From Chef Michael LaDuke Executive Chef, Red Lobster ...more

July 22, 2009

More than 100 businesses and other organizations will be showcased Thursday at the MiraBay Villages Shopping Center. ...more

March 25, 2009

women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new study suggests ...more

January 20, 2009

Whitney Casey knows what drives men wild, or at least how to get their attention. ...more

January 18, 2009

The best thing about tha mall during the holiday is the cinnamon bun kiosk. But you can make them at home and spare yourself the madness. ...more

December 9, 2008

If you've been to the bookstore lately, or clicked around online, you know the shelves are crammed with cookbooks and food-related texts. The holiday buying season is prime time for publishing new titles. ...more

November 30, 2008

Wendy's customers will see new options on the company's Frosty and burger-heavy menu as the chain tries to draw more attention to the quality of its food, the new chief executive said Monday after it was formally taken over by the owner of Arby's. ...more

September 30, 2008

It was a night for superlatives. Thursday's opening show of Heartland Idol, held on the Circle, was the best attended kick-off for the five-year Idol run, with about 300 spectators. ...more

September 6, 2008

Joey Chestnut claimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off. ...more

July 5, 2008

At 7 a.m., Louis Kopenkoskey's New Port Richey home smells of cinnamon, kneaded dough and sweet things. The 92-year-old Kopenkoskey has been baking since 6 a.m. Most days, he starts even earlier, at 5 a.m. He has many people for whom to bake, including his doctor, bankers, dentist, optometrist and laboratory technicians who have become friends. He doesn't know all their names, sometimes no more than a first or last name, he said, because he's not much for names, but never mind. His car can almost follow the route by itself because Kopenkoskey makes his rounds usually five days a week, week after week. He usually visits the people on his list once a week, he said. ...more

July 2, 2008