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Honey can sweeten any dish

METRO — Honey has been enjoyed for centuries. Ancient peoples ate honey, and historians believe humans have been harvesting wild honey since the Stone Age. Honey has been widely consumed, used in medicinal salves and even left in Egyptian tombs for the afterlife. Due to its high acidity and low moisture, honey never spoils. The flavor of honey is entirely determined by the types of floral nectar bees gather, which can make cooking with honey interesting, as no dish may taste the same if different types of honey are used. Honey can be consumed straight from the honeycomb, or used ...

Blue ribbon baking

You can’t turn on the TV or pass a billboard without noticing that Pa. fair season is in full swing. There are fairs going on all over the U.S., from large fairs to small fairs, and they all offer something fun for fairgoers of all ages to enjoy. My fair focus is on the food — the food I can eat and the many food entries I can look at that were prepared by talented home cooks in hopes of winning the coveted blue ribbon for their efforts. Though I appreciate, and have dabbled in, a sweet fruit jam or earthy pickled vegetables, for my visual pleasure it’s the baked goods ...

The global grilling flavors Americans are only now catching up to

The global barbecue seasoning market will surge past $9 billion this year, fueled by a massive consumer appetite for international flavors. Home cooks are rapidly shifting away from predictable salt-and-pepper rubs, favoring complex, globally inspired profiles. While exciting flavors represent a thrilling new frontier for Western backyards, most of them are ancient, time-tested foundations of open-flame cooking in cultures around the world. North America dominated the barbecue seasoning market in 2025 with a value of $3.8 billion, with the United States driving much of the growth. ...

A plate is now optional for a generation that hates meal planning

More than half of Americans now combine prepared foods with ingredients from their own kitchens to create hybrid meals, according to The Food Industry Association. For a growing number of younger consumers, dinner has become an act of assembly rather than cooking. Rather than cooking an entire recipe from scratch, shoppers purchase individual components and combine them into a complete meal in minutes. Dinner might look like frozen rice topped with rotisserie chicken and a bagged salad, a plate of frozen dumplings paired with edamame and packaged slaw or pre-cooked grains mixed with ...

Enjoy some light, delicious summer pasta

If you are looking for recipes for light fresh-tasting summer meals look no further than your own garden. Add a box of pasta and enjoy summer pasta dishes, the perfect way to use that abundance of zucchini, tomatoes and herbs. The sauces are light, made with olive oil or butter, pasta ...