I watched my friend prepare a pasta and vegetable dish one night that was out of this world. Martha Beck is a foodie who’s done it all in the kitchen. She doesn’t think anything of …

My mother used to fry breaded flounder in an electric frying pan and it was so delicious. We lived on Long Island and everyone in the family, except for me, was a big fish eater. My two brothers …

If you want to find out anything about anything, go get your hair done. My No. 1 source on all facets of life is my hairdresser, Patty Lumley, who operates Patty’s Place in …

Years ago, I interviewed the coolest chef ever, in Tully. He had just opened a restaurant — and showed off his desserts as part of the interview. The confections blew my mind. This was …

My daughter said she and her husband have been getting into turkey burgers. I used to make them years ago, when the kids were in school. Back then, money was tight. Ground turkey has a lot less …

I’m loving my new bird suet. Homemade, thank you very much — thanks to McGraw School & Community Cookbook Vol. No. 2. I had three empty suet cages next to my feeder and all the …

My grandson says his favorite ice cream ever is pumpkin ice cream. Where did this 5-year-old eat this? He’s got a huge family. It could have been at another grandma’s house or maybe …

The other day I saw a bag of lemons I bought last week in the vegetable drawer. “Lemon-oat scones,” I said to myself. That’s why I bought them. And here a whole week has gone by …

Dave Dougherty said you can’t go wrong when you put three ingredients together: beets, garlic and ginger. “They are the three powerhouses,” the Truxton man said. That’s …

People really go for macaroni and cheese. That’s a regular response in Monday’s “Look in the Window” man on the street interview. We ask, “What is your favorite …