Friends, food, refrigerator pals -- lend me your ears. I have come to bury you, not to praise you. The evil that you do lives after you, on my waistline.

Portland, Maine, brewery introduces extreme beers.

Find fun eggnog facts, along with a recipe for the holiday season

It would be hard to ruin a chicken breast -- that is until you’ve had one destroyed by a fryer. Nothing is more stringy, tough, dry, leathery and disappointing. There’s a better way, and our friends in West Virginia invented it.

With New Year’s Eve on the horizon, I’ll bet you’re thinking about appetizers to add to your menu. You can’t go wrong with a new hot dip or two.

Looking for a new recipe for a holiday treat? Try out some from Illinois cooks:

Our readers have a few suggestions for holiday food gifts.

Christmas is down to the wire, but there are still plenty of ways to whip together an economical last-minute gift or find a way to do some good for someone and warm your own heart in the process.

For 35 consecutive years, members of the Regas family have gathered during December for Cookie Day, a baking extravaganza that draws men, women, and children from near and far to help make holiday confections. On Dec. 13, 21 extended family members spent 14 hours at the Untch home in Jackson Township, Ohio, baking a mind-boggling 4,033 cookies.

Pizza, once a cheap, date-night snack, has become more expensive as food prices climb. You can spend $15 to $20 on a family pizza these days. The average cost of a homemade pizza is about $4, excluding labor.

Before you begin, follow these tips for baking cookies and if you're sending them to loved ones, how to get them ready for the trip. Also, here are some websites where you can find more cookie recipes and information.

You like wine, but aren't sure what to look for or wonder how to tell a good wine from a mediocre one. As with anything else in life, the key is balance.

If you want to make sure the craft beer drinkers in your life really knows you love them, the holiday season is a great time of year.

Follow along to create an enchilada dish in your crockpot. See step-by-step video and recipe inside.

Who doesn't love dessert? Every family enjoys something sweet, but it is hard to find dessert recipes that are part of a healthy diet.