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"Scrambled Egghead"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 06.03.2012

Jerry Zezima

I've never had breakfast at Tiffany's, but I have had breakfast at Zezima's. And I can tell you from personal experience -- because I'm the one who has made breakfast -- that my eggs aren't all they're cracked up to be.

A Long-Awaited Answer to a Riddle

Gillian Clark | Posted 01.15.2012

Gillian Clark

Being called chef, they complained was arrogant. I was asked to soften it by calling myself Chef Gillian (or perhaps Miss Gillian would have been more suitable and I think with that I would then be expected to trade in my chef coat for a gingham dress and apron).

Cook County Is Opening Its File Cabinets; Are You Looking Inside?

Kyle Hillman | Posted 11.30.2011

Kyle Hillman

The much-anticipated Cook County redesigned open data website was launched last week -- let the floodgate of citizen activism begin.

8 Winning Burgers For The 4th

Food52 | Posted 08.30.2011

Food52

8 of our best burger recipes, and not all of them beef -- everything from the Classic Diner Burger to unique Shrimp Burgers with Roasted Garlic-Orange...

How to Make The Vanderbilt's Blood Sausage

The Daily Meal | Posted 05.25.2011

The Daily Meal

"When you first start making it, you feel kind of squeamish, but you get used to it and then you're like almost drinking the blood." OK, we realiz...

PHOTOS: 7 Ways To Kick The Plastic Habit

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

We need to break our dependence on oil, no doubt about that. One real culprit of our oil addiction is plastic. It's everywhere -- from single use pack...

2010 -- The Year We Begin to Respect Food

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.17.2011

Hemi Weingarten

If we pay a little more respect to food, we can reclaim the pleasures of dining, of family-time, and even cooking.

Rwanda: Healing with Livestock

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Danielle Nierenberg

Recovery is a word you hear a lot in Rwanda. Recovery -- and healing -- are also things I heard a lot about during my visit with Heifer International Rwanda. "Heifer is helping a recovery process."

Michael Pollan, Julie & Julia, Top Chef -- and Your Health

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011

Waylon Lewis

I do like to eat, but (as an uncivilized bachelor) I don't know how to cook or much care about cooking. That is, until Michael Pollan, told about the key to saving the food situation.

Creative Cook Feeds Homeless

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 11.17.2011

We asked for you, our readers, to tell us how you or someone you know is serving the community and you sent in stories of volunteerism from across the...