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Rowlett boy named 'Rising Mango Star'
When Dean Sturt grows up, he wants to be chef. And at 10 years old, the Rowlett fourth-grader already has a pretty good head start in his career field.
THE announcement from US Airways in June that it was going to start charging coach passengers $2 for soft drinks and bottled water - water! - on all its domestic flights, as well as $1 for coffee or tea, is ...
Smith Island tests the tourism waters
It wasn't nostalgia that prompted Dwight "Duke" Marshall to seek legislation honoring a multitiered cake he has loved since childhood.
Zimbabwe inflation over 11 million percent
Zimbabwe's inflation rate rocketed to over 11 million percent in June in a sign of the worsening economic disaster in the absence of a deal to end its political crisis.
LOCKPORT: Taste triumphs with more vendors, big crowd.
The Taste of Lockport may have been the biggest ever Sunday at Ida Fritz Park. Tasters lined up as restaurants provided samples of their best.
Trim food bill, not health with back-to-school tips With rising food costs leaving families on tighter budgets this back-to-school season, a free family meal-planning and nutrition Web site offers tips on cost ...
The wonderful world of preferments
You may remember a few weeks ago that I brought you some information on starting your own sour dough culture.
Domino's Launches Baked Sandwich Line
The sandwiches are fully-baked in mega-sized, real ovens at 450 degrees and can be delivered directly to customers' doors.
It's a Cuban thing: tempering the savory with the sweet
A few weeks ago, a friend and I were having lunch at Mariposa, the posh Neiman Marcus cafe in Coral Gables, Fla., when we noticed the waitress bringing a luscious piece of raspberry and chocolate cake to two ...
This is part of a series about vacationing near home using a tank of gas or less.
Lame idea, not the media, to blame for asset monetization's demise
State Treasurer David Rousseau says asset monetization is dead, although he wasn't clear about the status of the several other names it was called before the public made it clear there is no tolerance for an ...
Yearwood offers inspired Southern recipes in book
In a culinary age when terms such as fried or stuffed can be considered taboo, Trisha Yearwood is giving Americans a throwback to good old-fashioned Southern cooking.
State fairs tout green efforts, but some struggle
Visitors to the Illinois State Fair buy mini donuts from the Donut Family stand at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday Aug.13, 2008.
Russia: Will begin pullout from Georgia on Monday
Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War ...
Plump, red tomatoes don't need more than a simple salting, but easy-to-make fillings turn them into the star of the meal.
Cupcake makers at war over dot-in-circle trademark
LOS ANGELES - Sprinkles Cupcakes, a California purveyor of mini-cakes beloved by Hollywood stars, has accused rival Famous Cupcakes of stealing its trademarked "Modern Dot" cupcake design to lure away ...
The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World by Betsy Block; Algonquin; 261 pages; $14.95. Betsy Block, mother of Zack, a 10-year-old, and Maya, a kindergartener, recounts her struggles ...
Girls Aloud demands fatty food for...
GIRLS Aloud have demanded fatty food for their upcoming V festival performances.
Being party pooper isn't just child's play
Amy Herring has had enough of parents neglecting to R.S.V.P. for birthday parties for her three kids.
"But go back to banking? No way." Campbell opened his new venture in January, but he had been plotting every detail for years, from the retro, 1950s decor to the child-sized sink, front door and even toilet ...