Food & Drink

3 recipes to help spice up weeknight dinners

From baked tacos to curried cauliflower, these recipes add a little something special to quick weeknight meals.

3 recipes to try for soup season

Gretchen McKay Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With some thick pieces of buttered toast or a grilled cheese sandwich, these soups are great for mid-week meals all season long.

The Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than bars

KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press

The Dubai chocolate movement seems to have put down roots and is spreading.

Gretchen's table: Creamy butternut squash bisque

Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It may not exactly be soup weather yet, but as we march into October, you know the brisk weather that mandates pulling on a sweatshirt will soon be upon us. The enticing aroma of burgers sizzling on a grill is starting to be replaced by the smell of a backyard fire pit, and it's hard to walk…

Quick Fix: Moroccan Chicken

Linda Gassenheimer, Tribune News Service

Chicken seasoned with cinnamon, cumin, and turmeric creates a fragrant, savory Moroccan-inspired dish. The turmeric not only infuses the chicken with a warm golden hue but also adds a earthy depth to the flavor. It’s served with pearl couscous which is also called Israeli couscous. Its small…

Go ahead and heap spices on cauliflower. It can take it

Beth Dooley, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Dinner is different with the arrival of autumn. Afternoon shadows lengthen, the air chills with scents of damp earth as leaves turn gold and red, and we turn away from the grill and toward the stove. In a glorious farewell to summer, the harvest is at its peak. Stroll the farmers market aisl…

4 recipes for fall cooking

Meredith Deeds, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Cooking in early fall can be confusing. Farmers markets and grocery stores are caught between two seasons. Luckily, you don’t have to choose.

4 recipes for fall cooking

Cooking in early fall can be confusing. Farmers markets and grocery stores are caught between two seasons. Luckily, you don’t have to choose.

When food banks need bread, a network of 900 home bakers answers the call

The effort started during the COVID-19 pandemic and has grown to include nearly 900 bakers.

Gatorade and Cheetos are among the Pepsi products getting a natural dye makeover

Pepsi has a new challenge: Keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.

Walmart plans to remove artificial colors and other food additives from store brands by 2027

Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and 30 other food additives from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027.

McDonald’s is bringing back Monopoly after a decade

The promotion is returning to U.S. restaurants Oct. 6 for a limited time, but not in the way many customers remember.

Try these 2 recipes from Stephanie Hansen’s new cookbook

Just as Stephanie Hansen’s first “True North Cabin Cookbook” took readers through the growing season at her beloved cabin in Ely, Minnesota, its sequel takes us from fall through early spring with recipes ranging from cozy soups and stews to those fitting for holiday spreads. And, just like Volume 1 — and her television show “Taste Buds with Stephanie” — this tome is filled with personality ...

3 recipes to help level up weeknight meals

Meatballs are pretty much an "everybody" food. This veggie-heavy version is something of a weeknight warrior, or perhaps the better word is lifesaver.