Track-It Food & Wine

Attention, Thanksgiving cooks: Put down the can and back away from the countertop.

When it comes to cooking Thanksgiving dinner, you may be surprised to learn that a "can-don't" attitude will put more fresh food on your table as cheaply as opening a series of cans to create traditional side dishes. Read more

Few things are as sublime as a perfectly baked loaf of sourdough bread. But is sourdough really better for you than whole-wheat or white bread? And just what goes into it? Take our quiz to find out. Read more

NEW YORK — The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving -- meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified... Read more

Coca-Cola has partnered with a leading medical group to promote healthy soft drink consumption. Is there such a thing? Read more

I strongly believe that America's ingenuity and sense of fairness should be applied to the effort of eliminating childhood hunger in this country. The Department of Agriculture is deeply involved in this effort as we work toward a national approach... Read more

ALBANY, N.Y. — Forget the apocalyptic earthquakes and alien abductions on the screen, the real movie horror is the fat-saturated popcorn sold by some theater chains, a nutrition advocacy group claims. Read more

Nov. 19--Whether you are making Thanksgiving dinner for the first time or the 40th, it's easy to be overwhelmed by all the shopping, chopping and roasting. Read more

Nov. 17--Serving an impressive Thanksgiving dinner doesn't happen overnight. Here is a step-by-step plan that spreads most of the work over seven days. Post this plan on the refrigerator and check off things as you finish. Read more

Nov. 19--Thanksgiving is a week away, and I still have plenty of grocery shopping to do. I'm just not sure what I'm going to make. Read more

Nov. 19--It's possible to eat, drink and be merry during the holiday season and not end up with a belly like Jolly Old Saint Nick's. Read more