PITTSBURGH -- Every cloud has a silver lining, right?

Even the coronavirus pandemic, awful as it has been, has had some good come out of it. With everyone forced to spend more time together under one roof, the family dinner has become a thing again.

The virus has gotten more of us outdoors, too, dirtying our hands in the soil. And a gardening ...Read more

Salad greens are loaded with vitamins and minerals and relatively easy to throw together, with a minimum of fuss or effort.

The Everything Bagel Salad pairs creamy cannellini beans with tender greens, shaved Parmesan and crunchy, buttery homemade Everything Bagel croutons. But the real star is the zesty lemon-basil pesto that binds everything ...Read more

When I opened a bag of Stuffed Puffs' new Chocolate on Chocolate version, my kids devoured a few immediately as snacks. "Good," they said. Not blown away. Then we tried them on the campfire. "Amazing," said one. "Good mix of chocolate to marshmallow," said the other. I loved that they didn't create the big mess of a regular s'mores treat because...Read more

It started the first day of the lockdown. Americans raced to the stores and bought every single roll of toilet paper on the planet.

But as we settled into the daily grind of the pandemic, our grocery-store shopping habits continued to evolve. A new survey published by C+R Research shows the dramatic ways we have changed.

Here, sadly, is the ...Read more

If you are using your extra time at home to improve your cooking skills, America's Test Kitchen has a new cookbook that can help. Called "100 Techniques," it's the first technique-focused book from the Boston-based media company that produces a public television cooking show, several magazines and countless cookbooks.

Along with walking you ...Read more

When anthropologists of the future look back at the last half of the 20th century, they may give credit to McDonald's for one thing above all else: inventing the breakfast sandwich.

Searching for a way to get customers through the doors in the morning hours, someone at the fast-food giant came up with the perfect solution. They took an English ...Read more

Welp, it's finally what passes for spring here in my hometown of Chicargo. The sun be warmish, the trees doth bloometh, and enticing aromas from backyard grills waft gently through the protective layers of my seasonally appropriate lightweight face mask. But, darn-it-all to heck if I didn't forget to put barbecue sauce on my weekly Instacart ...Read more

This scrumptious coffee cake recipe has a crumbly pecan topping and is speckled with blueberries or raspberries. You’ll never guess there’s apple in the berry coffee cake: It replaces some of the butter found in most coffee cakes and adds a decidedly sweet taste and moist crumb. This is a great recipe to serve at brunch and can be made the ...Read more

The lemon has been a brightening force of color, aroma, flavor and healing for thousands of years. The folklore

The lemon’s origin isn’t confirmed, but it’s thought to be northwestern India, where lemons have been cultivated for 2,500 years. Early on, they were used ornamentally and medicinally as a poison antidote and to treat everything...Read more

For Father’s Day, what could be better than a simple backyard menu of succulent barbecued chicken and a potato salad enlivened with capers and sun-dried tomatoes? What else do you need? How about Dad’s favorite ice-cold beer or chilled rose? Or maybe a pitcher of frosty lemonade?

To make this super easy, pick up his favorite ice cream ...Read more

Now is the perfect time to make stewed rhubarb. Not familiar with it? Stewed rhubarb is a slightly sweet yet tart sauce that can be served over so many things, including your breakfast oatmeal.

Personally, I love serving stewed rhubarb over coconut vanilla ice cream with a spoonful of granola. It makes for a simple dessert that everyone will ...Read more

There are few things more satisfying than the cool, caffeinated sip of a cup of iced coffee. Somehow it tastes even better when it is conveniently prepared by someone else — a luxury I’ll be missing as the weather warms up and we all continue to stick close to home.

But cold brew is easy to DIY, and we’re sharing all the secrets to ...Read more

It's never a bad time to start eating more plants. And that includes now.

Whether you're nervous about the meat shortage or just want to get back on track after a bout of pandemic-spawned stress eating, fruit and veggies are your friend, always. They'll give you energy and make you feel better.

And they're perfect for the grill. We've got a ...Read more

What makes this lemon loaf stand out is the addition of orange blossom water. Distilled from orange flowers, it encapsulates the heady scent of blooming citrus trees. It's that perfumed air you catch on some sunny Southern California mornings, that happy smell that transports you to bucolic groves and wide open spaces. Here, the water is baked ...Read more