When the weather gets Herald Food Editor Jeff Tiedeman down, he cranks up the oven and puts in one of his favorite comfort foods -- a hotdish or casserole.
CHEF JEFF: Baked Penne Pasta Casserole
When the weather gets Herald Food Editor Jeff Tiedeman down, he cranks up the oven and puts in one of his favorite comfort foods -- a hotdish or casserole.

Fred Fancher also survived North Dakota’s deadliest blizzard, wrote the state constitution, and became a multimillionaire businessman.
With its soft and gooey center surrounded by a crisp exterior, kladdkaka is the perfect cross between a brownie and a molten lava cake.
"It’s easy to make assumptions about a person based on their outfit or their day job," Coming Home columnist Jessie Veeder writes. "I mean, my dad used to work in a bank and he also broke horses and played in a bar band at night."