To celebrate our 20th year of publication, Cooking Light wanted to know what places best fit our philosophy to eat smart, be fit, and live well. Using statistics from such organizations as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Zagat Survey, we ranked major metropolitan areas on 15 criteria. The result, we think, is a ranking of U.S. cities …

Area residents broke up the winter doldrums with a Swing into Spring at the Taste of Home Cooking School Tuesday night.

A series of five classes on gourmet cooking, taught by renowned local culinary expert Ed McArdle, will be conducted at the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Moomaw Center on the main campus in Clifton Forge on Thursdays, March 13 April 10, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

[ An unattended cooking fire Wednesday afternoon at a southwest side apartment did little structural damage but Fire Chief J.D. Spohn said the "small fire" did considerable smoke damage.

SEVERAL cooking oil packaging companies in the country have been found to be short-changing consumers. The companies would fill packets which are supposed to contain a kilogramme of oil with only 910g of oil.

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