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'Tis the season for giving-and accumulating random coffee mugs and paper weights.

Christmas time is here. And whether you're baking a batch for a holiday party, plan to give them as gifts or just want to enjoy them with your family, there's always room in your repertoire for a new cookie recipe-or five.

Cuisine: You don't have to rub a lamp with a genie at this Magic Lamp to take a joyous journey back to old Beirut with a menu of Middle Eastern favorites served in a fantasy setting at very reasonable prices.

If you know you are going to a party in the evening, experts advise eating a healthy breakfast and lunch.

Last week, Sharon in Redondo Beach was looking for a recipe for English muffin bread.

The birds have been keeping residents awake at night, and have been spotted popping to fast food restaurants for their dinner.

The problem with holiday potlucks is the travel factor. The season tends to inspire us to make fancy -- or maybe just fanciful -- foods.

After you've stuffed yourself with turkey and taters and gravy and pie and - of course - stuffing, you might be ready to do penance before the next rush of holiday calories.

The 14 senators and 73 representatives were awarded 100 percent scores based on their voting record on food-related policy issues such as global food aid, food stamps, farm subsidy reform, safety standards, the use of antibiotics and food labeling.

Ari Solomon, spokesman for the animal rights group Mercy For Animals, speaks Tuesday at a news conference in Milwaukee about the results of an undercover investigation at Wiese Brothers Farm in Greenleaf, Wis.

The holidays are a perfect time to gather friends and family together for a good meal.

Intrepid travelers need not leave the United States to find distinctive cities, spectacular open spaces and wide beaches to explore.

People should lose their sweet tooth if they want the best chance of keeping a full set of molars, say scientists.

By The Associated Press Another round of snow is in the forecast for the mid-Atlantic region, just in time for the morning commute.

Firemen's finest: Nearly 20 years after brothers Robin and Chris Sorenson, both former firefighters, went into the sandwich business in Jacksonville, Fla., the 700-plus Firehouse Subs chain is finally making its way West.

Macaulay Culkin is a child star turned musician turned member of a cover band that only sings about pizza? Yes.

ALEXANDRA, SOUTH AFRICA a?? Tucked behind a black steel gate and a partially collapsed cement wall with barbed wire sits Nelson Mandela's first house when he moved to Johannesburg in 1940.

Q: I hear that incorporating flax into my eating plan is healthful. I see flaxseed oil, ground flaxseeds and whole flaxseeds available.

Eighteen different grades of maple syrup are displayed in East Montpelier, Vt. Vermont lawmakers are considering whether to drop the state's traditional maple labeling system in favor of an international one.

That's according to Leo Moskovitz, who just turned 109. The northeastern Pennsylvania resident jokes that God can't find him because his name has never appeared in the phone book.