More than ever, food pantries across our area are in desperate need of help in assisting those less fortunate to put a meal on their families’ tables. The Mercury newspaper, The Posts, and other local news sites and bloggers are working together to meet that need. And we’re asking for readers’ help.
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Posts, Mercury, Bloggers Unite To Fight Local Hunger
Posted on 27 February 2012.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social7 Comments
In Township, Scouts And Cookies (Yum!) Have A History
Posted on 14 February 2012.
Girl Scouting celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and its annual cookie sale, now being conducted, is always popular. Girl Scouting has been part of Lower Pottsgrove’s history since the 1940s.
Posted in Food, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social1 Comment
Emergency Help Arrives At Cluster, Via Wegman’s Truck
Posted on 09 February 2012.
The Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities’ food pantry will benefit from a Thursday morning delivery of a truckload of donated food from Wegman’s Food Markets. The chain is stepping in to fill a gap left by another supplier that is facing shortages of its own. You can help too.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Religion1 Comment
Meals On Wheels Fund-Raiser Planned For Feb. 13
Posted on 24 January 2012.
The Sanatoga-based Meals On Wheels program will benefit from a percentage of the proceeds during dinner hours at Friendly’s Restaurant in Pottstown.
Posted in Business, Food, Montgomery County, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Sanatoga1 Comment
Pottsgrove Girls Team Serves Up Pancakes Saturday
Posted on 19 January 2012.
The breakfast is scheduled at Applebee’s Restaurant in Pottstown.
Posted in Business, Food, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Social, Sports1 Comment
Notebook Worthy: Cutillo’s Gets Noticed For Jazzing It Up
Posted on 16 January 2012.
From the week’s scribbles: jazz in Sanatoga, gambling in King of Prussia, warmth beyond food for Pottstown residents, and a stinky liitle book from Royersford that does good.
Posted in Arts, Business, Entertainment, Food, Limerick, People, Recreation, Sanatoga1 Comment
Meals on Wheels Needs Packing, Driving Volunteers
Posted on 08 January 2012.
The Sanatoga-based Meal On Wheels program is looking for volunteers to pack meals or deliver them. Can you help?
Posted in Food, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social3 Comments
Commissioners OK Restaurant Liquor License Transfer
Posted on 06 January 2012.
The owner of a restaurant proposed for the heart of Sanatoga village, construction of which could begin within weeks, won a full license Tuesday to serve and sell beer and alcoholic beverages there once it opens.
Posted in Business, Food, Lower Pottsgrove, Sanatoga2 Comments
Township Opens, Delays Firm’s Liquor License Hearing
Posted on 21 December 2011.
Representatives of the proposed Bella Italia Restaurant in Sanatoga were inexplicably missing from a hearing scheduled on their behalf.
Posted in Business, Food, Lower Pottsgrove, Real Estate, Sanatoga1 Comment
Make Your Thanksgiving Meal Manageble, Healthier
Posted on 21 November 2011.
You can enjoy a great Thanksgiving meal this Thursday, and not end up feeling more stuffed than the turkey you ate! The secret, experts show in a new infographic, is to eat some of everything but control your portion sizes.
Posted in Food, Health, Holiday, Social3 Comments
Today’s Best Dishes From FoodPress
- Featured Post: Greek Yogurnutters May 23, 2012Peanut butter–yes. Bananas–yes. Greek Yogurt– yes. Healthy– yes. Breakfast— what a way to start off! These aren’t technically fluffernutters, as the “fluff” signifies the use of marshmallow fluff, but they’re so similar and “yogurnutter” sounds kind of silly to me. Yogurnutter. Yooooggguuuurrrrnnnuuutttteeerrrr. Hmm… Yogurnutter it is. Greek Yogurnutters. […]
- Featured Post: Homemade Phở May 22, 2012Pho, often considered the national dish of Vietnam, is a rice noodle dish that uses a beef bone broth. It’s hard to describe the basic, yet complex taste that comes from this unique mix of broth, beef, spices and herbs – I recommend just going to your local pho joint and trying it for yourself. […]
- Featured Photo: Olallieberry Ice Cream May 19, 2012[…]
- Featured Post: Coffee Infused White Chocolate Ganache Macarons May 17, 2012The past few days have been macaron mania in my kitchen and I’ve still only made about half my list of flavours. I made lemon, pistachio, chocolate hazelnut, and coffee. They’re all absolutely delicious although the texture is a little off in all of them in one way or another. […]
- Featured Photo: Vietnamese Spring Rolls May 17, 2012[…]
- Today's Special: Earl Grey Cake Recipe May 15, 2012[…]
- Featured Post: Vietnamese Grilled Lemongrass Pork Chop… it’s porky goodness! May 14, 2012I couldn’t bear to cook in the house today. We cooked in yesterday, although it was 93 degrees F outside, our house seemed like a sauna. I suppose we could have turned on the air conditioner, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do that because it is only May. But I digress. It was […]
- Featured Photo: Easy Homemade Cheese Crackers May 14, 2012[…]
- Today's Special: Breakfast for Dinner May 14, 2012[…]
- Today's Special: Mediterranean Chickpea Salad May 14, 2012[…]
Food News From ScienceDaily
- Hazelnuts: New source of key fat for infant formula that's more like mother's milk May 23, 2012Scientists are reporting development of a healthy "designer fat" that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn't available in large enough amounts in their mothers' milk. The new nutrient, based on hazelnut oil, also could boost nutrition for babies who are bottle-fed fo […]
- 'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns May 23, 2012Blame it on your genes? Researchers say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories per day and choose the same high fat, sugary foods. […]
- New method detects traces of veterinary drugs in baby food May 18, 2012The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers have now developed a system to analyze these substances quickly and precisely. Antibiotics, such as tilmicosine, or antiparasitic drugs, such as levamisole, are given to livestock in order to avoid illness, but they can […]
- When you eat matters, not just what you eat May 17, 2012When it comes to weight gain, when you eat might be at least as important as what you eat. When mice on a high-fat diet are restricted to eating for eight hours per day, they eat just as much as those who can eat around the clock, yet they are protected against obesity and other metabolic ills, the new study shows. […]
- Extended daily fasting overrides harmful effects of a high-fat diet: Study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes May 17, 2012It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists have found that regular eating times and extending the daily fasting period may override the adverse health effects of a high-fat diet and prevent obesity, diabetes and liver disease in mice. […]
- You are what you eat: Why do male consumers avoid vegetarian options? May 16, 2012Why are men generally more reluctant to try vegetarian products? According to a new study consumers are influenced by a strong association of meat with masculinity. […]
- Plant breeders develop an even heart-healthier oat May 16, 2012Plant breeders have developed a new oat variety that's significantly higher in the compound that makes this grain so cardio-friendly. […]
- Drugs from gila monster lizard saliva reduces cravings for chocolate and ordinary food May 15, 2012A drug made from the saliva of the Gila monster lizard is effective in reducing the craving for food. Researchers have tested the drug on rats, who after treatment ceased their cravings for both food and chocolate. […]
- Why omega-3 oils help at the cellular level May 15, 2012For the first time, researchers have peered inside a living mouse cell and mapped the processes that power the celebrated health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. More profoundly, they say their findings suggest it may be possible to manipulate these processes to short-circuit inflammation before it begins, or at least help to resolve inflammation before it b […]
- This is your brain on sugar: Study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory May 15, 2012A new rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning -- and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. […]
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