The recipe came from Charlotte Gushue, who was a third grader in Gander, Newfoundland, when 38 airplanes were diverted to her remote hometown on Sept. 11, 2001, after U.S. air space was closed due ...

Bill O’Boyle is the Times Leader Media Group’s news columnist/staff writer. He has written for the Times Leader since April 2007, covering everything from municipal government issues, business ...

It was MT’s birthday Dec. 3 (happy birthday!) and I asked what she wanted to do. She opted for reservations at Toscano’s in Wilkes-Barre, making things pretty easy for me. Since we were eating ...

This recipe called for both, and Mark agreed with alacrity to go out and buy an appropriate red wine. That was very helpful of him, especially because I was devoting a lot of time to trimming ...

I made this for two of my brothers, Joe and Ray, and as we wound down and they were leaving, Ray brought up something I ...

<p>I’ve got to admit, gentle readers, last week I was a tad disappointed when Mark said the kale was hard to chew and my mom said the feta was too salty.</p> ...

I used thin-cut boneless and skinless chicken breasts for this recipe, and I strongly suspect the brine kept them from drying out, providing one of the best grilled chicken dishes I’ve ever served.

I visited the quaint town of Wellsboro in Tioga County for a short hiking vacation with my longtime pal Barbara from New York ...

The recipe for this tasty (if you like shrimp) and pretty dish came from a culinary mystery novel called ‘The Last Suppers’ and our test cook made a double batch for the newsroom taste testers ...

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Some very delicious beef-filled tortillas, including a simple and tasty cheese sauce. The recipe actually calls for using two tortillas, one smaller than the other, creating a sort of saucer shape.

When I brought sweet potato soup from the Times Leader test kitchen to the newsroom this week, not everyone loved the sweetly savory dish. But everyone seemed to relish the garnishes. “I’d ...