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Category: Food

Things to do this weekend around Bel Air (Nov. 4-6)

Things to do this weekend around Bel Air (Nov. 4-6)

| November 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

Things to do this weekend around Bel Air include Sts. Mary Magdalene and Markella Greek Orthodox Church Longaberger Basket & Pandora BINGO, Harford Day School’s Fine Arts Festival, the Holiday Open House at A Country Setting and a “Fun’raiser” at Tiddlywinks Toys and Books for a Whiteford toddler fighting a brain tumor. Friday, Nov. 4 Sts. Mary [...]

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How to tell if the food in your refrigerator is safe to eat after a power outage

How to tell if the food in your refrigerator is safe to eat after a power outage

| August 31, 2011 | Comments (0)

  Forty-one degrees Fahrenheit is magic number, according to Harford County Health Department food sanitarian Larry Outten. If any of the food you had in your refrigerator or freezer rose above that number during the Hurricane Irene related power outages we’ve had this week, Outten recommends you get rid of it to avoid making yourself [...]

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Bel Air’s Flavor Cupcakery auditions for Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars”

Bel Air’s Flavor Cupcakery auditions for Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars”

| August 22, 2011 | Comments (1)

The Food Network’s Cupcake Wars has asked Bel Air’s Flavor Cupcakery to audition to appear on the show’s Season 4. Owner Shelley Stannard and her staff at the store she opened just last year at 118 N. Tollgate Road produced an audition video with the help of the Harford Community College’s Media Department. Check out [...]

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Marshall Klein (seated in middle row, left with shoulder in front of gold curtain) listens to First Lady Michelle Obama thanking grocery store entrepreneurs developing stores that provide healthy, affordable food to people who live in areas that do not presently have easy access to fresh, nutritious food. The new Klein's ShopRite will be in Howard Park in northwest Baltimore, near the intersection of Northern Parkway and Liberty Road. At the ceremony at the White House on July 20, 2011, Mrs. Obama stated "The commitments you are all making today have the potential to be a 'game-changer!" Marshall Klein said that "the Klein family is excited to be a part of the effort in helping to make a difference.”

First Lady Michelle Obama recognized Forest Hill-based Klein’s ShopRite of Maryland for making healthy food more readily available in areas that need it at White House ceremony Wednesday

| July 21, 2011 | Comments (0)

Just got this news release about members of the Klein family receiving recognition from First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony on Wednesday for providing access to healthy food: Andrew Klein, Marshall Klein and New Klein’s ShopRite in Baltimore City Recognized by Michelle Obama as Supporting Access to Healthy Food Forest Hill, MD, July 21, [...]

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Harford County Restaurant Week has been extended through June 26

Harford County Restaurant Week has been extended through June 26

| June 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

Harford County’s 2nd annual  Restaurant week continues through Sunday, June 26. If you haven’t yet stopped by one of the participating restaurants, there’s still time. More than 40 local restaurants are participating in the Office of Economic Development and Tourism event, offering Restaurant Week menus or other special deals. Participating full service restaurants will offer a [...]

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Klein’s ShopRite at Festival celebrated its grand reopening today after expansion; features “Café Express” eat-in area and gourmet food section

Klein’s ShopRite at Festival celebrated its grand reopening today after expansion; features “Café Express” eat-in area and gourmet food section

| June 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

The Klein’s ShopRite at Festival at Bel Air celebrated the opening of its remodeled store today. The grocery expanded into two adjoining properties and now features an Artisan Bread Station, a Cheese Creation Station, an expanded Delicatessen and “Café Express” eat-in area. Here are the details: KLEIN’S SHOPRITE AT FESTIVAL RE-OPENS AFTER EXPANSION Enlarged Store [...]

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Flavor Cupcakery now open until 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday & they have teacher and bus driver cupcakes for end-of-year gifts

Flavor Cupcakery now open until 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday & they have teacher and bus driver cupcakes for end-of-year gifts

| June 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

Bel Air News & Views sponsor Flavor Cupcakery’s extended summer hours started today. The shop at at Boulton Crossing Shopping Center, 118 North Tollgate Road, is now open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Flavor Cupcakery [...]

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Flavor Cupcakery's summer cocktail cupcakes debut June 7

Flavor Cupcakery’s summer cocktail flavors debut on June 7

| June 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

It’s almost summer and the pastry chefs at Bel Air News & Views sponsor Flavor Cupcakery are toasting the sunny season with cocktail-flavored cupcakes. Try these grown-up flavors that will send your taste buds to the tropics: Pina Colada, Mojito, Cosmopolitan, Car Bomb, Blue Hawaiian, Appletini, and Margarita. Visit Flavor Cupcakery at Boulton Crossing Shopping [...]

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International Wine & Beer Tasting to support St. Frances de Sales charitable efforts June 18

International Wine & Beer Tasting to support St. Frances de Sales charitable efforts June 18

| June 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

International Wine & Beer Tasting to support St. Frances de Sales charitable efforts is scheduled June 18. Here’s the info: Join us for an evening of gourmet light fare, wine and beer tasting. St. Frances de Sales Church, the Knights of Columbus and Friendship Wine & Liquors will present an array of fine wines, domestic [...]

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Moore’s Candies closes its Main Street location after 10 years in Bel Air

Moore’s Candies closes its Main Street location after 10 years in Bel Air

| May 23, 2011 | Comments (0)

Moore’s Candies ended its 10-year run in Bel Air this past week when the Heyl family closed its Main Street location. Moore’s Dana Heyl told me just now that tough economic times convinced them it was time to close their store and focus on the 92-year-old company’s wholesale business. “This past Valentine’s and Easter were [...]

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