A few days every month, Charles Graham drives a forklift through a warehouse, unloading trucks filled with gargantuan packages of meat, vegetables and fruit. Days later, he helps tuck that food into hundreds of cars and pickups. ...more

June 25, 2008

If I cut a casserole recipe in half, should I also halve the cooking time? It's a brown rice dish with eight servings. The recipe says to bake for two hours. ...more

June 18, 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. These are the meals for May 26-30. ...more

May 21, 2008

I love getting mail from readers. It's one of the things I enjoy most about writing this column. Hearing your thoughts and checking out your recipes can be the highlight of my day. I thought I'd share a couple of my recent responses with you. ...more

February 20, 2008

Call me crazy, but I don't like throwing food away, especially bread. Like the Italians and French, we Germans worship a good loaf of bread. But I'm also a self-respecting child of Depression-era parents who raised me with a hefty nurturing of frugality. ...more

January 14, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The beginnings of vegetable soup simmered in a crockpot as Matheus Stimac added fat ridges of potato. ...more

November 24, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The beginnings of vegetable soup simmered in a crockpot as Matheus Stimac added fat ridges of potato. ...more

November 24, 2007

Sure, you can wait until the New Year to dedicate yourself to healthier living. Or, with a little creativity, you can start right now by loading your holiday gift list with books and toys that are good for your friends and loved ones. ...more

November 23, 2007

September is Save Your Sight Month, and the Florida Society of Ophthalmology has partnered with EyeCare America, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to eye health, to offer these tips: ...more

September 13, 2007