Living with diabetes is difficult enough without having to come up with fresh meal ideas to keep dining boredom at bay. Linda Gassenheimer bills her new book, Mix 'n Match Meals in Minutes for...

Canadian health officials announced recently that the H5 Avian influenza flu virus has been found in 33 migratory ducks in Eastern and Central Canada. Though the flu's subtype is yet to be...

You know that old question "If you could invite any three people in the world to a dinner party, who would they be?" After reading the recently released book Turning the Tables: Restaurants...

Normal Rockwell featured a roast turkey as a symbol of prosperity in his painting "Freedom from Want" - one of his four Freedom Series paintings. There can be little argument that the...

What does baklava, a Greek pastry, have to do with a girl growing up in a bi-cultural Jordanian/American Family? This question stumped me the minute I picked up Diana Abu-Jaber's new book, The...

When I'm feeling particularly lazy or want to indulge my sweet tooth (semi) guilt free, I make myself a smoothie. I use a recipe that goes together in a snap and has a little extra surprise...

I'll admit it: when I first heard that 3 Vodka was making vodka out of soy I wasn't sure I'd want to try it. I mean, have you ever tasted soy milk? One look at the the company's...

My foray into cooking began not by experimenting with my mother's trusted family recipes, but by watching hours of the Food Network Channel where I drooled over Ina Garten's delicious-looking...

We still have a couple weeks left before turkey is the only thing on everyone's mind so let's talk about Italian cooking. Generic dried spaghetti noodles and sauce from a jar isn't...