Five ingredients are all you need to create this entire meal.

Drew Brosseau thought Plymouth, Mass., was the perfect place to open a new brewery. And after a taste of Mayflower Brewing Company's beers, I agree.

The Legacy Brewing Company in Reading, Pa., likes to take traditional styles of beer and flip them on their heads. The company has just recently started distribution in Massachusetts.

Follow along with Simply Cookin' Chef Mitzi Stinson to make zesty Pulled Pork Sandwiches with cripsy Oven-Baked Parmesan French Fries.

Age-old jokes about hospital food notwithstanding, the Trading Post does receive a fair number of requests for recipes served in local hospital cafeterias. It’s not surprising. They serve up a wide array of soups, salads, entrees, breakfast items and desserts.

You’re at a cafe, and here comes your plate of golden brown, crunchy crustaceans, some of the best in town. How did they get this way? It’s no ancient Japanese secret: shrimp breaded with panko breadcrumbs.

There are many debates in the world: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? What is the meaning of life? And, not to be overshadowed, which goes better with food, beer or wine? A new book, "He Said Beer, She Said Wine," seeks to answer that age-old query while offering several ideas on pairing food with wine or beer.

I really want to move to San Diego. The weather is supposed to be fantastic and I've heard the people there are really nice, too. But most important to a beer geek like me is the selection of quality brews being produced by brewers in and around the sunny California city.

Your friends are coming from Los Angeles. All they talk about is the great food out there. You know the drill, “Oh, we put escargot on OUR scrambled eggs.” So you must hit the recipes and cook your brains out. I did Hawaiian pizza, Dick’s coneys, pigs in the blanket, stovepipe pasta with baked chicken and the thing they remember most, fried bologna and cheese.

It's a tale of two breweries - well, almost - when you talk about the Port Brewing Company.

Many words could be used to describe the Gouden Carolus beers brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker in Belgium: complex, flavorful, tasty. Only one word, though, truly does these brews justice: beautiful.

In these times of expensive food, we can look to the economies of Italian cuisine to save money. Italy has not always been a prosperous country. Your typical Italian family cook is an expert at stretching a food budget. It’s in their history. So we have brachole or brachola, one of the best things that’s happened to a little bit of beef. Four bucks’ worth will feed a family.

What is it about a food establishment that makes you want to return? Is it the quality of the food? What if the food is good, but the service is terrible? Do you return? What if the food is just ok, but the service is excellent?

A fine stew with a rich gravy and substantial chunks of meat and vegetables often helps get me through big winter storms. While I’m digging out, I think about a bowl of beef with warm, homemade rolls on the side and a pot of green tea.

Two California men, Christopher Burke and Jared Cotton, along with Mark Marion of Cambridge, Mass., have joined to film the inaugural episode of "The Local Brew," a 30-minute, documentary-style feature on the Stone Brewing Company of California.