Clear the Shelters, a nationwide pet adoption drive to help animals in need finding loving homes, will take place on Saturday, August 19. This year’s event hosts, celebrity chef Katie Lee and Beth Stern, stopped by the “Today Show” to talk about the initiative. They also brought along a few rescues from North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington,...

Former “Top Chef” Fatima Ali says she has a year to live. The 29-year-old underwent surgery to remove a tumor in January. However, Ali wrote Tuesday in an essay for Bon Appetit that the “cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone.” Ali says her oncologist told her she...

As firefighters in Northern California’s wine country race to contain the devastating Kincade Fire that has ripped through more than 76,000 acres and destroyed 86 homes, a group of well-known Bay Area chefs have come together to feed the thousands of displaced evacuees and first responders.

The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow strict rules on everything down to bathing and using the toilet, scores that determine if they can leave. “Manner education” is mandatory, but “vocational...

Brittney Shipp has Sabrina’s Cafe on her radar. The NBC10 meteorologist taste tests the popular restaurant’s super-sized stuffed French toast and gets an inside-look at the delicious recipe.

A “Top Chef”-themed eatery will open at the Concourse at Comcast Center ahead of the popular television show’s season 17 premiere next year.

In South Philadelphia, three families met over dinner to talk the business of cheesesteaks. NBC10’s Keith Jones sat down with the owners of Pat’s, Geno’s and Tony Luke’s. The three talked about their competition as well as their unlikely friendship.

ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” is coming to an end after six seasons. The network said Friday that the comedy about an Asian American family in the 1990s will wrap with an hour-long finale.

Kayla is bright and creative and would like a supportive forever family that helps her succeed in life. If you would like to make Kayla’s dream of adoption come true, contact the Adoption Center at 1-800-TO-ADOPT.

Personal belongings of Anthony Bourdain, including his chef’s knife and vinyl records, were auctioned off online last month — with incredible results and record prices!

The annual Step Out: Philadelphia walk to end diabetes takes place on Saturday at the Philadelphia Art Museum. There will also be viewing of the documentary “A Touch of Sugar.”

An outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of structures, narrowly bypassing the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, while Northern California also continues battling resource-straining blazes. With California tinder dry and fires burning in both the north and south, the state was at the mercy of gusty winds, on high alert for any new flames that could run...

Firefighters are battling the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, California. The blaze began early Wednesday morning.

James Beard Foundation’s Taste America is a traveling dinner tour visiting various cities. Making its stop in Philadelphia, the tour kicks off tomorrow night. Raising the Bar is happening tonight the Gala Dinner takes place Friday.

President Donald Trump says he will watch the Washington Nationals play in the fifth game of the World Series. Chef José Andrés, not the president, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Popular chef Carl Ruiz has died, his restaurant confirmed on Sunday.

Local chefs and artists will collaborate at the 10th Annual Audi Feastival to raise money for FringeArts in Philadelphia.

It’s called Restaurant Week, but the Center City celebration of three-course meals at enticing prices lasts for nearly two weeks. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle gives shows you what’s on the menu at the Liberté Lounge at the Sofitel Hotel, one of the more than 120 restaurants participating.

Could “Friends” fans BE any luckier? Those who have snagged tickets to the New York City Pop-Up experience based on the comedy favorite will get to plop down on the orange couch at Central Perk, play foosball in Joey and Chandler’s apartment and marvel at Rachel’s haircuts through the show’s 10 seasons.