Food
- Cooking with cast iron
- By Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers
Cooks are always eager to try the latest cookware. Brushed stainless steel, triple-ply stainless, enameled cast iron or enamel on steel are what gourmet cooks covet — even though some are... Full story
- When it comes to biscuits, there’s no shame in shortcuts
- By Kathleen Purvis
McClatchy Newspapers
There’s no shame in taking a shortcut to biscuits — especially if the alternative is no biscuits at all.
Want to know how widespread it is? I recently spent the night at the home of a... Full story
- Haute zukes: Squash goes upscale
- By Jackie Burrell
Contra Costa Times
(MCT)
It begins so optimistically, with dreams of delicate stuffed squash flowers and tender, tiny zucchini. But as the vines run rampant, reality soon sets in. Truth is, zucchini bread loses its charm... Full story
- Slabs of ancient salt flavor new trend in serving and cookware
- By Nancy Stohs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(MCT)
MILWAUKEE — It’s a bold new concept in cooking. Instead of salting your food — you “food” your salt.
Serving sushi? Leave the soy sauce in the fridge; set the... Full story
- Once more into the lunch breach
- By Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers
Parents struggle, especially at back-to-school time.
Should you spend $100 on shoes that make your son fit in when a $25 pair will do — If you pick the Miley Cyrus backpack over the Selena... Full story

- Special Baked Exhibit at fair tests bakers on chocolate cake
- Adrienne McGee
- LIMA — The Allen County Fair thrives on competition — from who raises the finest steers to who sews the best quilts.
It’s all friendly competition, of course, and it’s a great way to learn. How better to improve your skills... Full story

- Seattle dad chronicles attempt to raise a foodie
- By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE (AP) — For a 5-year-old, Iris Amster-Burton spends a lot of time thinking about food. She likes to flip through cooking magazines and recipe books, looking at glossy pictures of... Full story

- Five cool-down dishes that don’t require flame, oven or stovetop
- By CATHY THOMAS
Freedom News Service
You know they are coming. Those scalding summer days, so heavy with heat that even sundown offers little relief. Summer brings evenings in which even the most dedicated foodie quivers at the mere... Full story

- Julia Child
- An enterprising chef who changed America's tastebuds
- The Associated Press
- Interactive timeline on Julia Child's life, an audio slideshow about some of Child's favorite tools and a pdf of some recipes that implement those tools.
View Interactive... Full story

- The art of canning: Maybe our grandmothers were on to something
- By Andrea Weigl
McClatchy Newspapers
Canning foods is something our mothers and grandmothers did. Not us.
But this homemade art is making a comeback. Ball Corp., the maker of those ubiquitous Mason jars and other canning equipment, saw a... Full story