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Pine youngsters Grace Vrana, 9, watches as Brook Johnson, 7, drills a hole for a syrup spout during a maple syrup-making demonstration at North Park's Latodami Nature Center.
Maple syrup season is late due to unseasonably cold days, but the recent rise in temperatures is giving producers some hope. (Today)
Wine tastings come in many guises. After decades of participating in verticals, horizontals, blind and other tastings, I thought I'd tried them all. (Today)
Our calling card may be our sports teams, but Pittsburghers also are pretty passionate about eating. In the weeks leading to Easter, that often means fish. (Today)
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Kindergartner Asher King works on a stir-fry at the Kentucky Avenue School in Shadyside last week.
After Asher King, a kindergartner at the Kentucky Avenue School in Shadyside, had taken a couple of bites of stir-fried brown rice with vegetables, he pronounced his verdict: "I loved it at first and now I still love it!" (03/08/2010)
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Red Chili, from "Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys," includes pickled jalapenos and beer.
When it's cold, dreary and damp outside -- as we know it in Pittsburgh, the month of March -- nothing beats a good bowl of chili. (03/04/2010)