During his stay in New York, Baltierra also said he took courses in how to make baking more healthy and enjoyed meeting other chefs working in the retirement industry. Joanna Larez April 25, 2007 Print Email Waldorf salad served with a chicken breast in walnut sauce, rice pilaf and fresh broccoli spears. Baltierra concocted an African lamb stew, which was judged not only for its taste, but actually analyzed for fat, sodium and sugar content, and deemed the most healthful of all the dishes...

STARKVILLE - Diners in Mississippi have long been demanding domestically produced catfish, and with the recent publicity surrounding possibly dangerous additives in Asian seafood, fish eaters in other parts of the country may likely start paying closer attention to where their next plate of fried catfish, baked tilapia, or even boiled crawfish originated. STARKVILLE - Diners in Mississippi have long been demanding domestically produced catfish, and with the recent publicity surrounding...

Historically speaking, such baroque food isn't the best indicator for a society's fate: Apicius wrote recipes for flamingo tongues and stuffed dormice shortly before Rome burned, and France's revolutionary deluge followed Louis XIV's marathon feasts by a mere few decades. Historically speaking, such baroque food isn't the best indicator for a society's fate: Apicius wrote recipes for flamingo tongues and stuffed dormice shortly before Rome burned, and France's revolutionary deluge followed...

Was Governor Sarah Palin's comment about "ridiculous" behavior in the Legislature referring to this type of skullduggery? And what of her instructions for the State attorney general to look into state violations in addition to recent federal indictments? Dear Mr. Was Governor Sarah Palin's comment about "ridiculous" behavior in the Legislature referring to this type of skullduggery? And what of her instructions for the State attorney general to look into state violations in addition to...

The state's largest inland lake, the 28-mile long and 10 -mile wide Lake Winnebago, became the fourth lake in the nation known to be infected with the deadly fish virus, VHS. Gollon agrees with the state Department of Natural Resources's emergency rules, but said he doesn't think it's necessary to expand them statewide if other lakes are not infected. Gollon said he'll know more next week, but expects minnow costs to rise 50 to 100 percent depending on how often batches need to be tested...

In the 1970s, Blue Earth County established the park on the lake, and Brush, Putnam and others began encouraging farmers who owned land around the lake to put in rip-rap, do other shoreline restoration and reduce phosphorus from getting into the water. But through donated labor and donated stones from farmers, the project was done for $130,000. Farmers were watching two rows of their corn field fall into the lake every year, Valient said. Catching fish, they answer in unison. There s all...