5 summer beers, 5 California wines and 3 cocktails to cool you off for Labor ...
Liberty Ale from San Franciscos Anchor Brewing Company, a heavily hopped ale with a pleasant copper hue, a suitably hoppy nose and impressive thirst-quenching qualities. It was originally brewed in...
View ArticleScientists create the first mutant ants
Despite what you might've seen in 1950s monster movies, it's difficult to raise mutant ants. For years biologists have altered the genetics of organisms as varied as mice and rice. Mutant fruit flies...
View Article112 Russian writers ranging from great, to absolutely freaking great
112. Boris Akunin (b. 1956) Boris Akunin / TASS / Sergei Belyakov We're putting this great author on the honorable 112th place not because we like him less than the others, but because he admits that...
View ArticleSides make holiday meal stand out
During the holidays, the main dish usually steals the spotlight. This year, turn the tables in your own kitchen and make the sides the stars of the show with just a couple of everyday ingredients....
View ArticleHere's an updated look at Carmichael's Milagro Center
Relief washes over you after a first meal at Pushkin’s Restaurant, the 4-month-old breakfast and lunch cafe from the couple behind Sacramento’s popular Pushkin’s gluten-free bakery. The gluten- and...
View ArticleThe secret to a great potluck? It's not the food
The most elaborate potluck I ever went to was my own wedding, to which each guest brought a dish in lieu of gifts. We feasted on truffled pea soup and caviar tea sandwiches. At the other end of the...
View Article11 Of The Best Picnic Hampers
If you love the idea of discovering a sunny al fresco dining spot in your favourite park, wicker basket in hand, but aren’t so keen on foil-wrapping sandwiches and cleaning up leaking Tupperware, we...
View ArticleThis Year I Will Compost
Now that it's time to start making up those perennial lists of resolutions for the New Year, may I urge you to add this throwback one to your list? I remember as a kid, my Dad would heap all the...
View ArticleBlessings in the Sunrise
I don't feel blessed at 5:00 a.m. The baby is crying, the toddler is whining to be picked "uppy," and the big boy wants breakfast. The dog needs to go out, the dishes from last night crowd the sink,...
View ArticleNow That You Have Everything
At my house, everybody used to help. But it seems it may be that way around the world. It is almost as much of a tradition as the meal itself. After hours of fussing in the kitchen and an equal amount...
View ArticleRestaurant inspections by the Onondaga County Health Department from Feb. 5...
Here are this week's restaurant inspections: Unsatisfactory inspections Operating acceptably Violations corrected Last week's inspection reports Unsatisfactory inspections Great Wall Chinese Restaurant...
View ArticleDish of the Week: Piri Piri Chicken
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - Print Article From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we'll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. Find other...
View ArticleDiane Stafford: Your mom doesn't work here so clean up after yourself
A co-worker and I were grousing about dirty dishes left in the office sink, and this proverb came to mind: A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. No philosophy degree is needed to understand...
View ArticleEasy Ottolenghi summer recipes: meat and fish
When the sun’s out, meat and fish dishes need to be light, bright and, above all, tasty...
View ArticleRachel Roddy’s Italian hunter’s chicken recipe
This week our favourite kitchen is filled with the warm aroma of wild rosemary, in a tender traditional hunter’s chicken stew simmered in white wine, garlic and chilli, and polished with a surprise...
View Article‘Empire,’ ‘Underground’ stars reunite for family cooking show
This family acts together — and eats together. Food Network’s new six-part series, “Smollett Eats,” features the six Smollett siblings cooking and baking in episodes pegged to family gatherings. For...
View ArticleOFM’s classic cookbooks: Margaret Costa’s Four Seasons Cookery Book
In the first of a new series celebrating vintage books from our kitchen shelves, Nigel Slater introduces his favourite cookbook...
View ArticleWeedy purslane is actually a superfood
Fast-growing and drought-hardy, purslane thrives in poor soil and direct sunlight, making it a nuisance to many. Look for it in cracks in the sidewalk or driveway or taking over rows in the garden....
View ArticleDon't Forget the Dirty Dishes
At my house, everybody used to help out. And it seems it may be that way around the world. Why, it is almost as much of a tradition as the meal itself. After hours of fussing in the kitchen and an...
View ArticleBeauty alternatives that are lying in your kitchen
Did you know that Australian model Miranda Kerr uses a teaspoon to curl her lashes? It just takes a little bit of imagination to let your kitchen become the powerhouse of make-up and beauty. Most women...
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