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November 11, 2009

Improve the health profile of your dishes by reducing salt while adding flavor. Look to your condiments for help, say the authors of "The Flexitarian Diet" (McGraw-Hill, $24.95) and "The New American Plate Cookbook" (University of California Press, $25.95). ...more

March 28, 2009

President Barack Obama doesn't need a restaurant guide when he visits Hawaii. ...more

March 22, 2009

I'm considering trying to make some strawberry jam. I read the directions in the package of pectin and I'm curious; it says to crush the berries before measuring. Wouldn't it be quicker to just chop them in a food processor? Wouldn't doing it quickly keep them brighter red? ...more

March 15, 2009

A collection of consumer questions about kitchen- and food-related issues. ...more

March 11, 2009

What is the benefit of adding gluten to a bread recipe? I tried it and couldn't tell that it came out any different. ...more

October 12, 2008

Certain things can trigger happy memories from days gone by. Take this duck dish, for example. ...more

September 23, 2008

The Nebraska Cafeteria is the second stop on our third edition of the Tampa Underbelly Tour, during which a group of friends and I eat at as many off-the-beaten-path places as we can endure during an entire afternoon. ...more

September 17, 2008

You're not hallucinating. The food you buy is being sold in smaller packages to compensate for the rising cost of ingredients and the amount of money it takes to bring goods to consumers. ...more

September 3, 2008

SENIOR MENU Midday meals are served at Hillsborough County Aging Services Department's Senior Centers and its congregate dining sites. Call (813) 272-5160 for locations and information, or go to www.hillsboroughcounty.org/aging. Home delivery is provided to homebound seniors. Call (813) 272-5250 to enroll. All meals include low-fat milk, except at Jewish Towers, where kosher meals are served. These are the meals for June 30 through July 4. ...more

June 25, 2008