It’s like something out of an old Rube Goldberg cartoon, a wacky contraption outfitted with various-sized wheels, leather belts and cross-bars, as well as a catcher bin, a trap door and a 1-hp motor.

The trouble with butternut squash at the Thanksgiving table is that we tend to be pretty unimaginative in how we prepare it. As such, the results often are fairly lackluster. It’s understandable how ...

"Have a sample. Fresh roasted peanuts!" calls the peanut vendor at the Beaverton Winter Market. "Start your day out with a nut," he adds, dropping a hot shell onto a waiting customer's outstretched ...

The aroma of freshly roasted peanuts has returned to a Bethlehem landmark. More than a dozen years after it closed, Matz’s Confectionery at 67 E. Broad St. has been reopened by owner-operator David ...

Oven roasters, known sometimes as electric roasters, are a remarkable bit of 20th century technology. They were invented in 1931 by -- surprisingly -- NESCO, or the National Enameling and Stamping ...

People in Oklahoma don't eat boiled peanuts. At least that was the consensus among shoppers at Conrad Farms in Bixby last week. "Oh, I wouldn't go that far," Bob Green said. "I know a few who make ...