For decades, not only have the food companies been selling us speed, so have the media. "That's what people want!" argue editors and publishers I've spoken with.
After negotiating with my bank account and my own limited counter space, I compiled a list of tools that would enhance my kitchen capabilities.
When your time gets out of hand, when your loved ones turn into strangers and your home life begins to crumble, I suggest you sound an alarm. Pick up a kitchen timer, and turn the dial counter-clockwise.
Few things are more frustrating than misplacing or never acquiring a treasured family recipe. T. Susan Chang struggled for many years to recreate her mother's apple cake recipe. As with most types of human trauma, the first stage was denial.
Most outdoor cooking goes best if you use a 2-zone setup. Even if you are only cooking hot dogs.
An outdoor grill may seem simple, but it is actually a complex cooking tool, and understanding how it works is crucial to making great food outdoors, and a necessity before handing your credit card to the clerk.
Chuck Hughes is an exciting inclusion in the Cooking Channel's inaugural roster because he represents the way that the next generation of celebrated restaurant chefs really look and cook.
Canning strawberry jam is a great way to preserve fresh strawberries (and other berries) for year-round enjoyment.
The BBC reported on Saturday that An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground bl...
I like an Apple Pan hickory burger as much as next guy, but when I've reached my grease quota and start craving clean, delicious food, I call upon Jenny and Heather Goldberg of Spork Foods.
The rabbit meat was fantastically tender and moist thanks to the protection provided by the bacon and caul fat. The chopped kidneys added richness an...
Open Season / Å-pÉn sÄ-zÉn / n. (pl. -s) 1 a specified period of time in the year when it is legal to hunt or kill game or fish protected at othe...
Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential, amusingly calls good culinary writing "food porn." He is entirely right. The language of the kitchen, with its "searing," "juices" and "drippings," is semi-erotic.
We're talking Southern ribs here, a style probably created by African slaves and as uniquely American as their other great contributions to our culture.
I caught up with Manouschka Guerrier, a chef on the show, to learn how one goes from cooking for your friends to privately catering for the rich.
My company publishes a lot of good cookbooks, so many I can't really keep up with them all. But the other week one crossed my desk that I decided to o...
In the grand scheme of creamy, cheesy Italian favorites, Linguine with Littlenecks, tomatoes, and corn is not such bad behavior.
Folks often forget that you can cook just about any vegetable on the grill. It's quick and easy, and tastes better than boiled any day.
Get past the pretty face, the famous former husband, and all that superfluous stuff. This native daughter of Huntington could be Jamie Oliver's greatest ambassador to the Appalachians and beyond.
To anyone who cares about food, yes, she is truly spooky. Yes, given a can of Cheez Whiz, she may rank among America's most dangerous. But can I fault her?
If you cook much, the value of the potted herb is infinite. It taste much better cut directly from the plant. And a small rosemary bush will run you around three dollars.
As a child I was unaware that the process of cooking and using food in the way we did at my grandmother's house in a small industrial city in Sweden would become completely chic and modern in New York City 30 years later.
When Anthony Bourdain wrote his acerbic, behind-the-cuisines memoir Kitchen Confidential, he had very few expectations for it, having written it mainl...
Michael Pollan On Safran Foer, Nose-To-Tail, Food Trucks, Salt, Sugar His Last Three Meals, And More (PHOTOS)
I came up with a little guide to navigating cooking and eating with the iPad.
