John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

Viral social media posts are warning about "exploding trees" during a major winter storm. The phenomenon, known as "frost cracks," is real but trees rarely explode completely. This is unlikely to ...

SEATTLE — Pumpkin or pecan? This holiday season, you don’t have to choose. Safeway chef ambassador Joel Gamoran shared his festive recipe for a hybrid dessert he calls the “Zombie Pie”—a mashup of ...

Amy Hosking bakes pastries for a living. But for Thanksgiving? "My mother makes all the pies the night before, and I’m usually not allowed in the kitchen during that time. It's her domain," says ...

Every time I am feeling a little too much, or sometimes not enough, I bake a pie. I bake a pie when I celebrate something, make a new friend, figure out something hard, go on an inspiring trip, and, ...

Kristen Fischer has written for numerous health publications, hospitals, and medical companies, and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Nick Blackmer is a librarian, ...

FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) — They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends ...

I love a good pie. Every year for Thanksgiving I make a bourbon chocolate pecan pie, which is every bit as decadent—and delicious—as it sounds. But it contains an ungodly amount of corn syrup and ...

Ahead of Thanksgiving, American-Statesman staffers conducted a blind taste test of five pumpkin pies from major grocers, evaluating each for flavor, texture and overall appeal. The pies were labeled ...

They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from ...