One of the easiest ways to make a tasty, thirst-quenching drink for a crowd is to fill a pitcher or punch bowl with equal parts apple juice and ginger ale. The sweet juice and dry soda complement each other perfectly.…

One of my favorite cookbooks published last year was “America’s Best Lost Recipes,” compiled by the editors of Cook’s Country and Cook’s Illustrated, not coincidentally two of my favorite food magazines.

The cookbook grew out of a request that readers…

Delaware North, whose chefs are cooking at Busch Stadium, Edward Jones Dome and many other sporting venues around the country, has issued a cookbook featuring game-day fare.

The title, “Home Plate: From Hot Dog to Haute Cuisine,” just about covers…

Quick quiz: What kind of food is a bean?

Answer: A vegetable. And if that didn’t come to mind, you’re apparently in the majority. According to the folks at Bush’s Best Beans, more than half of Americans think of beans…

With a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas each heading toward $4, how are you balancing your budget?

Are you eating out less and eating more leftovers? If so, you’re not alone. The Food Marking Institute reported this…

Ever notice how many recipes call for already minced garlic to be added to the food processor? Why spend time mincing with a knife? Just peel a clove of garlic and drop it through the feed tube onto the moving…

Thanks to a recommendation from a reader of this blog, I recently picked up “An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude” by Ann Vanderhoof. It’s the best kind of travel book, the colors and flavors of the trip described in…

If Joe Bonwich’s story about cooking with cheese left you hungry for more, here’s a little something extra. These recipes are from Annette Gooch of Tribune Media Services.

To vary the Port and Cheddar recipe, she suggests shaping the cheese mixture…

The promo this morning on the Today show promised that Martha Stewart would make four recipes in four minutes.

Reality check: She got four recipes ready for cooking in four minutes. You too could get a chicken dinner assembled that…

I own a lot of cookbooks, and I see a lot more than I own — 1,000 a year is my very rough estimate. Obviously, I don’t have time to pore over them all. Most merit just a glance or…