Candied apples.
Photo: tibchris, Flickr.
- South Florida book clubbers are setting their tables to match their assigned reading, whipping up Jell-O salads in honor of "The Help" and making candied apples to celebrate "Water for Elephants."
- Readers rush to the aid of a Pakistani ex-pat seeking to recreate his late mother's carrot rice pudding.
- The Desperation Dinners team proves you can make faux maque choux in 25 minutes.
- Dried mulberries and melon seeds line the shelves at a Persian grocery store in Plantation, Fla.






