One of the greatest pleasures one can experience is knowing exactly where the food he or she eats comes from. Much like the satisfaction of getting a paycheck after a strenuous pay period, consuming the food you have a connection to offers the same sense of fulfillment.
Tijuana Flats, Taco Bell, Chipotle, and Moe's are definitely successful Mexican chains for a reason. But, if you are looking to support local business with your burrito enthusiasm, check out these restaurants that wrap up the local Gainesville flavor.
If you've been anywhere near Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville recently, you might have noticed that protestors have made the open area their temporary home. Occupy Gainesville, in conjunction with Occupy Wall Street in New York City, began on Oct. 12 and is still in effect.
Energized from a powerhouse internship during the summer of 2010 at the largest animal rights organization in the world, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), I had this crazy idea that I could change the world one plate at a time.
If paying for tuition, fees, rent, textbooks, food and personal expenses wasn't enough, I'd like to add another task to the typical college student's challenges: studying abroad.
New York City has DessertTruck Works. Austin, Texas, has the Queso Monster Truck. Gainesville had Annabelle.
You have no car, no money and no clue where you are going to get food next. Welcome to college.
Saturday's thunderstorms did not disrupt Gainesville's mail delivery, nor did they deter letter carriers from collecting 56,000 pounds of food for the nationwide Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
E. T. York liked to say tall trees catch a lot of wind. Those who knew him said he was one of the tallest.
E.T. York, the founder of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and lifelong supporter of agriculture education, died Friday. He was 88.
As the world’s population grows daily so does the world’s demand for food, a World Food Prize laureate said during a presentation Tuesday.
An inch too close.
Valentine’s Day is here, so we’ll all be heading to our favorite restaurants for fancy dinners under ambient lighting, right? Not this guy.
Hard up for cash, but you still want to eat like a king? Need to impress your date, but financial aid hasn't come in yet? No need to fear - the word "gourmet" refers to taste, not cost. Here are a few tips on saving money while still eating real food.
College students are known for a sordid diet of ramen and delivered pizza. And we get it: Being on a budget hardly allows for filet mignon and crème brûlée as dinner options. But, believe it or not, eating healthy and tasty can be done on limited funds. Check out these tips to see how.
Walmart is taking measures to make a healthier lifestyle more available to its customers.
Heads up, New Year’s resolution makers: It’s about three weeks into 2011. Have you kept your self-made promise? We’re betting about half of you have already cracked — especially those who resolved to hit the gym and eat healthier. It’s no easy feat. But sometimes, the resolution to all your healthy lifestyle woes is simple: balance.
In 1996, Sheryl Crow opined on the human condition: “If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?”
A group of students at UF is wrapping up its monthlong collection of clothes, food and hygiene items to benefit victims of domestic abuse.
When Lucianna Grasso learned that about 90 percent of the students at the A. Quinn Jones Center were eligible for free or reduced lunch, she knew she wanted to do something to help the students and their families.
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