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Fried rice for summer

Explorer file photo, Fried rice recipes that incorporate garden-ripe local produce make high-quality dishes with low price tags.

Stir-fry Cooking Takes Flavor To The Next Level

Garlic Ginger Mongolian Chicken is an easy-to-create stir-fry dish thats light yet filling. (NAPS)

In Sonny's memory, workers are taking up cause for MDA

Explorer file photo, Sonny Kahler rolled into Fry's to shop, and to collect money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. During August, Fry's employees are soliciting for MDA in Sonny's memory.

Green Beans Among World's Healthiest Foods

Baked fries make it even more appealing to eat nutrient-rich green beans. (NAPS)

Wings of Freedom 6

Northwest resident Al Arreola hugs family friend Lee Fry after his flight on a B-17.

The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

The Wildcat comes with skin-on fries covered with shredded beef, the Lodge’s cheese sauce, black olives, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, green onions and jalapeños.

Food bank gets paid help to make rounds

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Gabe Contreras, the truck driver for the Marana Community Food Bank, weighs boxes of meat donated by Fry's grocery store last Thursday. On this day, the store donated 198 pounds of meat that will in turn be given to people in need through the food bank.

Peanut butter donation

From left to right are Vicki Sibley, Fry’s Food Store #689 manager, Linda Hampton, Marana Community Food Bank executive director and Romi Carrell Wittman, director of communications for TRICO Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.

Genghis Grill

A team of Mongolian chefs prepares many stir-fry dishes on the 650-degree circular grill. After cooking each creation, they add sauce and the starch each guest has selected to make for a one-of-a kind meal.

It's number one

Wendy Miller/The Explorer, Moved to take action during the Honor Guard presentation, T.J. Fry, 4, and family friend Jennifer Heintz pay their respect with a simple gesture that speaks volumes.

Food bank gets paid help to make rounds

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Marana Community Food Bank truck driver Gabe Contreras carts a load of frozen meat from a Fry's grocery store in Oro Valley last week. During his rounds in Marana and Oro Valley, Contreras makes his way to as many as 11 stores every day, picking up day-old food for the food bank.

Marana girls raised $564 in quake aid

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Jillian Gubler, Soraya Simi, Brandi Dierinzo and Kira Dierinzo sit at a table filled with hand-made bracelets in front of a Fry's grocery store Monday afternoon.

Food bank gets paid help to make rounds

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Gabe Contreras, the truck driver for the Marana Community Food Bank, loads boxes of donated food from Wal-Mart into the back of the truck. The store donated 252 pounds of food last Thursday.

Food bank gets paid help to make rounds

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, After nearly four hours of driving around town, Gabe Contreras unloads his truck of about 760 pounds of meats, breads, deli foods, produce, and other miscellaneous items from seven stores.