May 4, 2000
Our mouse can't taste the Gouda
Online grocery shopping means giving up much of what we love -- and hate -- about going to the store.
Follow your fish fry with peach cobbler
Fish is news again this month, as is bountiful produce from neighboring Georgia. For shoppers looking for bargains, the two could be recurring ingredients on spring supper menus.
Food file
Special events and food tastings
New food dictionary impresses
NEW YORK -- Ever wonder what the difference is between soba and somen? (Two kinds of Japanese noodles.) Shepherd's pie and shepherd's purse? (Meat pie with mashed potatoes; herb in the mustard family.) How about fudge and fugu? (Yummy dessert; blowfish with poisonous innards.)
Fiber remains important in a diet
Fiber has suffered serious blows in the past year. Findings from the Nurses' Health Study published early last year and from two studies announced recently showed that those who consumed the most fiber were no better protected against colon cancer than those who consumed the least.
