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In Season: Artichokes are more popular than ever

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: 9:37 am

For artichoke lovers, life is sweet with a slightly nutty flavor.

Dunne on Wine: Napa merlot surprises judges at Texas competition

By Mike Dunne - Published: 12:00 am

In a word-association game, "cabernet sauvignon" just might prompt a response of "merlot" as quickly as it would "Bordeaux" or "Napa Valley." By history, tradition, culture and color, the two grape varieties are that closely identified. Many of the world's more esteemed wines involve both.

Sweet treat is the bees' way to please

By J.M. Hirsch - Published: 12:00 am

It's time to think beyond the bear bottle.

Selections that would make Julia proud as the 100th anniverary of her birth approaches

By Michelle Locke - Published: 12:00 am

Maybe it's in the way one cook browns meat, or another views dessert. Or it may be in the moments when a harried chef seeks perspective in the well-worn pages of "The Way To Cook."

Let's hear it for hole foods

By Judy Hevrdejs - Published: 12:00 am

Ever since you were a little kid, you loved foods with holes, bubbles, nooks and crannies.

Enjoy '60s dishes, drinks; cookbook makes many recipes healthier

By Tish Wells - Published: 12:00 am

The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Sixties Cookbook: More than 100 Retro Recipes for the Modern Cook

The Mailbox: Teri Watson

Published: 12:00 am

The Mailbox recently featured information on freezing lemon juice. Elinor Kniffin of Ripon thanked us for the instructions and had some questions: Will this method work for Meyer lemons? Can juice be stored in ice cube trays?

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Home and Garden

Seeds: Succulents give grower his days in the sun

Merlyn Lenear is a magician with succulents. He can fit a garden into almost any "container," great or small.

Health and Fitness

Bicycle advocates chalk up successes of Bike Month

In the eight years since the "May Is Bike Month" campaign began, area cyclists have ridden millions of miles while demonstrating that bikes are, among other things, an easy solution to complex problems.

Outbound

Most Tahoe campgrounds open in time for Memorial Day

Most Tahoe National Forest campgrounds – even those in the high country – have opened in time for the Memorial Day holiday.