Food & Recipes

Roast a Holiday Meal to Remember

This year for the holidays, you can make a cranberry roast your guests will won’t forget. It’s elegant, yet so easy to prepare.

December 1, 2019

Traditional Thanksgiving, Lewis and Clark, and Native Americans

Many traditional Thanksgiving flavors trace back to Native Americans, including those found in, “Good Seeds, A Menominee Indian Food Memoir.”

November 25, 2019

Late Summer Wines

August and September are filled with scrumptious, ripe vegetables from the garden, the smells of jam made from home-grown fruit, and lazy evenings grilling outside with friends and family.

August 1, 2018

Now that the warm days and long twilights of summer are here, we can relax with a wonderful glass of wine on the deck or patio. This is also the time to relax the rule on room temperature reds and enjoy the cooling pleasure of lightly chilled ones, along with some delightfully refreshing whites and rosé.

June 1, 2018

Celebrate World Malbec Day April 17

The flavors of Malbec grapes reflect the regions where they grow, which means one Malbec may taste very different from another. World Malbec Day will be April 17th, and we’re here to help you find some excellent regional wines to enjoy.

March 31, 2018

The Great Texas Chili Project

Texans proudly refuse to entertain the idea that other styles of chili exist. Given that chili was invented in San Antonio, it’s hard to debate them on this point.

February 1, 2018

Small Regional Wineries Are Winners

By HOLLY ENDERSBY While the big-name cellars flourish in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, finding smaller wineries producing great wine at reasonable prices is still a

February 1, 2018

Bake with a Cookie Elf this Christmas Season

Part of the fun of baking holiday cookies is having company in the kitchen to lend a hand. While adult-sized help is always appreciated, recruiting grandchildren may be best of all. By GAIL JOKERST

December 1, 2017

Chocolate Kris Kringle Cookies

A yummy cookie recipe for the holidays

December 1, 2017

Filling Holiday Wish Lists with Toffee

With painstaking precision, Hymas stirrs a steaming, bubbling mixture of sugar, butter, water, and corn syrup in a pressure cooker to make another 8-pound batch of toffee, a two-hour labor of love. Every October, he begins filling orders for his popular Christmas gift.

December 1, 2017