Michael Ruhlman--cookbook author, blogger, and Cleveland cheerleader extraordinaire--once made me promise I'd never, under any circumstances, use cann...
I'm going to get right to it and hand over a very simple Seder menu that's gluten, dairy, soy, nut and egg-free.
Keeping warm in the winter can be a bit of a chore, but there's nothing like a little home cooking, particularly hot sauce, to keep yourself nice and ...
Here's a little tip: chicks dig risotto. Most recently, I recommended the dish as foolproof first date fare.
TWO THANKSGIVING POEMS BY BILLY COLLINS Reprinted with permission from "The Dreadest Feast: Writers on Enduring the Holidays" published by Stewart, ...
We say "What's the recipe?" when we mean "How do you do it?" And though we want the answer to be "Like this!" the honest answer is "Be me!" "What's th...
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.
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.
My late mother used shopping as a hobby. If she were still alive, I wonder if she would be looking for something else to occupy her time. It seems many Americans are.
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.
Is it possible to get someone to care about food? To put time into learning how to cook? And are the reasons a kid should care about food any different from why an adult should care about food?
Secretly, I could live on chocolate and coffee. But don't tell anyone, since I make my living writing about vegetables. And my darkest secret is this: My favorite thing in the whole world is (or was) chicken pan drippings.
For only $70 - $150 I could have bought a whole prepared turkey with all the trimmings from assorted suppliers, but this was for the sheer experience, plus it was incredibly economical.
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?"
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.
Men are very competitive, so try making up a fake race that's an unrealistic distance at some vague, incredibly far off time. He'll become obsessed with winning and training, and it will never occur to him to question a 400 mile marathon in Decembruary.
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.
Patti Moreno, also known as the Garden Girl, shows us all about green garden DIY on her show about urban sustainable living. In this episode, Patti sh...
With the economy still in recession, more American families are eating at home rather than eating out, but most aren't making hearty, traditional meals on the stovetop or in the oven. They're nuking.
LBJ's first state dinner was a barbecue in Texas for West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. No politician ever used the conviviality and informality of eating outdoors better than the 36th president.
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.
"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 ...
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...
For some people cooking alone is a chore rather than a treat, but those people don't know what they're missing.
Knowing that this is the time of year when everyone makes a resolution to eat better, and 90% of resolutions fall away after the first week, why not make it easy on yourself?
