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The suit in federal court dates back to the 2016 harvest and 50 tons of allegedly abandoned pinot noir.

Taylor Gourmet has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, putting another nail in the coffin of the abruptly shuttered chain of Philly-style sandwich shops.

In all, the Taylor parent company filed 26 separate Chapter 7 petitions on Thursday in Delaware bankruptcy court. There was one for each of the 19 Taylor locations that closed as of Sept. 23; one for the parent company; two for management companies affiliated with Taylor and one for its catering kitchen at 1150 Connecticut Ave. NW.

There…

A suburb has taken a more friendly measure benefiting self-contained food vending trucks.

Montevallo leaders approved an ordinance increasing the number of consecutive days food trucks can stay in one place from three to four days, according to the Shelby County Reporter.

The measure took effect Oct. 1.

Over the past decade, food trucks have become an increasingly visible part of Birmingham’s food culture and throughout the metro, but the growth of the trend wasn’t without controversy. Food…

An increasing number of American households are consuming both dairy and non-dairy products, pointing to the growing popularity of an omnivorous diet.

According to a recent Cargill study, about 50 percent of consumers are buying both real dairy and plant-based substitutes, per Dairy Reporter. Cargill, a Minnesota-based agriculture corporation, surveyed 840 people in 13 countries, and asked about purchases of ice cream, yogurt, flavored milk and dairy alternatives.

This comes after the U.S. Department…

Americans know protein is good for them. As for where to get it, that’s less clear.

Awareness of protein content in popular foods is fairly low among U.S. consumers, a new study finds, although a majority of respondents acknowledge it’s an important macronutrient.

Nielsen reports that 55 percent of U.S. households believe high protein is a key factor when making food buying decisions. More than 5.4 million Americans follow a high-protein diet, and Nielsen has previously reported almost half…

Lundy Manor Wine Cellar officially opens next week.

Hot sauce and brownies. The combination doesn't come to mind when baking but it's exactly what McCormick & Co. Inc.'s flavor guru recommends trying.

Use a little bit of McCormick-owned Frank's RedHot Sauce when baking brownies or chocolate chip cookies because it mixes well with chocolate, said Kevan Vetter, McCormick's head chef and culinary development director.

“It just sort of lifts the flavor up and gives it a little more depth of flavor,” Vetter said.

Few people were more excited when McCormick…

From frozen yogurt to steak, here's what you need to know about Folsom's business scene right now.

Big Spoon Yogurt has closed its location at 25005 Blue Ravine Road, Suite 110. “Our lease term came to an end and we were not able to align the occupancy cost with the revenues of the store so we made the tough decision to shut down the location,” the company told me in an email.

The local frozen yogurt chain has five other Sacramento-area locations, according to its website. Folsom fans of the…

Welcome to Wednesday, loyal readers. Here's what you need to know today.

Let's begin with tea

Tea Bar & Fusion Café, also known as TBar, is now open at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, the new midtown Sacramento home of B Street Theatre. The location at 27th Street and Capitol Avenue is the first TBar location outside of Chico. Its menu includes a seemingly endless assortment of teas, ranging from hot tea lattes to sparkling tea infusions and ice tea specialities. Food is also served,…

Legion Partners Asset Management LLC, the activist investor that took a stake in Papa John's International Inc., wants the ailing pizza chain to get back to business. The business of making pizzas, that is.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ted White, a managing director at Legion, said Papa John's executives should step away from their feud with ousted founder John Schnatter and renew their focus on products.

“We want to get back to the business of selling pizza and away from the…