Cooking

Real Food Rehab: 2 Simple Steps To Healthy & Delicious Meals

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


Dana Joy Altman

If you stock your pantry with high-quality basics and foods you love, you won't overspend on last-minute grocery store runs. You'll eat healthier and always be able to throw together a satisfying meal.

Baking Candy Into Blondies

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


Big Girls, Small Kitchen

I would wholeheartedly recommend using this recipe to enhance your next batch of blondies with treats, cut up into pieces, of course, if not bite-sized already.

10 Worst Dining Trends of the Last Decade

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Craig

The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Borrelli asked chefs, restaurant experts, and the owners of a food bookstore in Maine: "What were the 10 worst dining trends of the last decade?"

Real Food Rehab: The Flavor Bible

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books


Dana Joy Altman

This book is the kitchen improviser's bible because it lists all the matching flavor affinities for each ingredient! So say you have beets in your fridge and you're not sure what to do with them.

Dinner for 23--Part 1

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

Maybe I'm getting old. Maybe I've just done it often enough. Or maybe I am in complete denial. But it's the morning of the dinner and I only just now made a grocery list.

45 Food Essentials You Can Make Yourself (But Never Thought You Could)

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


There are many food items that people regularly buy that they could make at home; healthier, cheaper, and tastier. In days past people did not run to ...

A Spice You Can Find In Your Backyard Or City Park

The Atlantic Food Channel | By Daniel Fromson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


"Spicebush" sounds like something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss. In fact, the plant is a striking shrub that grows about ten feet tall, with glossy emerald ...

10 Things We Should Teach Every Kid About Food

Rob Smart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Rob Smart

We must find creative ways to reintroduce food in its broadest sense to children's everyday activities, starting with school, in order to close the knowledge gap between farm and plate.

The Egg and Cheese, Gone Fusion

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Not just Frenchified (the crepe), or Mexican-like (quesadilla), this egg and cheese receipe also resembles a spinach pie (Greek).

Before You Start Cooking: Mise en Place

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 10.15.2009 | Style


Craig

It's French and it means, roughly, "everything in its place", and it is the best thing from France since Pinot Noir. It can prevent disasters.

5 Essential Green Living Skills Our Grandparents Knew

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...

True Confessions of a Gourmand

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 10.08.2009 | Style


Charlotte Safavi

Gourmet is the latest glossy to fall victim to declines in readership and ad revenue. I can't explain this. I can only explain why Gourmet's circulation stood at 977,000 and not 977,001.

The Conscious Cook: Hit the Spot with Healthy and Humane Foods

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books


Wayne Pacelle

Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian, or committed meat eater, Tal Ronnen's book can help you down the path of higher-quality, good tasting, humane eating.

Home Cooking R.I.P.

Joanne Wallenstein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Joanne Wallenstein

It's been a tough month for cooks. First I learned that Sheila Lukins, beloved creator of The Silver Palate, had died. Then I learned that Conde Nast was folding Gourmet.

Pre-Fall Polenta Steaks

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York


Big Girls, Small Kitchen

As the days shorten, this polenta dish seems like the perfect meeting of my meals to come and those pleasures I will have to leave behind. I am finally beginning to crave rich risottos and dark, meaty stews.

I'll Trade You! Bartering is an Old Island Tradition Perfect for the New Economy

Susie Middleton | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green


Susie Middleton

It's one thing to see how well an old-fashioned idea still works in a small community. But it's even more exciting to see a concept like bartering take more than a tender toehold in the new economy.

School Lunch: The Challenges Of Cooking Real Food

nytimes.com | KIM SEVERSON | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green


Many advocates for better, healthier school food have begun to believe that the only way to improve what students eat is to stop reheating processed f...

How To Prepare 10 Tricky Fall Fruits And Veggies

thedailygreen.com | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green


Arguably fall's favorite (and most prevalent) vegetable, winter squash can be seen on seasonal menus across the country. Whether simply roasted with b...

On Making Focaccia

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York


Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Potato focaccia bread: not very hard and it really must be made.

The Health Benefits Of Sweet Potato

self.com | Posted by Merritt Watts | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


Did you know that snacking on sweet potatoes can help your skin stay clear, smooth and young-looking? The reason: Crayola-colored orange in sweet pot...

Chef Rocco's Crowdsourced Cookbook Takes Its Cue From Followers' Tweets

Associated Press | Michael Hill | Posted 09.11.2009 | Technology


The media savvy chef (@roccodispirito) is turning to the social networks to help decide which dishes he should include in his new book, devoted to hea...

Perfect Pulled Pork

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 09.10.2009 | Style


Craig

This process, which can take 8-12 hours or more, is the quintessence of smoke cooking. Lazy, slow, easy, fragrant.

Go Nuts: The Incredible Edible Walnut

Neil Zevnik | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Neil Zevnik

I had rarely thought about the ubiquitous walnut, beyond observing it in the occasional salad or enjoying it in baklava. Little did I know that its uses have been innumerable and fascinating for millennia.

Getting Saucy at Tomato Time!

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

Homemade tomato sauce has a taste of summer that just can't be faked.

Julie & Julia: Who's Cooking Now?

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Laura Baudo Sillerman

This is a note about what happens when a director in her sixties writes and directs a movie, about a young woman questing after the life once led by an older woman.