Christine Gable

Specialty: Slow Cooker/Crockpot, Kids' Cuisine
Education: Millersville University, Vermont College
Lives: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania


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More Box Lunch Ideas: Ten Sandwiches Go Meatless
Now that we’ve unwrapped a whole new year, the rubber really hits the road with getting back to the regular routine.  Sometimes I feel a little forlorn and let down when I open the refrigerator door...


Some New Ways to Welcome the Year
New Year’s traditions. We either love ‘em, hate ‘em or ignore ‘em. And yet from making resolutions to toasting the best that’s yet to come—or in whatever other ways you celebrate the arrival...


Historic Holiday Gingerbread
As you probably know, I not only love food and cooking, but am also intrigued by the history of food. For this Christmas column, I did a bit of research on the traditional foods and customs of Christmas...


Christmas Cookies With a Kiss
Baking cookies at the holidays holds many fond family memories for me. And it certainly is that cookie baking time of the year. From when I first remember watching my mom drop the teaspoonfuls onto the...


Kids' Night to Cook, Part II
Do Americans still consider family meals a high priority, even with today’s busy lifestyles? A recent survey by SuperTarget, conducted by Harris Interactive, indicated that yes indeed, they do. The...


Kids' Night to Cook, Part I
Just when I was wondering how I was going to get everything done—the idea struck: Kids’ Night to Cook. Would there be a way that I could give the kids first-hand experience in the kitchen and give...


Ten Tips For Leftover Turkey
It’s the perennial post-Thanksgiving dinner issue: what to do with all that leftover turkey?  Love it or hate it?  Ever think about getting your kids in on the act? It was just last year, when the big...


Teens in the Kitchen: Back to Basics
Much has been written about the challenges of the teenage years. All those hormones, all those neural connections forming and purging, it can make for some challenging times. Misunderstandings can happen...


A Look at Lunch: Thinking Outside the Box
Now that the school year is in full swing, many of us could use some inspiration for those inevitable lunches that we must take to work or class. Kim Kruse recently wrote with the question below: Question:...


Vegetable Oil: Food and Fuel?
Fresh-cut fries, apple fritters, funnel cakes. It’s definitely feeling like fall here in Lancaster County and I’ve had the hankering for a delicious deep-fried dish—maybe since it’s been fair...


Bubbling Witches' Brew: Scientifically Scary
Before kids, Halloween used to almost be a bother. It seemed like just another chore, to make sure that I had a basket of treats to hand out to the little ghosts and goblins. Fast forward thirteen...


Beware: Calling All Ghouls and Goblins
Warning: This article uses food in ghoulish ways. Read on at your own risk. It’s right around the corner. That haunting time of the year when you can transform your hidden, mysterious, more devilish...


Take a Bite Out of History
Hard to believe now, but history was my least favorite subject in school. At that time, history was textbooks: boring chapters filled with names and dates to memorize. It wasn’t until I was an adult...


Bananas: Simply Delicious
Fun fact: What is a bunch of bananas called? A hand. And how about each piece of fruit? A finger! Go ahead: Tell your kids to have some fingers for a snack and watch their reaction. And yet, seriously,...


New Food of the Month: Eggplant
It wasn’t a vegetable I ate as a child. And the few times I tried it at a potluck or picnic as an adult, I was not pleasantly surprised. And yet several times this summer my daughter noticed the smooth,...


Kids Who Don't Like Veggies
Okay, I’ll admit it: My kids thought it was odd that Mary Kate and Ashley were singing that if they were president, they wouldn’t have to eat their vegetables (in Our First Video, filmed circa 1993)....