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The Busy Home Cook's "Secret"

Nancy Cavillones | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Menu Planning, Home Economics, Every Day With Rachael Ray, Food Network, Cooking, Motherhood, Food, New Mothers, Parenting, Family Dinners, Style News
Nancy Cavillones

So, the "secret" is not really a secret -- it is a time-honored tool in a good home cook's arsenal. Are you ready for this? It's called menu planning. Painfully obvious, no?

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My Moveable Feast: Bringing Home the Bacon

Sophie Brickman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Dining In, Cookies, Bacon, Dining, Recipes, