French fries. Photo: Ned Gerard / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Shared Dish is a he said/she said look at food trends, tastes and obsessions by features editor Eileen Fischer and design editor Lee Steele . This week our palates turn to that All-American side dish — French fries.

Contestant Edward Hunter was the first axed from the new series of The Apprentice last night.

Heinz ketchup is being sold in collector’s edition glass bottles at some retailers until the end of August, or through summer barbecue season.

Mississippi corrections officials on Tuesday executed a man convicted in the 1998 slayings of four people, the first inmate in the state to be put to death using a new drug as part of the lethal injection.

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Heinz brings back an American icon with the launch of a new collector’s edition of Heinz Tomato Ketchup, available in classic glass bottles. While the glass bottles can be found in thousands of restaurants across the country, they have been absent from store shelves for more than 10 years and are now back for a limited time. The limited edition glass

You can call the slow-roasted, hand-cut, hand-crafted, turkey or beef—lovingly raised in family-owned stockyards—slathered with homemade béchamel cheese sauce and piled into a chewy ciabatta roll along with a giant wad of hand-cut fries, a sublime gourmet experience. (Yes, the fries go inside.)

PORTSMOUTH — The Kitchen is all set to shake things up on Islington Street.

The worst thing you can do to a shrimp? Overcook it.They’re small, right? That’s why they call them shrimp. And they’re on the delicate side, too — that’s why they’re so delicious. So don’t give them too much heat for too long, and you’ll be fine.Surely, the fear of rubber shrimp is one of the biggest impediments to keeping so many people

The days when you had all day to prepare a nutritious, steaming hot meal for the family are, in the most part, long gone. But with a well-stocked store cupboard and just ten spare minutes you can prepare a child-friendly meal with added goodness

Yes, I’m a meat eater. I want animals treated humanely and have loving care and long lives. But I don’t feel I could possibly be a full-fledged food writer and not eat virtually everything. Food prejudices are not allowed.

There is no denying its place as a supreme spot for ice cream.

In some ways, La Fiesta in Clifton Park is a great place to bring tired, hungry kids, especially on a school night when there are time constraints. The carnivalesque decorations quickly cheer away the grumpies, and the staff doesn’t mind if little ones get up from the table to examine the wishing well fountain under the pinatas and groove to Muzak

News of a Five Guys opening in Los Angeles stirred a melee of feelings among Angelenos: intrigue, suspicion, hunger. But for In-N-Out diehards, imagine a rumbling of guffaws; puffed-up chests full of sheer loyalty to the very meaning of “animal-style.”

Do real chefs have an easier time getting their kids to eat their fruits and veggies? With tricks like these, they must. Check out these nine healthful and innovative recipes from chefs Giada De Laurentiis, Charlie Palmer and Jeff Henderson.

A hot dog shack worth the drive.

Mother’s Day always takes me back to my mother’s kitchen. Everything centred around the day’s meal, the delicious ingredients, the finished dish and the timeworn stories told over and over of my grandmother’s recipes.