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As soon as Janie Ebinger decided to write her second cookbook, she contacted Tate Publishing, the same company that published her first book, “Simply Vinaigrettes: From Ancho Chili to White Wine.” Photo caption: Janie Ebinger displays ingredients used in her cookbook, “Janie’s Simply Entree Salads for Two.” Photo by Dean Musser Jr. | The Journal Gazette

Always a sucker for a new-to-me cooking class, I heard about the monthly classes offered at Il Fornaio restaurant in Denver and couldn’t wait to check them out. They turned out to be a terrific way to spend a couple of hours and get a nice late lunch to boot.

The macaroni and cheese, pork and chicken noodle soup your mom used to make is hitting some restaurants in Brooklyn – with a healthy twist.

The owners of Rosina’s, an Italian restaurant on Union Avenue, are negotiating an agreement to open a new establishment at the Bound Brook NJ Transit Station.

Jeff Cerasaro’s Pio Loco Restaurant is in its third decade in Redding.

Caterers on the island are opening a sit-down restaurant, while a popular seafood restaurant is adding catering services.

Fans of local chef Karl Benko may have been wondering what the former Peterson’s star has been up to since leaving the restaurant last spring.

It’s easy to love risotto, that creamy Italian comfort food that blends starchy rice and Parmesan cheese. It’s also easy to be intimidated by rigid recipes with dogmatic instructions for endless stirring and precise temperatures.While there’s a reaso …