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Freezing food keeps bellies full after harvest season

Over the last two months I’ve spent a lot of my spare time putting up food. It brings me joy now and through the colder months and provides locally grown food. I like knowing where my food comes from (local farms, mostly, not having grown much this year myself). To make a chili I don’t ...

Homemade apple cider isn’t easy, but it’s good

We have a bumper crop of apples this year — we’ve harvested many bushels worth and some are still on our trees, ready for picking. I had visions of swimming in apple cider. Well, maybe not swimming. But visions of pressing plenty. On the day I got started I only had a little time, ...

Don’t sleep on Insomnia Cookies

Cookies are easy to find. You can pick up a dozen almost anywhere, even at a corner gas station. However, the average plastic-wrapped cookie at a checkout counter is warm only for nefarious reasons rather than indicating a freshly baked state. Such cookies also require a special trip out if a ...

Tips on trying new foods with a baby

Trying new food with your baby. It’s a milestone that can be scary. It’s exciting. What’s the best route to getting your baby off formula and onto table food? My littlest one is turning 1 in just a few days and with that comes weaning off baby formula and eating more table food. I ...

‘Girl dinner’ is much more than a social media fad

by Leticia Miranda TikTok has been taken over by “girl dinner,” which is a cultural reference favoring no-fuss snack plates instead of a full meal. But girl dinner is more than just a social media trend; it reflects a larger shift in our eating habits that began before the ...

The Art Bar serves up edible masterpieces

“The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living,” 20th-century English chef Dione Lucas once said. Food, like art, has the power to bind communities together. The Art Bar of Morgantown embodies that concept. Originally called ...