Don’t you love it when the kids find out you are serving Brussels sprouts for dinner and they run to the table and demand a big...
Change gears from the traditionally sweet and heavy holiday cooking with this fresh and bright Brussels sprout slaw. According to the Food Network, these tiny cabbage...
Strict vegans often have ethical or environmental motivations to avoid consuming, wearing or otherwise procuring animal products. But studies show that a plant-based vegan diet also...
Cranberries and oranges have long been a part of many family Christmas traditions and they are still a fun way to inject a little history into...
Good cheese, excellent wine and decadent sweets. The holidays are the perfect time to indulge your inner epicurean. To please your senses—and those of your favorite...
This lively cocktail is the perfect drink to kick off your holiday parties—or to treat yourself with after a day of Christmas shopping. Start to finish:...
If you partied last night, and you’re looking for a healthy way to use up your leftover bubbly, this refreshing salad is just what you need....
Too much leftover turkey? Try this delicious recipe. Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients • 18 ounces penne • 1 tablespoon butter • 2...
Everyone will love these perfectly . Save a few for Santa! Start to finish: 30 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 18 Ingredients • 1/2 cup butter,...
This tart, easy-to-make cake is as delicious as it festive. Serve it as is or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Start to finish: 45...
Easier than roasting a whole turkey but just as delicious, this recipe makes a perfect . Start to finish: 1 hour (30 minutes active) Servings: 4...
All this week, the Royal Examiner will be bringing you these holiday recipes to help you prepare a very merry Christmas Dinner. Perfect as a side...
Are you passionate about international cuisine? Here are four places where the food is simply divine. Peru Peru, and Lima in particular, is an increasingly popular...
Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie are all iconic Thanksgiving foods, but preparing the same dishes year after year can get a little...
Are you looking for ways to lower the amount of fat you consume? Here are four ways to make healthy meals without using butter or oil....
The weight creep starts in October with Halloween candies. Then continues through Thanksgiving with Aunt Edna’s special cake. And comes to a blinding finish at Christmas...
Butternut, pumpkin, spaghetti, kabocha, acorn — winter squashes are abundant at this time of year. Unlike summer varieties that are picked when they’re young and tender,...
Around the time of Moses, when Rome was just pasture land, a lowly Egyptian worker filled some jars with honey, sealed them tight and stored them...
The spices that make up the famed pumpkin spice or pumpkin pie spice have nothing to do with pumpkins, but they have a lot to do...
Wine continues to be a staple alcoholic beverage for many Americans and trends towards natural wine, urban wineries, and more convenient packaging will likely dominate 2018,...
There are three foods, and evidently only three, that scream crazy. Bananas, nuts, and crackers. Why? Bananas likely came from the slang of flappers in the...
Dates are an ancient food prized in many parts of the world for their delicate, sweet flavor and, according to NPR, they have been consumed by...
More than 4,000 years ago, turmeric was being used to spice up food and make medicines in India. Today, the spice is still an important crop...
Food shows on network TV and online streaming services like YouTube have exploded recently and many kids are becoming so interested in cooking that an entire...
Comic book character Dagwood Bumstead loved it on his huge sandwiches. It’s the bitter herb of seder tables at Passover. And, it was considered an aphrodisiac...
Any summer night is Father’s Day when Dad mans the grill for relaxed dinners on the patio. Here’s an idea for fabulous grilled chicken that uses...
The dramatic story of the well-traveled sweet potato Sweet potatoes originated in Central and South America, but they managed to travel across the Pacific by 1000...
It’s hard to overstate the mania for morel mushrooms. From March to May, in Canada and the United States, morel hunting is a seasonal delirium in...
In the 2016 novel A Gentleman in Moscow, the best seller by Amor Towles, the main character, Count Rostov, watches as a young man puzzles over...
Don’t you hate it when your back aches, your energy is down, and what you really need is a good meal? But who wants to cook...