My wife and I are trying to determine the perfect beach food for our 18-month old daughter as we prepare for an upcoming vacation. The qualities we desire are obvious: Easy to make, travels well, and no heating required. Another factor to consider is our daughter's burgeoning independence and desire to hold everything and feed herself. I was thinking how perfect a wrap would be, if I could just make it small enough and devise some way to keep it from unrolling. So I got in the kitchen and, after a few false starts, came up with what seems to be a great solution, and I owe it all to one secret ingredient: Edible glue. More

It's that time of year again, y'all! Yep, football season is upon us, and I'm busy dreaming up new appetizers, dips, chilis, and stews to carry me all the way through the fall. If you're like me, you have a few go-to appetizers that are simple to throw together and guaranteed to please. Yet I am still always in search of the new best recipe, and holy smokes, I think I just found it! More

Fika (pronounced fee-ka) is a Swedish custom, a kind of social coffee break where people gather to have a cup of coffee or tea and a few nibbles. Fika is such an important part of life in Sweden that it is both a verb and a noun. Do you fika? If so, tell us more about this delicious-sounding tradition! More

This summer I had a goal to take my lunch to the day job each and every day. Every two weeks I'd slip up, but for the most part my plan to brown bag it worked. That said, things got a little monotonous mid-summer. Leftovers and fresh salads are great, but what I really wanted was junk food. Chips, people, I'm talking chips. Enter Willamette Valley's granola chips. More

What better accompaniment to summer's fresh tomatoes, zucchini, and peas than pesto! And not just the classic basil and pine nut variety, either. How about sun dried tomato and Aleppo pepper or pistachio and lemon? Read on for more great pesto inspiration! More

While it's great to buy specialty products in-person from the maker, sometimes it's just not possible. (We don't all live near a food or farmer's market.) So to appreciate the full scale and variety of today's artisanal offerings, you have to go online. These nine marketplaces have you covered: More

Q: My grandchildren love those yogurt bites that you can buy in the baby food section of the grocery store. It seems like dehydrated yogurt. I've tried to duplicate the process, but have not had any luck with it. Has anyone else tried to do this?

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Chips and salsa are my go-to appetizer in the summer. While I make a pretty mean picco de gallo with summer tomatoes, onions and cilantro, summer is the time to experiment with different seasonal salsas. And why not take advantage of all of the juicy ripe fruit in season right now? More

My new crush may very well be shishito peppers with sea salt. I tried them for the first time at a restaurant a few months ago and now I've been seeing them everywhere! They're popping up at restaurants, the farmer's market, and all over that make-me-jealous-of-what-you're-eating app called Instagram. Well, it's finally time to put these peppers where they belong — muddled in an ice-cold margarita with a few extra for munching alongside. More