This year, many in Congress have been working on bills to reform the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) protocols for food ingredients. In the past week, this included Sen. Roger Marshall’s Better ...

Beginning in 2026, Lafayette's Mardi Gras parades will return to their original downtown route for the first time in decades. The new route will start at Surrey and Simcoe Streets, travel through ...

The Thursday night before Mardi Gras is one of the most popular slots in the Carnival calendar, with three lighted parades following one after another along the Uptown route amid enormous crowds. In ...

Foie gras, which is made by force-feeding ducks and geese, was seen on the shelves of Wild Fork Foods stores in Venice, Manhattan Beach and Westlake Village this week despite a state ban. Wild Fork ...

Proposed legislation would require manufacturers to notify FDA of GRAS determinations, mandate public comment periods and require routine post-market reassessment of chemicals in food and packaging ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “Growing up watching my uncle, Daniel ‘Dadi’ Beaubrun, perform on stage with my parents in ...

Ingrid K. Williams is a regular contributor to the Travel section. Springtime, when the weather has warmed but the summer festival season (with its attendant crowds) has not yet begun, is an ideal ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s directive to the FDA to revamp the GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) program has garnered significant attention as the first initiative in ...

The French delicacy foie gras could be made more ethically thanks to a technique that replicates the way fats are metabolised in force-fed birds, although the process still depends on farmed animals.

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With Mardi Gras concluding for the year, the Mobile Police Department released totals for the festival season. According to the department’s figures, approximately 1,367,141 people attended parades ...

Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” is celebrated around the world, but here in Southwest Louisiana, our Mardi Gras celebration is closely connected to our Catholic faith and historically French heritage.