The change in temperature; going from cold to hot to cold again has wreaked havoc on my family and ...

My mother phoned from Tjøme, the little island in the Oslo fjord that she calls home every June and ...

This weekend in the United States we celebrate Labor Day.  A holiday that originated in the 1880's ...

Apple pie, apple crisp, apple turnovers, apple tart, apple sauce, apple cider—it's the season for ...

Raise your hand if you have an over abundance of apples right now. I thought so! There are many ...

We can't think of many things we like better than fondue. We're also pretty fond of cooking things ...

The problem with "healthy" muffins is that they're usually bland, rubbery, or dry. I wanted to make ...

Since (finally) it has been discovered that the fat in beef – oleic acid – is the same heart ...

Kai Lobach's “baby” is Currywurst, the hole in the wall sausage restaurant on Fairfax Avenue that ...

Solvang is a tourist town through and through. This quaint, Danish-themed city is located smack dab ...

Against all odds, not one, but two excellent hotel restaurants have opened in the last few months. ...

I always like to put the word "easy" before the word "entertaining," because I think entertaining ...

'Tis the season of spreading good cheer and spreading waistlines. We have all heard it before – the ...

Who knew that making waffles could be so fraught with symbolism and stress?  As a single woman, ...

I was the youngest of five boys, most of them out on their own by the time I have any real ...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that I visited with Janice Cole at an International Association of ...

When I received a review copy of A Year of Pies: A Seasonal Tour of Home Baked Pies by Ashley ...

I have to confess – my relationship to the barbecue is voyeur at best.  Occasionally, I’m assigned ...