Sticker shock at the supermarket sent me scurrying into the kitchen to stir up my own pie filling. I was making a meal for an ill friend and was planning to do a blueberry salad that she enjoys. It ...

There was a time, not too long ago in our culinary history, when we did unforgivable, unconscionable things with Jell-O. We called it congealed salad, of the savory variety, and — oh honey — the ...

There’s an episode of “Andy Griffith” where Barney watches a Glenn Ford picture and gets all wound up about how bad security is at the bank. Andy, with his charm and wit, tries to calm him. He says, ...