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The Academy Awards are on Sunday and if you鈥檙e hosting a viewing party, you might want to serve decadent bites to nosh on. If you鈥檙e looking for something you can prepare in advance, make blini.

I routinely get recipe or column requests from Times 91原创 readers and they can聽really vary. Recently, a reader asked if I had a good recipe for pork belly. Another wondered if I could provide strategies for cooking with less meat.

The Super Bowl is Sunday and the game is being held just north of聽Miami. If you plan to聽watch and want to serve a food popular there, make Cuban sandwiches.

When you first read the name of a recipe, you sometimes get the wrong impression of how it聽will taste That happened to me when I聽first saw a recipe for a French dish called poulet au vinaigre, chicken in vinegar.

Chinese New Year begins this Saturday and festive gatherings marking the occasion will continue until the next full moon. Enjoying foods said to bring good fortune is an important part of the celebration.

Last Sunday morning, I聽stepped outside for a moment 鈥� the wind was howling and the rain was coming down sideways. I聽hurried back inside and checked the weather forecast. Snow was predicted for later in the day.

Being curious about something inspires some of my food columns, and that was the case today. Last week, I was out just before 8 a.m. food shopping.

When the word 鈥測um鈥� is used in a soup鈥檚 name one might expect it to be pleasing and tasty. And tom yum soup is, but in this case, the word yum has a different meaning.

With a very modest income and four hungry sons and a husband to feed, my mom had a tight budget for preparing family meals when I was growing up. Things were even tighter after New Year鈥檚 because of the money spent on Christmas.

If you need an attractive West Coast-style main dish for a聽festive holiday lunch or dinner, bake a whole side of聽salmon. It鈥檚 not hard to do and when presented on a pretty platter, it looks impressive and very B.C.