Topic “Squash”

By Bonnie S. Benwick (The Washington Post)

Salty olives and capers and a good-quality chicken sausage make all the difference in this Paleo Diet-friendly main course. To reduce prep time further, shop at a salad bar for cut vegetables. Feel free to add red bell peppers, eggplant or tomatoes, and adjust the cooking time accordingly.

We used an organic apple chicken sausage made by...

By Gretchen McKay (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/SHNS)

They’re one of fall’s most visual offerings, foods so colorful you make them the centerpiece on your Thanksgiving table.

What you really should be doing is eating them, those brightly striped, sometimes weirdly shaped, more often than not hard-as-a-rock autumn gems known as winter squashes.

I came late to the squash party. For...

By Susan M. Selasky (Detroit Free Press/MCT)


Grocery store bins are brimming with a huge assortment of winter squash as the season for this hearty vegetable is in full swing.

Most cooks are familiar with acorn squash and butternut squash, popular varieties that are ideal for making soup. But what about kabocha or kuri or sweet...