EDUARDO CONTRERAS / Union-Tribune Food styling by Anita L. Arambula

What's Inside What I drank on my summer vacation Country-style Steak is a tender tribute to Grandma Eggplant lovers will delight in this easy pasta sauce Bars long on convenience, short on appeal A tempting topper for ice cream Chocolate cake has a surprise ingredient Short on shallots Giving it up to celebrate critters More Food

Eight in 10 Americans use the same salad dressing most of the time they reach for a plate of leafy greens. Ranch is the top choice for men and women, Democrats and Republicans alike. Thirty percent of Americans 65 and older eat salads almost every day. Only 14 percent of people ages 18 to 34 tuck into a salad that often.

Cabernet franc (cab-er-nay frahnk); red What it is: The third most important of the Bordeaux grapes, behind cabernet sauvignon and merlot, it's one of the wine world's unsung reds. A genetic parent of cabernet sauvignon (the other is sauvignon blanc), it's most often found in Bordeaux or Meritage blends.

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