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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

While I cook with butternut squash and other winter squashes all the time, when I think about cooking with pumpkin, I picture a can of puree. But using fresh pumpkin is just another take on cooking with hard-shelled, cold-weather squash.

NEW YORK (AP) — The English-language translators of an Italian collection of short stories and a French book of poetry have won awards from the American Literary Translators Association.

Shakespearean pop musical "& Juliet" is mounting a Toronto comeback as the big-budget Canadian theatre scene roars back to life.

Smushing a cheese sandwich in the pan leaves you with a crisp outside and gooey inside, says Mark Bittman in his cookbook “How to Cook Everything Kids.” You will need a couple cans from the pantry or a small heavy pot for this one.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Bittman has taught us how to cook everything — how to bake and grill, prepare fish and vegetarian meals and do it fast. This fall, he's targeting a different kind of home chef — the little ones.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

Stromboli is an Italian-American invention said to have been created in Philadelphia in the 1950s, but the dish takes its name from an island off the coast of Sicily.

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will travel to New York City from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockefeller Center officials announced Monday. The Norway spruce will be cut down Nov.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart isn't done skewering the news — he's signed on to continue hosting “The Daily Show” on Mondays through the end of next year.