Turkey for two? A rookie’s guide to a homemade Thanksgiving
PITTSBURGH — Thanksgiving in normal times means getting together with family and friends to celebrate the many blessings of the past year. Tradition calls for a giant turkey with all...
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A new turkey dilemma arises: Big or small?
PITTSBURGH — Laura Magone has celebrated Thanksgiving exactly the same way for as long as she can remember. Her mother, Wanda, always plays host in her Monongahela, Pennsylvania home. Up...
Ways to enjoy the winter squashes of autumn
Piled high in giant cardboard boxes at grocery stores or stacked beside the peppers and potatoes at the farmers market, these thick-skinned, bright-orange winter squashes are ripe for the picking,...
Gretchen’s table: Swap chili for curried beef stew
I don't know about you, but I'm loving this cooler fall weather. There's something just so cozy about having to pull on a sweater on my morning walks, and even...
Bitter melon is an Asian favorite. Here are 3 ways to cook it.
I see lots of familiar things on my early-morning run through the neighborhood. Neighbors walking with their dogs and morning coffee and kids weighed down by backpacks waiting for the...
The flavorful, and often overlooked, foods of Sri Lanka
Mary Anne Mohanraj missed a lot of things when she went off to college, but the thing she was most homesick for was her mother's cooking. When her parents immigrated...
Make the most of basil, summer’s favorite herb
The garden gods have been good to me so far this summer, even if the weather has been something of a nightmare for those of us without central air. Despite...
Tangled up in blue (berries): 3 summer blueberry recipes
It's July. Surely there are blueberries on your kitchen counter or inside your fridge just waiting to be turned into something fantastic. Summer's favorite fruit is available in spades this...
Surplus of chicken wings doesn’t translate to lower prices at the store
A collective cheer probably went up among Buffalo wing lovers when reports came out earlier this month that the coronavirus was giving rise to something quite unexpected — a sudden...
Turn toward healthy snacks for stress eating
Is COVID-19 stressing you out? Me, too. I know that to be a fact, and not just because I'm having trouble sleeping and feel sick to my stomach when I...