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  • Cupcake marriage proposal at Cupcake Royale in Seattle

    This is a very heartwarming cupcake story...a man arranged to have these "Will you marry me?" cupcakes on display in the case at the Ballard location of Cupcake Royale and then popped the question with cupcakes.

    3 hours ago
  • Rescued teen thanks firefighters

    Bearing a cool treat for her warm-hearted heroes, a 15-year-old Edmonton girl thanked the firefighters who helped rescue her from underneath a minivan seven weeks ago.

    7 hours ago
  • Recipe: Irish Soda Bread

    Note: This is a version of white soda bread. If you use raisins, it becomes a Spotted Dog.

    11 hours ago
  • Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees

    The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table.

    16 hours ago
  • Rocco DiSpirito rehabs fatty comfort foods

    Rocco DiSpirito used all of his culinary tricks to slash calories from the 150 fatty foods Americans love in his new book, 'NOW eat THIS!' The 43-year-old chef showed that much of the fats and sugar in comfort food like macaroni-and-cheese and brownies can be replaced with ingredients such as Greek yogurt and beans without sacrificing taste.

    20 hours ago
  • Dressed Up Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

    Evenly layer each with tomato and mozzarella slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and top with basil.

    1 day ago
  • Chicken pot pie: Classic comfort minus the fat

    Chicken pot pie may be a classic comfort food, but it's hard to feel good about the amount of fat in most recipes.

    1 day ago
  • Let them all eat cake "" fresh from the microwave

    What happens when you mix eggs and flour, sugar and vanilla, baby food and pudding, a microwave, a mug and two preschoolers? The answer is definitely a big mess, but also, surprisingly, a little cake.

    1 day ago
  • Scones: an Irish treat

    Though I'm not Irish, I love St. Patrick's Day. And you can probably guess why: For me, it's all about the food.

    2 days ago
  • Sonic hedgehog gene found in an unexpected place during limb development

    Sonic hedgehog, a gene that plays a crucial rule in the positioning and growth of limbs, fingers and toes, has been confirmed in an unexpected place in the embryos of developing mice -- the layer of cells that creates the skin.

    2 days ago
  • Your future, a little early

    Find Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology online, every Tuesday, two days before it hits the Indy's printed pages.

    2 days ago
  • The You Docs: Healthy white bread? The surprising new food

    My taste buds really never have gotten into typical whole grain or wheat breads.

    2 days ago
  • How to ensure you are developing a world

    Understand the key specifications and parameters which are key an effective and reliable capacitive touch screen interface Planet Analog Anyone can bake a cake, but while some chefs bake dry, uninspired bricks of dough, there are other chefs who make cakes we would die for.

    2 days ago
  • Pretzel bread twisting up at restaurants, bakeries

    The smell of freshly baked bread wafts through Hannah's Bretzel, a downtown restaurant where the ovens are lined with rows of pretzel bread loaves that are sold on their own and used to make sandwiches filled with hams, cheeses and other gourmet ingredients.

    2 days ago
  • Celebrate St. Paddya s with healthy bangers and mash

    Tucking into a heap of bangers and mash certainly fits the St. Patrick's Day spirit.

    3 days ago
  • Runaway pigs life on the lam full of twists

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After evading authorities for several months, one of the West Side's most wanted has been apprehended at last.

    3 days ago
  • NASA to repair aging deep space antenna

    The deep space antenna that relayed Neil Armstrong's famous "one giant leap for mankind" declaration from the moon to a rapt American audience will be offline for eight months for repair.

    3 days ago
  • Researchers Say Fat Is Our 'Sixth Taste'

    It's a theory set to confirm why humans are so fond of fatty foods such as chips and chocolate cake: in addition to the five tastes already identified lurks another detectable by the palate - fat.

    3 days ago
  • The recipe we can't get enough of

    IT'S 5pm and busy Australian mums and dads are searching online for inspiration on what to cook for dinner.

    4 days ago
  • New & Noted

    Restaurant Week here March 22-28 Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week, sponsored by Greater Cincinnati Independents, will take place this year March 22-28. Details of menus and participating restaurants have not yet been released, but this event features three-course menus at a variety of restaurants around town for a modest prix-fixe. Hospital ...

    4 days ago

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