Track-It Food & Wine

Here is a sampling of what I and 5,000 other registered dietitians learned at the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Denver last month: Read more

Each season has its own flavors. And I've found that fall and winter are filled with the warming flavors of cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg. Each of these spices has a distinct and hard-to-describe taste. Read more

Do dinner parties have to be complicated?

No, says this unharried host.

I'd rather have friends and family around the table more often and serve a Read more

Nov. 4--PHILO -- Sometimes wine tastes a bit richer when you know who's making it.

The Sterling family has been making wine under the Esterlina label, which is Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of seniors waved empty paper plates Wednesday to protest cutbacks in nutrition programs for the elderly that could eliminate thousands of meals for some of Oklahoma's most vulnerable citizens. Read more

Nov. 4--I'm not nearly smart enough to figure out a whole lot of things. Foremost among them: why half-bottles of wine haven't caught on in a big way. Read more

Nov. 4--LODI -- Lodi wine country is opening the doors of more than 40 wineries for a chance to meet local winemakers and savor a sample of the 2009 vintage during The First Sip, which takes place Nov. 14 and 15. Read more

Nov. 4--I always am happy to point out, preferably over a glass of wine, that our own Cucamonga Valley is California's oldest wine country, dating back to 1838. At its peak, during the 1940s, the region boasted 60 wineries and 45,000 acres of... Read more

Nov. 4--WHAT WINE GOES WITH -- meatloaf?

OK, that's not a pairing we think about much. After all, we're talking meatloaf, as in the TV dinner and cafeteria staple, not dry-aged Wagyu beef. Read more

Nov. 4--If you're the family T-day cooker, let the stressing begin.

You have to shop, with no money. Read more