You'll impress with this appetizer on Halloween. ...more

October 21, 2009

Spicy shrimp in a decadent sauce served on a bed of greens. ...more

June 2, 2009

A man who carried out a Christmas Eve massacre and arson dressed as Santa at the home of his former in-laws apparently intended to flee the United States, but his plans were dashed after the inferno he created severely burned his arms and melted his red costume onto his body, police said Friday. ...more

December 27, 2008

In this Twittering, podcasting, digital age, the morning after America's presidential election found thousands of people clamoring for something more old-fashioned and tangible: extra copies of the morning paper. ...more

November 6, 2008

When my daughter Leslie was 10, she clipped a torta recipe out of a magazine and included it with some others she thought I should try. ...more

July 23, 2008

When my daughter Leslie was 10, she clipped a torta recipe out of a magazine and included it with some others she thought I should try. ...more

July 22, 2008

Wal-Mart isn't the only 'Rollin' Back The Prices' place. I found that the Blue Crab restaurant is doing it too. Can you believe 99-cent coffee? In this day and age. And $1.99 for a draft beer. If you look you'll see a rollback on entrees too. It's almost un-American. But not according to Jim Pearson, brother to owner Bill Pearson, it's like offering their customers a "gas break" he told me. "It's a little too soon to tell if it's going to affect the bottom line," Jim said of the price adjustment. What they are hoping for is that an increase in customer volume will offset any loss from the individual meals. Because, Jim says, "When you give to the community quite often it comes back to you." "The customers love it," waitress Terri Trainer said of the new prices. So do I. ...more

June 14, 2008

Time flies when you're having fun writing a food column - even one year later. ...more

June 4, 2008

Time flies when you're having fun writing a food column - even a year later. ...more

June 4, 2008

It was up, up and away, this morning. At least I, and a bunch of others, including Elizabeth Stewart, hope it was an up, up and away morning. Elizabeth, you see, is celebrating her 90th birthday on June 4. Since there isn't a whole lot of things you can get for a member of the eldest set, her daughter Barbara is surprising her with a hot air balloon ride today - weather permitting. It's a first for both of them. Not only that it is also a kind of a gift package. Barbara – yes that's county commissioner Barbara Stewart – is celebrating her May 12 wedding anniversary by taking husband Fred along on the same ride. ...more

May 31, 2008