Food & Dining

We can open pantry after pantry, but that's not going to solve the problem of hunger and food insecurity. What we need to do is recruit those whose mission it is to feed the hungry and get them involved in pushing for policy change. We need to start breaking down the systems that create or perpetuate hunger.

Throwing bone-in chicken into a crockpot for the day is a regular occurrence in my house. Not a whole chicken. Just breast or thighs.

As much as I love taking appetizers and turning them into dips, I think I equally love taking meaty sandwiches and turning them into meatballs.  Before I started working for the United Way,...

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Ozzie Hyde is the general manager and Christine Thomas serves as the eatery’s marketing manager, and for Thanksgiving they, along with The Lube’s staff, offered a free buffet for military veterans, active personnel, and first responders.

These are actually very simple and a really versatile appetizer. When I first started making these, I made them with cream cheese, crab meat a little bit of shredded mozzarella and some seasoning. I used the imitation crab meat to save on cost. The recipe I’ll share is for jalapeño popper wontons, but I really think there are a lot of different dips you could put in the wonton wrappers and they’re all going to be pretty delicious.

My kids don’t eat 75 percent of the food I cook. I made them homemade macaroni & cheese and they took one bite and begged for “easy mac.”

I’m a minimalist when it comes to ingredients. When I make five or six different dishes for tailgate spreads on Sundays, the last thing I want is a counter full of 50 ingredients.

I am not a chef. I am a mediocre home cook, but when it comes to tailgate style food, I’m an expert in putting together minimal ingredient, less expensive, delicious snacks. Pittsburgh Steelers...

“The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called yourself.” ~Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values In recent decades, we have moved beyond the time...