The food can be very good especially the vegetable dishes and anything involving the house-made paneer, the pressed Indian curd cheese that is nicely soft and springy here. Moksha Indian Fusion Cuisine is an indicator of the welcome changes that are transforming the city's newest far-flung suburbs from endless miles of chain restaurants to richer mixes of ethnic and independently owned spots. Its fusion moniker is something of a misnomer: Aside from a few strained and none-too-successful...

It can also be used to make gravy for a hot turkey sandwich or a turkey stew (I simmer the vegetable chunks in broth, toss in diced roasted turkey at the end just to get it hot and thicken with flour or cornstarch) For me, Friday after Thanksgiving is the perfect time to let a pot of turkey pieces-parts, leftover gravy and some aromatic vegetables (carrots, celery and onion) gently simmer away. But instead of using calorie- and fat-packed mayonnaise on your sandwich, mix together leftover...

At one point, the Galvans also expanded into a second location in the old Heironimus building downtown, but a faulty air conditioning system forced them to move out in June 2002. Galvan blames slow business and unsophisticated palates for the restaurant's demise after nine years in various locations around Roanoke. Even after remembering that he hates peas, panicking and picking every one out of the filling, I still had the pie in the oven and baking before my doorbell rang. But business...

NEW YORK - Lead on toys was bad enough, but last week's recall of a toy tainted with a date rape drug threatens to turn into a lump of coal for toy retailers just as the key holiday selling season gets started. The recall of Aqua Dots comes just as the industry was starting to see shoppers return to toy stores after summer's high-profile recalls of more than 21 million Chinese-made toys with high levels of lead or dangerous magnets. But she reasoned, what could be worse than them...

And many in both camps are quite fond of a smaller bird that bridges the great turkey divide, one that glows like a jewel in candlelight and can be stuffed with candy, cranberries and soup. Depression glass dinnerware, hurricane lamps, lamp shades, perfume bottles, cigarette lighters, even lenses for automobile headlights all rolled out of the Smith factory. But making sense of it all was a challenge, partly because Smith only occasionally gave its products an identifying mark (since the...

Although the two college students planned to launch their own boutique after graduating, their plans changed the day they took a leisurely walk though Fig Garden Village and noticed Palm Chic was closing. Shoppers also can browse their Web site: www.shoppalmchic.com.coming from entrepreneurial families, Ridenour and Haron are no strangers to long hours, multi-tasking and personal commitment. Talk of extended hours first surfaced when Fig Garden began its expansion in 2005, with some...

The report says evidence that red meat causes bowel cancer is increasing and recommends people should have no more than 500 grams of cooked red meat a week. Dr Sarah Cant, policy manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "This report highlights what we've known for some time - that maintaining a healthy weight, taking regular exercise, breastfeeding for at least 12 months in total and limiting your alcohol intake can decrease your risk of developing breast cancer. The report, which...

Russia may ban wheat exports from January to help curb surging food prices, Kommersant reported, citing an unidentified Agriculture Ministry official. Spot prices for soybean meal surged to record 3,900 yuan ($525) a ton today at the major trading hub of Dalian on concerns the country's demand for livestock feed will outpace supply. reserve supplies of soybeans before next year's harvest will shrink 63 percent to 210 million bushels, the U. In China, soybean futures increased on...

Rick Rodgers, author of the cookbook Thanksgiving 101, simmers cranberries, a chopped lemon, garlic, diced onion, jalapeno pepper and crystallized ginger for about 20 minutes. Lori Powell, food director at Real Simple magazine, suggests picking up a can of chunky cranberry sauce (not jellied), then adding chopped fresh apples or even kumquats. Betty Crocker senior cookbook editor Cheri Olerud suggests dropping raw cranberries, a chopped whole orange, sugar and crystallized ginger into the...