As an avid home cook, I try to pull out all the stops when I have people over. But the recipe that gets the most remarks (and the most copycats!) is so easy it’s hardly a recipe at all: paper ...

But are paper bags more environmentally friendly than plastic ones? The answer comes down to: how much energy is used to make the bag during manufacturing? how durable is the bag? (i.e. how many ...

But that's not the whole story. New forests grown to replace trees cut to make paper bags will help in the battle against climate change by locking up carbon from the atmosphere. Paper also ...