So how do you hard-boil eggs? Bet you’re like me and have done it wrong for years.

Two food critics weigh in on Kraft's aerosol Cool Whip.

Rice is a blank slate that you can color or flavor according to your whim.

I never know what we should do for Mother’s Day. The idea is to show love and appreciation for the woman who gave you life, made sacrifices to raise you and nurtured your dreams. What exactly can you do in one day to really show you understand what all that means to you?

The Ballast Point Brewing Company was sailing along just fine, for years happily producing beer that was popular locally in San Diego. Then, in December, the small brewery was named one of the top 25 American brewers by Beer Advocate magazine based on reviews from Beeradvocate.com users in 2007, and everything changed.

Add this to the ever-growing pile of proof that women are from Venus and men are from Mars: Even the way they cook differs. At least that’s the opinion expressed by some of the guys ready to show off their culinary skills in Saturday’s 100 Men Who Cook benefit.

For a memorable Cinco de Mayo celebration, you could prepare a multicourse Mexican meal, hire Mexican folk dancers and a mariachi band and, of course, hang a festive chili pepper piñata. You could do all that. But do you need to? Nah. All you really need is some tasty Mexican munchies.

Hot, humid locales always seem to have bad beer. I don't know why, but it just seems to happen that way. The Abita Brewing Company from Abita Springs, La., is the exception to this rule, brewing up some extremely flavorful ales.

Five ingredients are all you need to create this entire meal.

Drew Brosseau thought Plymouth, Mass., was the perfect place to open a new brewery. And after a taste of Mayflower Brewing Company's beers, I agree.

The Legacy Brewing Company in Reading, Pa., likes to take traditional styles of beer and flip them on their heads. The company has just recently started distribution in Massachusetts.

Follow along with Simply Cookin' Chef Mitzi Stinson to make zesty Pulled Pork Sandwiches with cripsy Oven-Baked Parmesan French Fries.

Age-old jokes about hospital food notwithstanding, the Trading Post does receive a fair number of requests for recipes served in local hospital cafeterias. It’s not surprising. They serve up a wide array of soups, salads, entrees, breakfast items and desserts.

You’re at a cafe, and here comes your plate of golden brown, crunchy crustaceans, some of the best in town. How did they get this way? It’s no ancient Japanese secret: shrimp breaded with panko breadcrumbs.