Author: Michael Felberbaum
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Session beers: More flavor, but less buzz for the Super Bowl
RICHMOND, Va. – When it comes to beer, Super Bowl Sunday is a marathon, not a sprint. So if you’re hoping to sip craft brews throughout the game, you might consider more “sessionable” beers to keep yourself from passing out before halftime. These naturally lower-alcohol brews also get extra points for their ability to pair…
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Pimiento cheese making comeback as trendy bar food
Could it be that the cocktail and craft beer scenes are making the “caviar of the South” suddenly hip? They’re certainly trying. Because that caviar – better known as pimiento cheese spread to the rest of us – is experiencing a renaissance of sorts around the country as trendy bars and restaurants catering to upscale…
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Bill O’Reilly brings history to page, screen
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is taking his book-turned-movie franchise and running with it. O’Reilly already has inked a deal with National Geographic Channel for the movie version of his book “Killing Jesus: A History,” which is being published Sept. 24. And he’s got three similar books in the works. While he declined to divulge…
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Brewers team up on beer to help military families
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America’s pastime – baseball bats. Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel and unfinished maple Louisville Sluggers. Toward the end of…
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Circuit City to liquidate remaining US stores
Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation’s second-biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Friday it had run out of options and will be forced to liquidate its 567 U.S. stores. The closures could send another 30,000 people into the ranks of the unemployed.”This is the only possible path for our company,” James A. Marcum, acting chief executive,…
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Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection
RICHMOND, Va. • Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, hoping the move will help it survive as it heads into the busy holiday season. Under Chapter 11 protection, the nation’s second-biggest electronics retailer can keep operating while it develops a reorganization plan. Its Canadian operations also filed for similar protection. The company…
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Circuit City closing 155 stores; 1 in Springs
RICHMOND, Va. – Circuit City Stores Inc. said today it is closing about 20 percent of its U.S. stores – cutting thousands of jobs – in an effort to return the nation’s No. 2 consumer electronics retailer to profitability.The Richmond, Va.-based company said it will shutter 155 of its more than 700 stores in 55…