I hope it's not just me, because I feel I've been caught in the "Twilight Zone" the last few months or in some really bad reality show. But every time I change the channel it's there: "Survivor: Health Care Capitol Hill." ...more

December 18, 2009

For 58 years, the recipe for Lucille Harvey's white fruitcake has run in The Tampa Tribune the week after Thanksgiving. ...more

November 29, 2009

MOVIE TIMES Movie listings are submitted by Bay area theaters. They are subject to change without notice. These listings show only today's movie times. ...more

November 28, 2009

MOVIE TIMES Movie listings are submitted by Bay area theaters. They are subject to change without notice. These listings show only today's movie times. ...more

November 27, 2009

Once again, our Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest prompted much reaction from readers, not all of it favorable. ...more

January 4, 2009

This week's recipe exchange includes tuna pate, pizelle waffle cookie and dairy latkes. ...more

December 16, 2008

Baylife Magazine editor Kim Franke-Folstad offers her holiday greetings. ...more

December 16, 2008

These are the results of the Tribunes annual Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest. ...more

December 15, 2008

Anything worth doing should be worth doing three times. That's the theory behind our Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest. ...more

November 21, 2008

During the holidays, I read where a Lake Placid lady won a prize on the subject of fruitcakes, sponsored by the Tampa Tribune. My belated congratulations to the lady. I was somewhat dismayed by the number of negative comments I read from some of the contestants regarding fruitcakes. I would much rather emphasize those things we have in common, rather than those which tend to divide us. There comes a time, however, when a man must step out of the shadows and let his feelings be known, and stand up for his beliefs. Is this not the American way? My friends, there is a vast left-wing conspiracy out there, whose goal is to ridicule something we hold dear; the American fruitcake. For years, the noble fruitcake has been maligned by those "Elitist Snobs" on the left. ...more

January 19, 2008