Seasoned Cooking: 9 October 2015 Announcements

The alarm rings and you stumble out of bed. Heading to the kitchen, you have only one thing on your sleepy mind: coffee. You know that the only way you can get through the morning - heck, the entire day - is to fill your mug and your soul with the rich brown hot nectar of the caffeinated gods.

Fall means cool-weather get togethers involving everything from apple-picking to tailgating. Party food like wings are always a favorite, but they can be a bit fussy. Skip the fuss and use your oven to make a big batch of sweet and spicy wings for your next gathering.

Sometimes, fall offers the perfect time to enjoy a great picnic. Instead of sticking with tried and true sandwiches, try turning to noodles dressed with a spicy peanut sauce and chock full of fresh vegetables. Sometimes, mixing it up a bit is just what you need to get out of a rut.

Fall means football and, for foodies, football means tailgating. And that means it's time to share that amazing blend of portable, decadent, and festive that find its way into the food that joins us there. Go, Badgers!

Sometimes life surprises you when it sets a challenge before you and you rise to the occasion better than you had anticipated. Sometimes life is hard and you are ready for that. And sometimes … the challenge just answers itself and you barely need to do a thing to succeed. We all need those challenges too!