I must admit large dollops of envy for both groups, my American friends consuming their life in the comfortable mainstream, the foreign […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press A chill is finally in the air, which transforms what goes on our table. Winter squash, hardy greens like kale and chard, cabbage, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes are filling the markets and my recipe-testing table. The colder weather has me craving filling side dishes […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian auto manufacturing era is about to end after more than 90 years when General Motors Co.’s last Holden sedan rolls off the production line in the industrial city of Adelaide on Friday. The nation has already begun mourning the […]
The Associated Press CHAMBLEE, Ga. — A notorious jewel thief recently arrested at a Georgia Walmart store got no jail time during her latest court appearance. Doris Payne, at 87, has stolen about $2 million in jewels over the last six decades. She was arrested July 17 for a misdemeanour […]
