The Twinkies shelves are quickly emptying across Arizona after Hostess announced it was going out of business.

MILWAUKEE - Hostess Twinkies are becoming the latest product remade and repackaged into 100-calorie snack packs, a product some analysts say could do well given that more people are packing their own lunches in the slumping economy.

At the risk of raising ire from fans and lovers of Hostess snacks, I have to confess: I have never been a fan of Twinkies, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, Zingers or Suzie Q’s. And I would say, outside of eating a package of powdered-sugar doughnuts on rare occasion, I haven’t touched a Twinkie or Hostess cake in more than 30 years. They were just too sweet for me, and I never liked the taste of them.

Let's not panic. We all know that Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder bread and the rest of Hostess Brands' oddly everlasting foods aren't going away any time soon, even if the food culture that created them is gasping its last.

Fondue has had more comebacks than Cher.

March 9, 2005

A few off-hand thoughts from a man who had too much pumpkin pie …

NEW YORK - Julie Andrews is going from "The Sound of Music" to hosting one of music's biggest annual events.

In today's competitive movie-star job market, you can't fault Julianne Moore for protecting her beat.

Foods that fool the eye usually are not a good thing. You know this is true if:

With a wife and two teenagers, Rafael Andrade says he is doing all he can to combat the rising prices of food and other grocery store commodities.

The smell of warm, buttery croissants greets guests as they arrive on a cool Saturday morning for a tea party at the Phoenix home of Tanja Sazdanoff.

The smell of warm, buttery croissants greets guests as they arrive on a cool Saturday morning for a tea party at the Phoenix home of Tanja Sazdanoff.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Like many Wall Street analysts keeping an eye on bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp., Morningstar’s Matthew Reilly would like to offer an opinion on whether the nation’s largest wholesale baker will emerge intact.

LOS ANGELES - Bob Barker maintained a smile on his face throughout the final show as he bid goodbye after 35 years as host of "The Price Is Right" and 50 years of daytime TV. But he got misty-eyed afterward while speaking to reporters.

Vincent Krug has washed cars, painted houses and cleaned offices. He's worked in a liquor store, a plant nursery, an organic wholesale bakery and a local luncheonette. Bicycle messenger, head chef for a sorority house, a private contractor fighting forest fires? Krug has done that, too -- all before the age of 30.

TORONTO - All 309 people aboard a jetliner managed to jump to safety before the plane burst into flames after it skidded off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm on Tuesday.

November 27, 2004

In an age of in-yourface advertising and rapid-fire TV images, there’s something comforting about toile.