WineCrisp apples

After 20 years of work, scientists at Purdue, Rutgers and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a crisp, firm, late-ripening apple that they have named the WineCrisp. They think it will appeal to consumers for its flavor and to…

Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Sometimes a turkey — or even a whole chicken — is just too much for Thanksgiving dinner. This festive recipe would make a nice alternative entree. It’s even stuffed, albeit with cheese, apples and almonds rather than a…

“Silver Palate” author Sheila Lukins has a new book, this one organized in an unusual but useful way.

“Ten: All the Foods We Love… …and 10 Recipes for Each” (Workman) contains 32 chapters, some focusing on a single food (corn, tomatoes,…

A friend, her 7-year-old son and I visited Eckert’s Belleville orchard Sunday, where we picked as many apples as we could carry. We went for a new favorite, Honeycrisps. This variety is aptly named: It’s sweet like honey and wonderfully crisp.…