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Baltimore Food Personality Becomes Netflix Star on New Show | Maryland News

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 week ago

By JOHN-JOHN WILLIAMS IV, The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE (AP) — You have probably seen Tim Chin or one of his photographs of delectable, decadent food somewhere in Baltimore — from the LED Art Billboard near Pennsylvania Station to Visit Baltimore campaigns throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

Netflix found out about him, which led to his being cast as the guest co-host for “Fresh, Fried & Crispy,” a show in which host Daym Drops (a.k.a. YouTube personality Daymon Patterson) searches for the best meals in America.

The episode, which premiered June 9, is the culmination of the past four years of Chin’s combing

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Rising Beef Prices Squeeze Carnivores From Buenos Aires to California | Investing News

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 4 weeks ago

By Agustin Geist, Tom Polansek and Ana Mano

BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Beef prices are surging worldwide, taking meat off the menu in steak-loving Buenos Aires and spoiling summer barbecues in the United States as Chinese imports rise and the cost of feeding cattle soars.

Globally, the surge is contributing to the highest food prices since 2014, according to the United Nations food agency, hitting poorer consumers particularly hard as they struggle to recover from economic shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rise in beef prices has been spurred by increasing demand from China, limited cattle supplies in

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Nomad settles in – Easy Reader News

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 4 weeks ago

Nomad Eatery Chef-Owner Scott Cooper with General Manager Elysia Lemberis. Photo by Richard Foss

I’m occasionally literal-minded, so my first thought when I heard about a South Bay establishment called Nomad Eatery was that it was a food truck. That would be the most nomadic style of dining possible in an urban landscape, though it’s not one of my favorites because they usually lack comfortable seating and a place to wash up after dining. This presumably doesn’t concern genuine nomads, who are used to spartan circumstances, but I’m a fan of creature comforts.

In reality Nomad Eatery is a reimagined

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News and events in the Murrysville area for the week of April 26, 2021

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 2 months ago

Food collection event set for May 1

Busy Beaver and the Rotary Club of Delmont-Salem will host a May 1 food collection event for the Westmoreland County Food Bank.

It will be from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in the former AMC Theater parking lot off of Hollywood Boulevard, near Delmont.

Food bank officials said the items they need most are peanut butter, canned or pouched tuna/chicken/salmon, heavier soups or stews, cereal and boxed meals SUCH AS macaroni and cheese or Hamburger Helper.

The event will permit car drop-offs only.

Murrysville recreation officials plan ‘Chalk the Walk’ event

The Murrysville Recreation Department wants

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