Blustery winter days, when so much of the country is blanketed with snow, call for a hearty stew that can fill the house with wonderful smells and fill those inside the house with warmth and contentment.

Our requests this morning are also on repeat: vinegar rice, recipes and recommendations for the air fryer, and how to make best use of our new Trader Joe's.

Chicken soup has long been touted as a soothing home remedy for the annoying colds and body-crushing flus of winter.

When Dominick Lee was in elementary school in the 1990s, every year for Twelfth Night, the teacher would bring a king cake for the class to share.

Apparently, Chattanoogans do indeed like to be caffeinated.

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspects restaurants twice a year and grades the businesses on a 100-point scale.

Formative summers at the family farm helped set Wilbur Cox Jr. on his culinary path. But it was the women in his life who had the most profound effect on his career.

Nostalgia has a funny way of creeping up on us at times when we're least expecting it.

Good morning, companions at the kitchen table.

For me, one of the best things about going to IKEA has always been its Swedish food market.

And now come the regrets.

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspects restaurants twice a year and grades the businesses on a 100-point scale.

Hamilton Place has the lion's share of restaurants in Chattanooga with so many tastes from which to choose. So how do you pick the one that will satisfy everyone?

The tables were turned recently when I paid a visit to my daughter in California.

Good morning, January companions. Today's column inches will be filled with the leftovers of 2021 - and I happen to love leftovers.

Celebrate a special occasion with this honey whiskey sauce over tender steak.

There is an entire universe of alternative proteins that mimic beef, chicken, pork and fish. There's even a hunk of mycelium (the fibers that make up nature's fungal network) created to look, feel and taste like a chicken breast.

Not long after opening their first brewery on Martin Luther King Boulevard, owners Jay and Bryan Boyd started thinking of ways to improve the business by offering more services for their customers.

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspects restaurants twice a year and grades the businesses on a 100-point scale.

Anne Byrn is the author of 15 cookbooks, and her latest, "A New Take on Cake" (Clarkson Potter, 384 pages, $27), is the long-awaited follow-up in her popular "Cake Mix Doctor" series.

Restaurant customers can expect to see health taking center stage on restaurant menus in 2022, according to the National Restaurant Association and its annual What's Hot Culinary Forecast.

Welcome, 2022 companions.

Pausing drinking for a month after the excesses of the holiday season - otherwise known as Dry January - has become a popular New Year's resolution.