Accelerated program will allow Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality students to earn 2-year Associates Degree in one year.

The accelerated program at El Centro College will allow Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality students to earn 2-year Associates Degree in one year.

Clear the Shelters, a nationwide pet adoption drive to help animals in need finding loving homes, will take place on Saturday, August 19. This year’s event hosts, celebrity chef Katie Lee and Beth Stern, stopped by the “Today Show” to talk about the initiative. They also brought along a few rescues from North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington,...

Former “Top Chef” Fatima Ali says she has a year to live. The 29-year-old underwent surgery to remove a tumor in January. However, Ali wrote Tuesday in an essay for Bon Appetit that the “cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone.” Ali says her oncologist told her she...

A new Latin steakhouse known around the world is already creating a lot of buzz in downtown Fort Worth, and it’s the first location in Texas.

As firefighters in Northern California’s wine country race to contain the devastating Kincade Fire that has ripped through more than 76,000 acres and destroyed 86 homes, a group of well-known Bay Area chefs have come together to feed the thousands of displaced evacuees and first responders.

The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow strict rules on everything down to bathing and using the toilet, scores that determine if they can leave. “Manner education” is mandatory, but “vocational...

The panel discussion will focus on pioneers who are unafraid to tackle new development in urban centers.

ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” is coming to an end after six seasons. The network said Friday that the comedy about an Asian American family in the 1990s will wrap with an hour-long finale.

A 57-year-old man was shot as he was getting out of his vehicle at his home in Dallas Wednesday night, police said.

An outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of structures, narrowly bypassing the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, while Northern California also continues battling resource-straining blazes. With California tinder dry and fires burning in both the north and south, the state was at the mercy of gusty winds, on high alert for any new flames that could run...

Firefighters are battling the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, California. The blaze began early Wednesday morning.

President Donald Trump says he will watch the Washington Nationals play in the fifth game of the World Series. Chef José Andrés, not the president, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Food dominates Oct. 18-20 in Dallas-Fort Worth. Dallas hosts the World Food Championships, there’s a Greek food festival in Euless and a food and wine festival in McKinney.

Parents at Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary get a bag of free fruits and vegetables through the Brighter Bites program. Now they are getting cooking classes through DISD to learn how to use those ingredients in healthy meals.

Parents at Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary get a bag of free fruits and vegetables through the Brighter Bites program. Now they are getting cooking classes through DISD to learn how to use those ingredients in healthy meals.

Popular chef Carl Ruiz has died, his restaurant confirmed on Sunday.

To help make sure you stay informed on the most shared and talked about stories across North Texas, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit 5 stories from the previous week and capsulize them in this digest with the most recent updates.