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Cutting up and skinning a butternut squash is kind of like carving a pumpkin. But a pumpkin is easier! Cutting the sillhouette of a witch and her cat into the pumpkin included. Sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving, I decided it was time to face my fear and try to make something out of this mysterious squash....More

The New York Times has reported that some City school meals probably had too few calories. Foodservice directors will not be surprised....More

"Is Sugar Toxic?" That was the provocative title of an article on the CBS News website a while back. The article was part of an ongoing meme in the popular press debating the merits of sugar. It's sort of an outgrowth of the debate over sweeteners like High Fructose Corn Syrup, which has been fingered as a prime culprit in the national obesity epidemic. Now it seems, its more traditional cousin, plain old sugar, is being caught in the guilt by association net as well....More

My initial criticisms of Pinterest (an online bulletin board) before I joined were the same as everybody else’s: It’s just pictures of clothes I’ll never wear, decorating ideas I’ll never do and food I’ll never cook....More

As hard as researchers have tried, it's been exceedingly difficult to take the fat and salt out of quality cheese without ruining its flavor and other key characteristics....More

Julia Child would have turned 100 soon, and there are all sorts of cool tributes going on. But I defy you to find a cooler one than this one on Slate via Laughing Squid....More

Whew! Burgers are here to stay......More

Here are some observations from articles hither and yon that I came across over the past few weeks that have some interest (and perhaps application) for FM readers…...More