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Eat your way around the world with this collection of fun summer reads.

The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows.

An explosion at a North Carolina food plant led to a roof collapse at the facility, and some employees are trapped inside, fire officials said.

The long twilight evenings of June inspire simple indulgences -- such as chilled wine, simple food, good friends, lingering on the deck as the sun sets. For something to go with the wine, consider grilled (literally) cheese sandwiches. No matter what the weather, warm sandwiches prove irresistible.

Eating and drinking in Europe is sightseeing for your taste buds. Every country has local specialties that are good, memorable, or both. Here are many of the fun experiences that stick in my mind after 30 years of travel.

Conjure your inner Martha Stewart and don't think of cupcakes as downsized cakes. Instead, imagine them as miniature works of art filled, frosted and festooned with toasted coconut, salted caramel and candied carrot chips.

Michael Eisner and his Tornante Co. have tapped newcomer Mark Hammer to pen a feature adaptation of "Bazooka Joe," the comic strip that comes with Bazooka bubble gum.

A US teenager thwarted as he tried to rob a shop with a concealed banana eats the "weapon" before police arrive, officials say.

The docile inflation performance reflected a second monthly drop in energy costs and a third consecutive decline in food prices.

Producer prices rose 0.3 percent in April, the government said, a faster rate than analysts had expected.