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Cover the grill and break out the soup pot, Autumn days are here to stay. When the weather turns cool, a big bowl of homemade soup is something everybody can warm up to. And with a vast and varied collection of recipes and plenty of crusty bread to sop up the broth, it’s easy to create delicious and comforting meals the whole family will love. Italian Vegetable Soup 1-pound lean ground beef or Italian sausage or a combination 2 tsps. minced garlic 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped 2 (14-ounce) cans beef broth 1 (15-ounce) can Italian stewed tomatoes 2 ...

Canning makes a comeback: New interest in old-time food preservation

There’s been a recent noticeable resurgence in home canning, a method of preserving food that was once a staple in American households. This renewed interest is particularly strong among individuals who’ve never tried canning but like gaining self-sufficiency skills and control over their food supply. From young urbanites to rural families, people across the United States are turning to this traditional practice to preserve and connect meaningfully with their food. The new wave of canners A quick look at social media such as Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram shows that today’s ...

Stephen & Evie Colbert offer a cookbook that’s also a window on their lives

NEW YORK (AP) — Many years into their marriage, Stephen and Evie Colbert suddenly became co-workers. And that is why, in a roundabout way, we have their first cookbook. During the pandemic, Evie helped keep her husband’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on the air at CBS while the couple hunkered down in their South Carolina home. “Evie was my crew and my only audience and my only guest. And it turned out we worked together well,” Stephen Colbert says. “We said, ‘We’ve always wanted to do something together. I think the thing to do would be a ...

Stephen & Evie Colbert’s red rice recipe, a dish both jammy and tangy

STEPHEN: My love of red rice started at Stiles Point Elementary School on James Island, South Carolina. The cafeteria served it just about every day, and that was fine with me. I’ve had a lot since then, but this comes closest to the deep savory sweetness that those lunch ladies somehow ...