Susan Knapp left a cushy job in corporate marketing in 2003 to start her own business selling homemade pear sauces, oils, marinades and jam. Last year, her Napa company, a Perfect Pear, had 19 ...

Jams are always delicious. Even better when they match the season with their fruits and spices. A good example: our Christmas-spiced pear jam. With the addition of cinnamon, cloves, and star anise, ...

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. On Sept. 1, 1949, a feature called "Readers' Requests" debuted and ran for nine weeks at which point it was ...