What else is on your mind, in the back of your fridge, on the high reaches or deepest recesses of your pantry? Throw your questions and comments our way, and we'll do our darndest to get you answers that help you get the food you want, when and where you want it. What else is on your mind, in the back of your fridge, on the high reaches or deepest recesses of your pantry? Throw your questions and comments our way, and we'll do our darndest to get you answers that help you get the food you...

Washington is worried because white flower petals are already fluttering to the ground and the bees have not come to pollinate, meaning a poor crop could be in the works this year. Walter Washington, 75, of Kunkletown hangs out underneath one of his many apple trees that is usually buzzing with honeybees this time of year. Because of the lack of bee pollination, Washington is afraid his fruit trees won't produce anything for the first time in more than 30 years. With the bee shortage...

As oil and natural gas prices climb, upstarts such as Verdant and rival Oceana Energy co. are vying for investors' money and staking claims to America's coastal waterways. The freezers, cash registers - even the red neon "Bagels" sign - hum with electricity from the rip coursing up the East River. Tide power proponents are trying to catch the wave of money that's washed over energy startups as the price of oil has tripled during the past five years. Money managers such as Tudor Jones are...

Along support from tight stocks and increased export projections, wheatshould feel spillover support from corn, which is also expected to openstronger on tight carryover estimates, analysts said. wheat futures are expected to start Friday's daysession lower on follow-through selling from the overnight, bearish new U. However, new government estimates for tight ending stocks and spilloverstrength could inspire bullish activity, analysts added. Ending stocks for2006-07 were reduced 10...

All three novels take place in China, feature an American woman falling in love with a Chinese man in the course of her work there, and depend upon edgy intrigue. Mones developed the model for her novels after having been a textile broker in China for 18 years beginning in 1977, six weeks after the official end to the Cultural Revolution. The book has already been excerpted in Gourmet magazine, a coup for the author, whose Web site (www.nicolemones.com) features Chinese recipes, menus and...