“Without bread, everybody’s an orphan.” This Italian observation is centuries old. James Beard takes a modern stab at it: “Bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods.” That is, if you bake your own.

Critics test Milky Way Simply Caramel.

This is the aromatic flavors of wine lingering after drinking.

Garlic, planted in autumn before a long, cold winter, shoots to life with wild exuberance each spring, leaping, coiling and twisting to life. The long, writhing garlic stems are snipped off by farmers to boost growth of the bulb. Many farmers simply compost the curly stems, called garlic scapes. Other farmers take them to market, but their challenge is not just selling scapes but explaining them. Massed together, scapes look like a pit of unruly snakes.

My goal is to educate wine drinkers and those new to wine to the wonders of this marvelous potion. Let's review some of the highlights of my wine philosophy.

Boston often gets overlooked when it comes to discussions about the best beer cities in the U.S., but last week's Boston Beer Week gave the Hub a chance to showcase why it really is a great place to grab a pint.

The only thing better than a blueberry dessert is an easy blueberry dessert.

While the U.S. local food movement picks up market share, the amount of items arriving for grocery produce shelves from all over the world also is increasing. "We definitely have a global food system," said Rich Pirog, associate director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.

If you love Asian food and you love burgers, this is the recipe for you. It’s a crowd-pleaser, even for kids.

A review of Hot Pockets Sideshots Mini Cheeseburgers, an easy recipe for fruit pies, tips for making baking healthier, and more.

There are better ways to select a wine than simply picking the one with a cute animal on the label. If you’re looking to stock your home or bring the right bottle to a dinner party, here are a few things to keep in mind.

I set out on a journey to explore this alluring and mysterious grape by scrutinizing my past tasting notes and, of course, tasting a lot of wines in the process.

Best Dish highlights the favorite recipes of home cooks.

According to the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA), a nonprofit group in the United States and Canada and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, community gardening “improves people’s quality of life by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education.”

This cook’s secrets to granola pancakes are simple but take practice. The idea is to melt the butter in a medium-size skillet that determines the size of the pancake. Then he adds granola, letting it sit in the hot pan a few minutes before pouring on the batter.