Cooking Oil

AMSTERDAM — Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions. Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using the biofuel. KLM managing director Camiel Eurlings said the airline does not have to make any changes to its aircraft engines to use the new biofuel. Air travel is responsible for about 3 percent of greenhouse gases, but airlines’ share of global emissions is rising.

A Lawrence woman accused of throwing hot cooking oil onto a woman she thought was having an affair with her boyfriend has been ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing. Judith Medina, 45, was arraigned Wednesday on charges including assault and battery. Police said Medina threw the oil at Maria Mejia, 22, Saturday during an argument at the apartment of Randy Serrano. He told police Medina thought he was having a relationship with Mejia, but that he and Mejia were just friends and she was helping his daughter pack.

Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions. Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil, the company said Wednesday. KLM managing director Camiel Eurlings said in a statement the airline does not have to make any changes to its aircraft engines to use the new biofuel. The biofuel flights are intended to help reduce KLM’s carbon emissions while having a “minimum negative impact on biodiversity...

A month-long food drive sponsored by the Maynard Public Library and Friends of the Library is underway, according to Dottie MacKeen of the library friends. The drive began on Monday to support the town's Open Food Pantry, which serves an average of 100 individuals and families each week. The library is accepting nonperishable foods that are not past their "sell by" date. Food can be left in the collection box at the library during regular hours. Items that are especially welcome include cooking oil, tea, instant coffee, cocoa, packaged meals, baking supplies, canned meat, personal hygiene items, and cleaning...

In "The Healthy Kitchen," Andrew Weil and Rosie Daley offer these burgers, made from ground turkey mixed with chopped mushrooms. They cook them on a grill or in a skillet sprayed with vegetable cooking oil and serve them in whole wheat buns with lettuce, tomato, and onion. Serves 4. 1 pound ground turkey 4 ounces button mushrooms, chopped 1 small onion, chopped 1 teaspoon prepared barbecue sauce 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning (see note)

A Lawrence woman accused of throwing hot cooking oil onto a woman she thought was having an affair with her boyfriend has been ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing. Judith Medina, 45, was arraigned Wednesday on charges including assault and battery. Police said Medina threw the oil at Maria Mejia, 22, Saturday during an argument at the apartment of Randy Serrano. He told police Medina thought he was having a relationship with Mejia, but that he and Mejia were just friends and she was helping his daughter pack.

The GSI Deluxe Kitchen Set, made by GSI Outdoors, comes with 11 essential tools so you can whip up a gourmet feast whether you're going for a picnic in the park, a day at the beach, or a backcountry adventure. Inside the sturdy carrying case is a super-thin but durable plastic cutting board; a mini stainless steel whisk and cheese grater; a salt and pepper shaker; a telescoping spoon and spatula; and two squeeze bottles for storing cooking oil, salad dressing, or other supplies.

A month-long food drive sponsored by the Maynard Public Library and Friends of the Library is underway, according to Dottie MacKeen of the library friends. The drive began on Monday to support the town's Open Food Pantry, which serves an average of 100 individuals and families each week. The library is accepting nonperishable foods that are not past their "sell by" date. Food can be left in the collection box at the library during regular hours. Items that are especially welcome include cooking oil, tea, instant coffee, cocoa, packaged meals, baking supplies, canned meat, personal hygiene items, and...

Shares of Chefs' Warehouse are climbing after the supplier for restaurants, caterers and other food companies raised $135 million in an initial public offering. The company stocks gourmet foods such as truffles, caviar and fancy cheeses, as well as the usual staples needed by restaurants such as cooking oil, eggs, milk and flour. Chefs' and its shareholders had sold 9 million shares for $15 each, the middle of the expected price range. The Ridgefield, Conn., company's proceeds from the IPO were about $63.1 million after expenses, all of which is going to repay debt.

WINSTED, Conn. -- A Winsted man believes the sweet smell of the vegetable oil he uses to fuel his car attracted the bear that damaged the vehicle white trying to get at the biodiesel. Larry Joy, a 53-year-old electrician, said the bear shattered a window on his 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit, tipped the plastic fuel tank on its side, and gnawed on car hoses about two weeks ago. He said the evidence included muddy paw prints around the broken window and a pool of cooking oil on the rear floorboards.

