Area restaurants are shutting down their dine-in options and retooling to provide takeout or delivery services as a means to stay open and provide a way for their employees to get a paycheck.

Thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign, WanderLinger Brewing Co. plans to develop a new canning line, increase production capabilities and make patio improvements.

Chefs Charlie Loomis and Mia Littlejohn participated in a Times Free Press virtual event for subscribers only on June 11 that included a cooking demonstration by Loomis and the two talking with Times Free Press food and entertainment writer Barry Courter about the state of the food industry in Chattanooga.

In a typical year, Michael and Corrie Large would spend Mother's Day like millions of others.

Sheltering at home for nearly two months has meant cooking more meals in your own kitchen, which could mean both the supplies and the ideas for recipes are in short supply.

As restaurants begin to reopen, many of us will continue to choose takeout and dine at home, extending self-quarantining in spite of state guidelines allowing us to dine out again.

As the days grow longer and the hope, well, stretches, food seems to be more discussable and evermore welcome.

Jasa Joseph graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City, where opportunities for chefs abound, but the Dalton, Georgia, native chose to return to her Southern roots, accepting the position of executive chef at Walnut Hill Farm just over five years ago.

Asparagus has come a long way since the days of those cans of mushy green stalks. Now, it's easy to find fresh asparagus in markets year-round, particularly in the spring. You can't help but notice the bright green, firm stalks of asparagus springing up in markets everywhere. And there are so many different ways to prepare it.

Good morning, pandemic companions, you who are still serving up hope and joy and food to each other in these long hard days.

Easter is a time for families and friends to gather and observe traditions, like going to church, enjoying favorite recipes, sharing stories and participating in community egg hunts. But for the majority of Americans, this coming Easter Sunday will be the strangest in recent memory.

Your favorite place for a special meal won't be open for dine-in this Easter, but many restaurants are still serving up specialties.

There's something about the fresh clean taste of lemon that makes it perfect for a spring cake.

Good morning, faithful friends.

Is Hamburger Helper your new best helpmate? Is "Cooking for Dummies" back on the kitchen counter? Whatever the case, the coronavirus has changed the way America eats.

Usually around the week of The Masters golf tournament, I get requests for a recipe I ran years ago for Sandy Zitkus' pimento cheese.

Restaurateurs in Chattanooga, like others around the country, are having to rethink their business strategies, and many are reaching out via social media and their websites to let customers know they are still open, though not open in the typical sense.

A great seafood soup begins with a good seafood broth.

There's a lot of comfort in a bowl of soup. It doesn't even have to be the canned chicken noodle of childhood to evoke feelings of warmth and safety and nostalgia.

Whether you like cooking, love it or are indifferent to the task, most of us can agree that washing a lot of pots and pans after dinner is a drag. Wouldn't it instead be easier if there were really only one? One skillet or one Dutch oven, one sheet pan, one pot? Wouldn't that be great?

Do you go for the food and stay for the view? Or is it the other way around - come for the view and stay for the food?

As Buddy's bar-b-q in East Ridge continues to bring its flavor and fun to customers with the restaurant's savory dinners, specials and wings, regulars will be happy to learn that Buddy's popular Tuesday dinner is now just $6.99.

After Robert Barclift graduated from high school, his dad gave him an important word of advice: