Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Timmy Silverman cannot fathom why a house in Point Breeze, Penn., hasn't generated an offer in the four months it's been on the market. The house-with its four bedrooms, 1...

The Ball Corp., which has supplied jars, lids and advice to home canners for generations, puts the warning in capital letters: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PROCESS IN MICROWAVE OVEN. The...

Steve Silberman surveys the sparsely populated day care center adjacent to his company's Pittsburgh area offices and talks confidently about years to come when he envisions the facility brimming with...

Those who don't, can't and won't zap should try asparagus. It could make a believer out of you. Microwaving asparagus is as easy as breaking off and discarding the tough...

On any given night, a smattering of people are at Duds 'n Suds in this Pittsburgh suburb, a Laundromat that's unusual for its suburban family room quality. To carry the...

If you've never been persuaded that standing time is important in microwave cooking, try a simple test the next time you zap a meatloaf. Put a meat thermometer in the...

W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race 1868-1919 By David Levering Lewis Henry Holt, 735 pages, $35 The more sanitized a biography is, the less likely a complicated life will...

Here are ways to follow the American Cancer Society's 5-A-Day prescriptions for fruits and vegtables by adding extra vegetables to your diet: - Substitute finely minced vegetables with low-fat ricotta...

General James Longstreet By Jeffry D. Wert Simon & Schuster, 527 pages, $27.50 When Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men at the battle of Chancellorsville, a crestfallen...

If you're a guy and you want to look sharp for spring, at the very least you'll need a band-collar shirt and clothes that are eco-friendly. The shirt is easy...