Obama offers more jobs ideas

In a move as much as about the politics of the issue as the policy, President Obama this morning outlined a new plan to pump up hiring and avert a jobless economic recovery. "There are more than seven million fewer...

In the kitchen: Summer soups make the most of cucumbers and tomatoes

Question: I'm looking for a cold soup recipe to use some of the cucumbers from my garden. The recipe I often make contains sour cream and dill, so I'd like something different. Any ideas?

'Top Chef': All of a sudden, a family emerges from the kitchen

It’s something we’d never thought we would see in this season’s “Top Chef.” Not Angelo Sosa crying like someone who sold Apple at $75. Not Ed Cotton waxing his eyebrows so severely they looked sharper than a cleaver. Not Tom...

Mother Nature provides a full palette of gourds for decorScripps

Normally, I do just about everything I can to get out of grocery shopping. Even an empty refrigerator can't induce me to go to the market - that's why God invented carryout, right? But in the fall, I make an exception. I willingly hit the food market, not to get stuff like milk and bread, but to prowl for seasonal decorating tools manufactured by Mother Nature herself.

At home in the kitchen

Nevillewood Grille chef appreciates the fine art of making comfort foods  read more »