Health & Cooking News & Features

Step-by-step tips on how to start pressure canning.

Learn how to drink coffee like an expert.

Enjoy flavored oils? Learn to make your own.

Summer picnics shouldn't end with food poisoning. Learn about food safety in hot weather.

Learn about your microwave, including how it works, how to use it, and more.

Learn about freezing foods, including how to freeze fruits and vegetables so that they retain their nutrients.

Step-by-step tips on how to cook rice.

Want to find out how to can meat and poultry at home? Learn more about the procedures and tips on how to use pressure cans.

Learn how to start a veggie and herb garden, including beginner crops, set up, and care.

Learn how to make homemade jam and jelly, including tools you'll need, ingredients, and storage.

Looking for ways to stop throwing out food? Read on to learn ways to save food and fight climate change while you’re at it.

Learn about 8 ways to store food better and prevent food waste.

The premise is simple: A health care provider or a health insurance plan provides a ''prescription" for produce. Patients redeem it at a local farmer's market, grocery store, or a community-based sponsoring organization.

The muffins and mini-muffins are sold at Walmart, 7-Eleven, and other retailers around the country.

Low supply and high prices are forcing some to look for other alternatives. But that's not necessarily a bad thing for your health.

Chicken coops in backyards can be breeding grounds for viruses that pose a serious public health threat.

The investigators found that mollusks (such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops) had the highest levels. Mollusks collected off the coasts of Asia were the most heavily contaminated with microplastics.

Of the 15 brands evaluated, eight got the green light, four a caution light, and three brands a red light, based on information about antibiotic use in the turkeys found on the companies' websites.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the program helped almost 100 million people in 88 countries in 2019, although the committee said 135 million people around the world faced acute hunger in 2019. War and armed conflict are contributing to an increase in need.

Kebab has come to mean any food cooked on a skewer over hot coals. See tips for getting kebabs right.

Throwing a Super Bowl party? You don't have to do all the work on game day.

Who’s to blame for the always-changing rules for healthy eating? Food science, the media, the food industry, and nutrition "gurus" all play a part. But it’s also kind of your fault.

One lot of 5-pack Mini Chocolate Chip Entenmann's Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies has been recalled because there may be plastic pieces in the packages, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. says.

Although people 18-38 are the biggest consumers of energy drinks, almost one-third of teens ages 12-17 use them on a regular basis.

They claim to make vegan burgers that would satisfy even a sworn carnivore. They also aim to save the planet by reducing the environmental impact of cattle farming. And, they’re becoming big business.