By Mekhala Roy, Globe Correspondent "Ask your server about all of our sustainable business practices!" is printed toward the end of the menu hanging on the wall outside the entrance of the Rox Diner. For John Fortin (right) and Paul Louderback, owners of the Rox Diner, sustainability isn't about turning a profit; it's about buying local and staying green. Earlier this year, the West Roxbury restaurant won the Sustainable Food Leadership Award from the city of Boston for its commitment to buying local food, including bread from Roslindale, muffins from West...

Shares of Chefs' Warehouse are climbing after the supplier for restaurants, caterers and other food companies raised $135 million in an initial public offering. The company stocks gourmet foods such as truffles, caviar and fancy cheeses, as well as the usual staples needed by restaurants such as cooking oil, eggs, milk and flour. Chefs' and its shareholders had sold 9 million shares for $15 each, the middle of the expected price range. The Ridgefield, Conn., company's proceeds from the IPO were about $63.1 million after expenses, all of which...

AMSTERDAM — Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions. Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using the biofuel. KLM managing director Camiel Eurlings said the airline does not have to make any changes to its aircraft engines to use the new biofuel. Air travel is responsible for about 3 percent of greenhouse gases, but airlines’ share of global emissions is rising.

Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions. Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil, the company said Wednesday. KLM managing director Camiel Eurlings said in a statement the airline does not have to make any changes to its aircraft engines to use the new biofuel. The biofuel flights are intended to help reduce KLM’s carbon emissions while having a “minimum negative...

JUBA, Sudan — The mud-hut town of Juba has earned a promotion to world capital. Yet Southern Sudan needs far more than its own currency and a national anthem: Most of its roads are dirt, and even aid workers live in shipping containers. In a little more than five months, Southern Sudan will become the newest country. Final results from last month’s independence referendum, announced yesterday, show 98.8 percent of the ballots cast were for secession from Sudan. Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, backed the election results.

This city begins on the street where I spy an indoor-outdoor, sit-stand joint called Al Bake with a team of cooks trimming cooked lamb from upright spits before going crazy on the trimmed meat with a pair of cleavers. Wap! Wap! Wap! Wap! It leaves a mound of heavenly-smelling minced lamb and spice that, wrapped in flatbread, make one mean, minimalist, New Delhi-style shawarma. At dinner, I corral a few friends and guilt-trip them into joining me at Al Bake. Munching away while sitting on plastic chairs under the stars, we are not disappointed.

In the lush St. John River Valley, at the northern tip of Maine's Aroostook County, Rodney Chamberland has been working straight out plowing and planting over 100 acres of seed potatoes. The farm's potatoes come first. Then, Chamberland plants rotation crops. One he's seeding this spring will turn into 30 acres of flowering yellow canola. The crop not only improves the potatoes he'll grow on the same land next year, says Chamberland, but its seeds will also be pressed into one of the Northeast's only regional cooking oils: Maine Natural Oils.

EDMONDS, Wash. - Trying to live green and beat high gasoline prices, some enterprising Americans are turning cooking oil into biodiesel in their garages. Problem is, some of these do-it-yourselfers are burning down the house. Fire officials around the country are warning of the dangers and considering new restrictions to make sure people don't torch the whole neighborhood. "You won't find a rule anywhere that says you can't cook biodiesel in your garage," said Bob Benedetti, a flammable-liquids engineer for the National Fire Protection Association in...

Scallions are often overlooked. And that’s a shame, because their oniony flavor, at once mild and spry, can certainly carry a dish. Think of that favorite Chinese restaurant appetizer, the scallion pancake: Warm, fried, and redolent with allium, classic scallion pancakes can be complicated and finicky to make at home. Scallion crepes, on the other hand, deliver the same satisfying flavors in a package that is easy to prepare. Scallion-stuffed beef rolls are a Japanese favorite, and a pickling mixture spiked with coriander, star anise, and lime gives scallions a Laotian twist.

SAN DIEGO, Cuba - In China it’s the year of the ox - and it could be for Cuba, too. President Raul Castro is promoting the beasts of burden as a way for the economically strapped communist country to ramp up food production while conserving energy. He recently suggested expanding a pilot program that gives private farmers fallow government land to cultivate - but without the use of gas-guzzling machinery. “For this program we should forget about tractors and fuel, even if we had enough.