Savor a Satisfying Fresh Fruit Salad

Delicious taste, beautiful colors, packed with healthy nutrients - what’s not to love about fresh fruit?

Serve a Simple Skillet Supper

Getting dinner on the table fast during a busy week need not cause a panic - or a call for carryout. With this simple recipe and five key ingredients, supper is served in just 20 minutes.

Crab and Hearts of Palm Gratin with Arugula and Cherry Salad

Not planning to go out for Valentine's Day? Time to start planning a special menu for a romantic night in.

Easy tips to make holiday parties healthier

Give guests a leg up on their New Year's resolutions with these tasty, healthful tweaks to your favorite holiday dishes.

Cook Now, Eat Later, Skip the Stress

Family Meals Matter: Beef it up

May is National Beef Month! To celebrate, check out these nutrient-rich, quick-to-prepare beef entrees and convenient side dishes your whole family will enjoy.

St. Bridget Catholic Church to host soup, salad lunch Friday

HOBART | St. Bridget Catholic Church, 568 E. Second St., will have a soup and salad luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Mama Mia spaghetti dinner is set for Feb. 23 in Hobart

HOBART | The community is invited to Mama Mia's 25th annual spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at St. Bridget School, Front and Main streets.

CULINARY ADVENTURES – ALASKA, PART II

Some years ago, as part of a media tour, I visited Rungis, the enormous wholesale food market on the outskirts of Paris. I guess you could call Rungis "Le Halles on steroids." Our tour took place during the market's waning hours, around 5:30am. As we entered the seafood area, I could not bel…

CULINARY ADVENTURES – ALASKA, PART II

Some years ago, as part of a media tour, I visited Rungis, the enormous wholesale food market on the outskirts of Paris. I guess you could call Rungis "Les Halles on steroids." Our tour took place during the market's waning hours, around 5:30am. As we entered the seafood area, I could not be…

CULINARY ADVENTURES – ALASKA, PART I

I suppose many would call the idea of Alaskan cuisine an oxymoron, but they would be wrong. I know better, having recently cruised through the Inner Passage with stops in Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay and Ketchikan. Seafood? Of course, it's mostly about that, but for those of us who buy it in…

CULINARY ADVENTURES – ALASKA, PART I

I suppose many would call the idea of Alaskan cuisine an oxymoron, but they would be wrong. I know better, having recently cruised through the Inner Passage with stops in Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay and Ketchikan. Seafood? Of course, it's mostly about that, but for those of us who buy it in…

Salads take over as the main dish in Patricia Wells' new cookbook

When Patricia Wells saw the bold red words written in English reading "No Salad as a Meal" at the Brasserie Lipp in Paris, she decided to turn that saying around and so authored her 12th cookbook, "Salad as a Meal: Healthy Main-Dish Salads for Every Season" (William Morrow 2011; $34.99).