In Ohio, locally sourced food is just minutes away
From our Dinner Guests Hank and Joli Fichter: "Having sources of locally produced food has changed the way we live... The resources are most likely within miles or minutes of your home."
Supper Club brings friends together
Janet Cassidy shares her Supper Club idea — a way of entertaining and socializing with friends.
Here’s What’s Cooking in Brenda Baker’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week One Reader's Kitchen Winner, Brenda Baker! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
Dinner Guest: My dad makes the best…
Since it's almost Father's Day, Annette Crowell credits her dad with teaching her cooking skills. Read more in Crowell's Dinner Guest post.
Comfort foods: Quirky tastes have their place
Those comfort foods you loved from childhood are some of the best, most dearly associated cravings we can have.
September is National Family Meals Month
Children who eat with their families tend to do better in school, eat more nutritiously and avoid risky behaviors.
How to make homemade spice blends
Homemade spice blends make great gifts, and they inspire home cooks to try new recipes.
Leafy Greens Suspected in Latest E. coli Food Poisoning Cases
Written by: Tracy Turner
I’m confused about the recent reports regarding leafy greens such as romaine lettuce. How is it that leafy greens can cause...
The language of love and table talk
From our Dinner Guest, Jennifer Kiko: "Time time spent at the table may change the course of someone’s life in ways we can’t even imagine."
Napkins? Give Me Two, Please
How do busy families instill table manners, and what happens when the mom herself is a food-dropping klutz? Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb confesses to always needing a napking or two.