Brr! It was a cold weekend in the Adirondacks. When the weather chills, we crave wholesome, starchy food. Enter chili, with bold spices and fresh flavor. Chili is always a crowd pleaser — and everyone has a unique recipe. Vegetarian, vegan, paleo, meat — they’re all different. Even the ...

Its Flu Season, and time for Chicken Soup. At my house in winter, chicken soup was known as Jewish Penicillin and was most often served when someone was sick. For variety, it was made with egg noodles or matzo balls. A steaming bowl of chicken soup always makes you feel better! My Italian ...

Whatever you celebrate, the holiday season is behind us. It’s time to put away all the cookies and sugary sweets and return to a healthier, more sensible way of eating: more greens and veggies, fewer carbs, a little protein from fish, eggs, pulses (beans, peas and lentils) and maybe a ...

Epiphany concludes the Christmas holiday season. Also known as the Twelfth Day of Christmas, this day commemorates the day the Three Kings from the East arrived in Bethlehem, bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Most European countries have traditional sweets for Epiphany. ...

I’m glad the days are slowly getting longer and brighter. The busyness of shopping, decorating, cooking is over. The week between Christmas and New Year is a time of rest, reflection and change. A time to reset, look in the mirror, plan for the future. These are dark days. Goodness and ...

My Mom grew up during the 1930s in a secular home. She had little concept of special holidays or religious celebrations of any type. When she was four, walking to the market with her nanny on a cold December day, they stopped at her fiance’s home, where she was mesmerized by the sight and ...