Food

For several years, the Garland Business District held its Garland Summer Market in the Gathering House parking lot.

Mother’s Day, always falling on the second Sunday of May, is this Sunday. It’s been that way since becoming a national holiday in 1914. Greeting cards and flowers are a big part of the modern holiday celebrating mothers and motherhood. Special dinners, at home and out, are high on the list of popular Mother’s Day activities. Today’s recipes may be helpful to those contemplating a Mother’s Day dinner at home for their moms.

At the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, a fun food item debuted in the U.S. with a splash – actually more like a dip or dunk.

No-Li Brewhouse’s Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout earned a gold medal at the 2025 World Beer Cup, after it recently ranked among Forbes Magazine’s Best Stouts in the World.

I have documented proof of my adoration for breakfast bakes based on the recipes I have written over the years. There’s a lot to love. The bakes can be made ahead, which takes the pressure off in the morning, letting you relax and sip coffee as the dish warms in the oven and fills your kitchen with the most enticing aroma. They easily feed a crowd or can cover you as a quick, reheatable breakfast for the weekday mornings. They may be made either sweet or savory and can showcase the most nourishing ingredients: fruit, vegetables, nuts and whole grains.

ORLANDO, Fla. – This story began as a simple conversation on a podcast: the “Let’s Eat, Orlando with Amy Drew and Biggie” podcast (available on virtually any podcast platform and viewable on YouTube, as info), when the errant mention of a chicken tender chain devolved into disbelief from my pod partner, Deli Fresh Threads’ Anthony “Biggie” Bencomo.

Imagine being a contestant on the hit television game show, “Jeopardy.” For the win and with a million-dollar prize on the line, Alex Trebeck articulates the clue: “Cinco de Mayo.” You think for a moment, then write your answer on the card before you. When prompted, you confidently display your answer: “What is Bronx slang for ‘hold the mayonnaise?’ ” The buzzer buzzes, the audience gasps and the million-dollar prize – so close you can almost taste it – painfully fades away. Today’s brief history lesson is for you.

When it comes to pizza, I’m all about the crunch. That means that as delicious as Neapolitan-style pies can taste, they’re not my favorite because of their floppy, almost soupy center. Detroit-style is high on my list because of that thick crust that gets crunchy around the edges partly from fried cheese, but my top pick is something thinner.

A new spot in Spokane Valley offers tasty treats and beverages with shamrock flair.

Fresh ideas for dinner can spring from so many places: the pages of a new cookbook or food magazine, a funny TikTok or instructional video on Instagram or (among my favorite sources for inspiration) websites like Food 52, Serious Eats or Smitten Kitchen. It also can depend on what you happen to stumble upon while grocery shopping. This week's recipe hinges on what I was thrilled to find on ...

It’s long baffled me how two of the most essential flavors – sour and salty – came to be associated with bad moods. Tasting food, the only criticism I level more frequently than “this dish needs more acid” is “this dish needs more salt.” Each is essential, providing its own kind of brightening and binding, lifting and highlighting the flavors around it. Yet with people, both “salty” and “sour” have evolved to describe anger or unpleasantness. It must be based on facial reactions – the pinched grimace of a person who has taken a bite of lemon echoing the pinched scowl of someone who wants to speak with the manager.

Picadillo is a popular Latin dish made with ground meat, onions, green bell pepper, tomato sauce, capers, and raisins. The success of this dish lies in the blending of sweet and savory flavors.

Japanese culture has introduced many excellent food products and dishes to America’s culinary palate. Most of us are familiar with surimi (imitation crab and lobster), ramen noodles, the hungry college student’s best friend, and its convenient variant, Cup Noodles. Thank you, Nissin, but bring back the dried egg cubes that once enticingly adorned every cup of noodles when we opened it.

Giant beer cans floating a river. Giant beer bottles with legs. Giant beer bottles at the dawn of humanity. These are just a few sights from the documentary, “Rainier: A Beer Odyssey,” which showcases the legendary commercials of Seattle’s beloved Rainier Brewery that ran from 1974 to 1987.

No-Li Brewhouse has whipped up a concoction that can quench one’s thirst for tangy craft beer and timely local news in one 12-ounce can.

I was surprised to learn that each of us eats about three pounds of salmon a year, on average, according to the National Fisheries Institute. I would have guessed that amount to be much higher because salmon is the second most popular seafood in America (shrimp is No. 1). My perception was skewed by the quantity we devour in my household. I easily eat three pounds of it in a couple of months, which is why my gears are always turning for new ways to prepare it.

Gnocchi Mac and Cheese is a playful and innovative twist on a classic from food writer Ben Weiner.

Of all the various dietary needs we hear about from readers, limiting the amount of sodium in recipes is among the most common requests. The good news is that if you’re eating mostly home-cooked food, you’re already well on your way to reducing your salt intake, as more than 70% of Americans’ dietary sodium comes from packaged or prepared food, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Some sandwiches stand the test of time and so do the restaurants that serve them. That’s true of the Triple Treat and Something Else Deli.