Elementary and intermediate lunch nCorn dog, chicken sandwich, burger salad, macaroni and cheese, fruit cocktail and apple crisp and at the elementary broccoli and at the intermediate mixed vegetables. Junior high and high school lunch nBeef and bean burrito, salad combination, ranch dressing, picante sauce and pears, and at the junior high stuffed potato with cheese and ham, Texas toast, Mexican corn and chocolate chip cookie, and at the high school Pepperoni pizza, super nachos, chicken...

A team of a half-dozen people, including writers, photographers and pie bakers - but not Stewart - visited TreeMendus for three days during the gorgeous weather spell in early October. Herb's sister Judy happened to be here, too, and the San Francisco attorney helped him "negotiate a settlement" for use of their kitchen that included a subscription. Teichman said Wednesday afternoon that a food writer he knows gave Stewart one of his apples on her television program. Teichman's kitchen,...

Specializing in Caribbean and other ethnic cuisines, Lightbourne didn't start baking pies for sale until blueberries came into season in June and she had access to fresh fruit. With pie season rolling into high gear, she and assistant Robyn Hochschild have been baking pretty much nonstop, pinching perfect buttery crusts into shape and filling them with the recipes Lightbourne learned from her grandmother while growing up in the Bahamas. Cheese pumpkins have the best flavor, she said, but...

When the nomadic tribes learned the value of agriculture and settled into permanent living quarters, they started raising the same food crops (vegetables) year after year. Granted, there are few new vegetables, but we do have variations or hybridization of some vegetables, such as broccoli and various colors of beets, cauliflower and potatoes. By the Middle Ages, there was extensive vegetable farming throughout Europe, especially in the low countries, where farmers could readily sell...

Every oven is different; keep eye on loaves after 30 minutes because of the moistness of bananas, cooking time can vary. Salt may be omitted entirely, found no taste difference when omitted. Stir in mashed bananas and raisins. Instructions Cream shortening and sugar together in large mixing bowl. Add eggs to mixture, mix well. Add flour, soda and salt and mix well. Spray two 8x4-inch pans with cooking spray. Pour prepared batter evenly between the loaf pans. Test with toothpick or wooden...

That makes it sound like a simple case of a new name with an "under new management" sign in the window - meet the new Indian restaurant, same as the old Indian restaurant. The paneer kulcha, for instance, is stuffed with cheese in much the same way a cinnamon raisin bagel is stuffed with raisins: A little bit is sprinkled around in there, but it qualifies as more of an internal garnish than a filling. The ceiling and the tall windows are draped with yards-long saris, and the lights are low...