Something about summer makes us want to add tons of fish, preferably freshly caught, to our diets. Whether it's lobster-shack hopping in Maine or crab-cracking in Maryland, summer is the season of seafood.

Take that instinct home! A quick trip to the fishmonger is the right start. But then comes...

Saturday is Cinco de Mayo! While I can't vouch for the authenticity of any of these dishes -- I actually can't vouch for the authenticity of the Cinco de Mayo celebration itself -- if you're partying this weekend, you'll want to be cooking, too. Mexican and Tex Mex and California...

Lemon is a unifying flavor. Really -- can you name more than like two people who don't like a squeeze on their salmon, some juice in their tea, or a cool, tall glass of lemonade. You can't? Exactly.

These recipes -- from sweet to savory to snack-worthy -- all take...

The pantry dinner is for the hardy and the tolerant. The most gourmet among us can hardly be expected to make a dinner just of frozen peas and barley; white rice with soy sauce, scallions and sesame seeds; or pasta with olive oil and Parm.

If the refrigerator can...

Life has been busy recently. But then again, when is it not? We've all got a million projects on our plates (okay, make that more like 10), and the ability to whip together quick, cheap dinners has real value.

Look, most of the time we can rely on easy staples...

There are a lot of ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and drinking yourself under the table is only one of them.

Another one involves food -- Irish food, like soda bread, corned beef and mashed potatoes. But there's an even more elementary approach to...

After a winter of hard work, gray days and long, dark nights, we definitely deserve a trip to the tropics. Yet real life does not come with a built-in spring break, and all kinds of reasons (our budget, for one) can conspire against a...

I love a good salad, but I haven't always: a forkful of greens used to give me the chills! In my youth, I discovered that if each bite of salad were paired with a bite of something with a less...

Last year, our Oscar menu used the best picture nominees as jumping-off points for deliciously themed food -- whether puns of movie titles or directly related to the movie's scenes.

This year, we're skipping the uncertainty of cooking for mere nominees and creating a "best of" buffet that features...

Hooray! The groundhog saw its shadow here in New York two weeks ago. That doesn't exactly mean the early spring radishes or shoots of asparagus are out - though I did see a few snowdrops blooming the other day.

Yet our appetites have already turned the corner from winter. We're...

You know what's awesome? Cuddling up with your loved one on the couch. But on Valentine's Day this couple-y mainstay can feel a little old hat. So what should you do? Go out to dinner?

Definitely not.

Out, there will be waits, crowds and overpriced prix fixes.

No, what...

One of the foodie new year's resolutions I suggested for 2012 was that we all make more pancakes. Pancakes was really just a stand-in for any slightly involved, completely delicious breakfast treat though, the kind of delicacy that can actually make getting out of bed on a lazy weekend...

There's a reason why we dedicate an entire chapter to dips in our book: they're fun, they're filling and they're easy to make in Super Bowl-sized proportions. As the countdown begins to the big Sunday, we highly recommend factoring a few dips into your menu. While size does matter on...

If you're thinking about investing in a slow cooker or you own one but it's tucked away on a shelf, this week is tailor made for you. From Monday til Friday, here, on Small Kitchen College, The Naptime Chef , and the sites of our wonderful partners, we're...

Whether you're on a soup diet as part of your New Year's resolution to eat more healthfully or you're just committed to, er, liquid lunches for their warmth value, you'll need some variety in your bowls of soup to make it through the month. It's a long time til spring...

We're not the biggest believers in New Year's resolutions, especially ones that have to do with vows to go to the gym or to stop eating dinners over 500 calories. Most of the time, we're happy enough with our kitchen workout routines, and the comfort food...

For new year's, we like to host. Better yet, we like to co-host. We invite friends over to our apartments or to the convenient apartment of a willing buddy, make easy finger food, and toast all together at midnight. Then we drink, we dance and sometimes we go out into...

With the holidays near -- er, here -- holiday party season is in full swing. We're sure you've already labored over festive meals and decadent desserts to serve to your loved ones when entertaining at home. If you're still hosting, for New Year's Eve, perhaps, you deserve to take a...

With the exception of kale and squash, once winter comes, potatoes are it. Not that you'll hear us complaining.

Potatoes are brilliant, infinitely adaptable and even gluten-free. But if they're such a flexible vegetable, why do we spend so much time cutting them into cubes and making roasted potatoes...

Christmas Cookies! With just a few short weeks to go, it's time to start baking... or at least time to start thinking about baking.

Just the mention of cookies puts smiles to our faces. Between holiday parties and cookie swaps, we'll be eating our fill. The question is, what to...