http://www.post-gazette.com/food/ All Food and Dining en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:44:47 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015160-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Praise the lard and pass the apple filling! It's high season for pie making. If you've aways used butter or Crisco, this year, try lard. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015161-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml There's no way Bev Pounds is going to share the recipe for her famous turkey pot pies. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015171-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Although several of the region's farmers markets stay open up to Thanksgiving, they're almost all closed for the season after the holiday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015585-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml On cold winter days, nothing comforts like a bowl or mug of hearty soup. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015156-46.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml A quick glance at the menu at Holy Smokes! Cafe and it is clear there is something that makes this cafe different: There are no prices. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015159-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml It's time to get baking for the holidays. This year, Kitchen Mailbox invites you readers to submit your best recipes for holiday sweets that aren't cookies, be they cakes or pies or candy. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015163-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Keeping the crust crisp is the biggest challenge when making a pumpkin pie. Too often the crust is soggy. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015166-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml I recently had to cook extemporaneously, for an accomplished chef. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015167-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Swanson, of TV dinner and broth fame and with the big Superman-ish logo on its packages, has added a similar product to their line: Cooking stock. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015162-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml This week I join the club of those who mark their first Thanksgiving without the person who always was Thanksgiving: Mom. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015169-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml We like to think it's about family. But when the Pilgrims sat down with the Wampanog Indians for the first Thanksgiving in the autumn of 1621, it wasn't so much about the people as it was the English custom of celebrating the harvest by feasting on the fruits of their labors. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015157-107.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Crusty dinner rolls: Thanksgiving gives permission to let our inner master chef blossom by making more elaborate things to eat, including home-baked breads and desserts. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015576-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Go with Gretchen McKay and videographer Steve Mellon as they pay a lunchtime visit to the outdoor Wild Alaskan Grille in the Strip District Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1014877-34.stm?cmpid=fooddining.xml Robyn Gioia, a fifth-grade teacher at Bolles School, a private school north of St. Augustine, has a mission: Spread the word about the nation's first Thanksgiving. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500