Host Padma Lakshmi

More from Bravo, which is casting chefs to compete in the show’s sixth season. Here’s the press release.

And by the way, if you want a chuckle, read the legal disclaimer at the bottom. I get a lot…

Meatloaf From the Slow Cooker

I love meatloaf, but it’s hard to fit into a sensible diet and a busy schedule. This recipe takes care of both those concerns.

It’s not exactly a fix-it-and-forget it recipe, because it cooks in 3 or…

Raspberry-Chipotle Barbecue Chicken Pizza

Pillsbury is accepting entries for the 44th Bake-Off. This is also the 60th anniversary of the cooking competition, which began in 1949 and now is held every other year.

As in recent years, the top prize is $1…

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Prevention magazine wants you to put down that bag of baked potato chips. They’re high in calories, low in nutrients and lacking in fiber. Instead, reach for popcorn. As long as you air-pop it, pop it yourself in healthful oil…

Edible Ornaments

Colorful, whimsical and just plain fun, Hello, Cupcake! Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make, by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson (Houghton Mifflin, $15.95 trade paperback, 230 pages), is one of my favorite cookbooks of 2008.

It’s filled with imaginative projects. Follow…

Shirley Corriher's "Touch-of-Grace" Southern Biscuits

Fourteen years ago, I sat in a meeting room at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead hotel in Atlanta with dozens of other food writers and watched Shirley O. Corriher make her Touch-of-Grace Southern Biscuits. It’s no exaggeration to…

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NEED HELP with holiday cooking or baking? Dial these numbers and talk with an expert:

U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline. 888-674-6854. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays year-round (8 a.m.-2 p.m. Thanksgiving Day). Online: www.fsis.usda.gov.

Butterball Turkey Talk-Line. 800-288-8372. 6 a.m.-6 p.m.…