The final 2025 breakfast for Women@Work, the Times Union’s networking group for women, takes place Dec. 10. Featured guest ...

NORWALK -- Chatting with Katherine Vitucci about recipes, the kids, gardening and great retail finds has all the elements of an intimate talk over coffee with a friend -- with one difference. Vitucci ...

Turmeric, dried smoked chilis, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, brown mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and whole cloves go into the making of the basic Indian masala. Glenda Smith of ...

When the weather turns chilly, there's nothing better than a big bowl of cozy, homemade soup. Over the years, I've learned a ...

Lovingly described and photographed on her blog, The Starving Chef, Berger’s recipes combine fun details from the Avatar universe with real-world ingredients. With four recipes posted so far, you can ...

Megan Porta’s story begins in small-town Iowa, where her parents’ divorce meant frequent cross-country moves before she eventually found stability back home. She carried an artistic streak into ...

IOWA CITY — Walk into Patty Mishler's Iowa City home and you never know what goodies await you — but you can be guaranteed there will be something there. If you happen to catch her off-guard, it's ...

In the kitchen, Lan Lin doesn’t rely on traditional measuring cups. Instead, Lan, or Mama Lin as her daughter affectionately calls her, uses a tiny plastic cup she was handed on her flight from China ...

Julie Powell—the writer who chronicled a year cooking her way through the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, leading to a popular food blog, and later a biopic starring Amy ...