More numbers tallying up the loss and damage experienced by the Parmesan industry after Sunday's earthquake. Cleanup is under way:

Although some of the damage wheels can be used in the short term, they are estimating that 10 percent of the Parmesan industry will be affected.

Cesare Casella, chef of Salumeria Rosi, spoke with producers in Grana Padano to get an idea of the damage that had been done.

“The point is that yes, they say ‘they lost $250,000,000...

Sour cream gives this dessert a super-creamy boost without adding too much sweetness. A perfect accompaniment to fruit pies or a hot summer day, it can easily be made at home.

I recently made my first strawberry rhubarb pie of the season and served with it an ice cream made from scraps in the fridge. I had an open container of sour cream, the dregs of a pint of yogurt, a lemon on its last legs, but no eggs. The resulting tangy sour cream ice cream was, like many kitchen...

A German magician astounds his audience (and us!) when he taps his iPad and pours real beer into glasses and the mouths of passers-by. Anyone have a clue how he's pulling this off? We're stumped!

According to Pierro's website, he has a degree in economic engineering (a useful skill set for making beer-dispensing iPads?) and has appeared on numerous German television programs. He's won several awards, too, including the 2004 Siegfried & Roy Award in Las Vegas.

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Mandy Reed, award-winning cheesemaker and boss at the Swaledale Cheese Company in Yorkshire, England, died in February after a celebratory dinner with her son and his friends. She left the group in a taxi, but never made it back to her house. She was later found in a neighbor's garden.

Dr Peter Cooper, who carried out the post-mortem examination on Mrs Reed's body, said she died of a combination of acute alcohol intoxication and exposure to cold.

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