MICHELLE LOCKE, For The Associated Press Smooth, sweet, cold and just the ticket for contracting a case of brain freeze on a sweltering summer day. There's a reason milkshakes are a staple of American childhood. But why should the kids have all the fun? Sure, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla make ...
MICHELE KAYAL, For The Associated Press When he was about 12, Hugh Acheson's mom went through a cooking phase: recipes from magazines, nice pots and pans, and exciting new dishes, like her signature chicken piccata. "It had that tenderness and crispness and this very simple, but very bouncy sauce," says ...
I love getting packages in the mail, because they're usually food-related! And one I received recently was no exception. It contained a generous sampling — for marketing purposes — of Almondina cookies, which are similar to very thin biscotti. They have only 30 calories per cookie, feature nutritious almonds, are ...
Today is Yom HaShoah [YOHM hah-shoh-AH], Holocaust Remembrance Day. To say that this is a day of great solemnity within the Jewish community is an understatement, truly, of indescribable proportion. While it might seem frivolous to tie food into an occasion of such seriousness and significance, please trust that I don't ...