Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

Would you believe that this American classic was created by accident? Ruth Wakefield was preparing her traditional butter cookies at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., when she decided on a whim to add pieces of a chocolate bar to her dough. Wakefield expected...

Table Talk: One-pan sweets fill cookie jar

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- My husband and I just survived our first two semesters as empty-nesters. The adjustment from playing parents to a high school senior and a frantically busy schedule to quiet evenings without practices, games and meetings was fair...

Sweet results from Spring Fair's cookie contest

Larry Bergman and Brett Silva have been judging the Best Ever Cookie Contest for years and after the latest version at the Merced County Spring Fair on May 3 there… Click to Continue »

Life was never dull growing up on the farm

It seemed that the daisies always started to bloom as the school term ended. They lined the path down the hill from the schoolhouse, their yellow centers gleaming like sunshine. We ran down the hill with our load of books, e...

RECIPE BOX: Peanut butter oatmeal sticks to the ribs

What do you do with 9 pounds of oatmeal you buy from Sam's? My husband, Kevin, found a good use for it -- he made up a recipe called peanut butter oatmeal.. "I designed it to be able to rush out the door in the morning, and yet have it