V8 Soups by Campbell’s: Garden vegetable blend, tomato herb, golden butternut squash, garden broccoli, sweet red pepper, Southwestern corn. Nonrefrigerated 18.3-ounce box, $3.19

Camp cooking utensils should take the least space possible in your pack. The classic in utensils is made by Coleman.

Morel mushroom hunters are boasters. Ask them for the best place to find the meaty fungi and they’ll either laugh at you or point you in the wrong direction. And later they’ll proudly show off their mesh bag full of morels, harvested in secret locations.

In Tunisia, North Africa, it is quite common to hear the expression “hoot-a-leek” throughout people’s daily conversations, which translates literally into “fish-on-you.” It is said to keep you safe from the envious. No matter which country you’re from, fish is perhaps the healthiest of all animal protein.

While France is the source of the world's most expensive wines, it's also home to some of the planet's best wine values from its less well-known wine regions. Foremost among these is the Loire Valley, an area wine guru Robert Parker describes as the "bargain garden of France."

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SJ-R staff tests General Mills Chocolate Cheerios.

Mozzarella is the quick-and-easy cheese, the one home cooks can whip up to complement favorites such as homegrown tomatoes, homemade pizza, eggplant dishes and wine.

Weekly food rail, with items on a book about whole-grain flours, an easy recipe for yogurt salad dressing, the latest from The Beer Nut, and more.

The beauty of lentils is that they are quick to cook. Unlike other dried beans, they do not demand the overnight soak or eight-hour waiting time to tenderize as do red kidney, cannelloni or black beans. After a short simmer, the rewards are immediate.

Reviewing Burger King's Cilantro Lime BK Big Fish.

I enjoy messing with bartenders. When they ask, “What would you like?” I pretend to muse for a moment and say, “Can you do Scotch and turkey gravy?” Or, “Give me a tequila and buttermilk, on the rocks.”

There’s a lot of confusion here. Napa cabbage is Chinese cabbage, but not bok choy. Its other names are celery cabbage, hakusai, wong bok, pekinensis and Peking cabbage.

Next week, potato recipes will be dusted off once again for St. Patrick’s Day. Unlike the day’s traditional cabbage and corned beef, potatoes remain crucial to our cookery. Worldwide, we eat about 73 pounds per capita per year, more than any other side dish.