Topic “Food”

By Monica Bhide (Scripps Howard News Service)

Are you selling your house? Want it to smell magnificent when buyers walk in? Forget the cinnamon! Instead, just roast some Sichuan peppercorns a few minutes and your house will smell wonderfully lemony.

These vibrant peppercorns are not shy when it comes to aroma or taste. While they are native to the Sichuan province in China and a...

By Janet K. Keeler (St. Petersburg Times/SHNS)

On hectic nights, pasta is a worthy go-to dinner. The dried variety is generally cheap -- especially when it’s on sale two-for-one -- and an accompanying jar of prepared sauce can get dinner on the table in a snap.

But how boring is that?

I won’t promise that making your own sauce is as lickety-split as breaking the vacuum seal on...

By Bill Daley (Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Grilling is high and fast, barbecuing is low and slow, or so the old saw goes about the differences between these two outdoor cooking styles. But grilling can also mean low temperatures and slow cooking times if you plan and grill-roast accordingly.

“You should think about grill-roasting because you can. The greatest invention in...

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (Chicago Tribune/MCT)

When ice cream is too decadent and fruit too virtuous for your summer sweet tooth, mango sorbet delivers an elegant, tropical treat that’s fat- and dairy-free without losing any of the fun.

We put four brands to a blind taste test. It turns out there is impressive diversity in look and flavor.

Haagen-Dazs’ mango sorbet was the...

By Ellen Folkman (St. Petersburg Times/SHNS)

Peggy MacLeod of St. Petersburg, Fla., seeks the recipe for “a delicious and interesting vegetarian entree -- a grilled cauliflower steak with chipotle butter” that is offered by the Z Grille in St. Petersburg.

Chef Zack Gross of Z Grille says he developed the seasonal dish because he wanted a vegetarian entree that had a meaty feel to...