Linda Giuca

Breast Cancer Treatment Is Over; Now How Do You Get Back To Normal?

December 13, 2018 at 2:17 a.m.

A diagnosis of breast cancer often leads to a treatment plan that includes surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation and frequent check-ups. As the treatment takes place over time, a routine develops....

Cook once, eat twice

August 22, 2021 at 2:46 p.m.

Some call it "planned leftovers." Others call it "cook once, and eat twice." We call it smart cooking, an easy way to save time and energy -- and keep the...

No-Bake Rum Balls

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Rum balls are a holiday staple, simple enough for children to make. (They'll just have to wait until they are 21 to eat them!) The amount of rum is minuscule...

Coconut Snowballs

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Just as there is always room to nibble one more cookie from the tray, so too is there room to add a new recipe to the repertoire of tried-and-true family...

Miniature Fruitcakes

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

I almost hesitate to mention the "f" word in this baker's dozen of holiday cookies. Bring up fruitcake, and reaction is less than favorable. Some people sneer, others make jokes,...

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

In our house, chocolate chip cookies are good, but chocolate chocolate chip cookies are even better. We alternate between making the original Toll House recipe and making a prize-winning double...

Rudolph Treats

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

America's food companies have funneled many recipes into home kitchens. Rice Krispie Treats is among the most famous of these recipes created in test kitchens. At the Land O' Lakes...

Kifli

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Unless a recipe is a family hand-me-down or a cook is particular about giving credit, so many of the clippings and jotted recipes in our home files are marked "origin...

Raspberry Pinwheels

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Set aside a fair amount of kitchen time to make these beauties, but the results are worth it. Raspberry Pinwheels taste as good as they look. Both butter and cream...

Butter Pecan Turtles

August 23, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Chocolate, caramel and pecans: What could be more decadent? Butter Pecan Turtles will more than satisfy the most sugar-craving sweet tooth. Inspired by the candy of the same name, these...

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