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:

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.

This week's restaurant report card.

Asking people to pick their favorite barbecue place seems like a simple enough question, right?

Saturday, March 14, is Pi Day; so-named because its date, 3-14, replicates the first three numbers of the mathmatical constant pi.

From the blooms opening on trees to the first hints of color in the garden, it's evident that spring is nigh.

It's Girl Scout cookie time and as you might expect, technology and a little marketing creativity have made finding them easier.

This week's restaurant report card.

When writing multiple restaurant reviews each year, it's easy to become jaded. It's hard to find something new and exciting — it's easy to feel you've been there, eaten that.

Like a lot of young people in love, Jeremiah Kinser used to find any excuse to be around his now fiance, Laura Tolliver.

This week's restaurant report card.

When someone asks if I want to do something after work, I first consult my calendar — of daily specials at my favorite restaurants.

Signs of spring are beginning to pop up across the city, and chef Anthony Frank and his staff at The Broad Street Grille inside The Chattanoogan hotel are planning ahead for Easter Sunday brunch, Mother's Day and more special meals to help make the change in season even sweeter.

Following the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, Blue Orleans owner and chef Michael Adams and his family made their way to Chattanooga.

This week's restaurant report card.