Sugar Is Back on Food Labels, This Time as a Selling Point

Sugar is popular again as U.S. food manufacturers are dropping high-fructose corn syrup, blamed for obesity.

Sugar Is Back on Food Labels, This Time as a Selling Point – NYTimes.com.

Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

Michelle Obama is planning the first such garden since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II.

Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden – NYTimes.com.

Fork on the Road Recipe: Uzbek-Style Pilaf

This is simple to prepare and feeds a crowd — perfect for entertaining. Serve it liberally strewn with sliced raw onions, with wedges of hot flat bread on the side.

Fork on the Road Recipe: Uzbek-Style Pilaf – Recipes & Techniques – MiamiHerald.com.

Fish with fruit a spring fling

What better excuse than spring fever to cook up something a bit out of the ordinary? Just swing by the grocery on Thursday to pick up provisions. (A crisp white wine and a spring bouquet would be nice, too.)

With less than half an hour of effort on Friday night, you can put together Tilapia with Fresh Pineapple Salad — perfect for parting ways with winter once again.

Fish with fruit a spring fling – Quick Meals – MiamiHerald.com.

Malt brings back drugstore memories

God, I miss lunch counters.

When I was a kid, I used to walk up to Murphy’s lunch counter.  To this day, I miss their ice cream sundaes and banana splits (Nothing better on a broiling hot florida summer day.)

I know Target has its lunch counter, but the selection just reeks.  It’s soda, popcorn, hot dogs … and that’s it.

Malt brings back drugstore memories – Recipes & Techniques – MiamiHerald.com.