This week, follow along with chef Mitzi Stinson as she prepares chicken lasagna roll-ups.

JoAnn Brown of Maryville, Mo., shows off a massive cabbage grown in her garden.

Don’t panic, beginners. I know, the name sounds intimidating: Gemelli with Arugula, Mushrooms and Chicken Breast. Here, we’ll shorten it to Yummy Pasta. See, not so scary. Gemelli is just a fancy Italian name for short twisted pasta. Easy to find, easy to make.

Straw mushrooms, cultivated only in Asia, are grown on top of their namesake. They’re stronger than our common button mushrooms but fit perfectly with strong-sauced dishes, even beyond Asian varieties.

Nothing epitomizes the celebratory nature of sparkling wine better than the World Series victors showering each other with bubbly. Personally, I'd rather drink champagne than watch grown men spray each other with it.

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Critics weigh in on Beer Chips and Chip Shots Margarita.

What does a brewery known best for its incredibly hoppy beers do when the price of hops skyrockets? If you're California's Moylan's Brewing Co., you might just try a style that has largely been ignored by breweries -- an Irish dry stout.

Springfield readers test new products.

This week, chef Mitzi Stinson shows how to make glazed pineapple pork chops using a simple recipe.

Weekly food rail, with an easy beef-brisket recipe, critics weigh in on Astronaut Ice Cream, quiz on what a boilermaker is and more.

Chiffonade (shif-on-odd) is a French slicing technique where leafy vegetables or herbs are stacked, rolled and then thinly cut producing fine ribbons, often for garnishing.

Call it what you want. It’s still a Poor Boy in New Orleans. You don’t have a town without a signature sandwich. There’s Philly cheese steaks, L.A. fish tacos, Chicago hot dogs, St. Louis grinders, Miami Cubans. Then there’s hoagies, subs, torpedoes and zeps for the rest of us.

When I was living at home in Johnstown, Pa., I didn’t think about what my mom was cooking up. It wasn’t until I went to college that I realized my mom’s culinary know-how would win me friends forever. My friends marveled over my mother’s homemade pirohi (pierogies).

Rhode Island's Coastal Extreme offers tastes for every kind of weather.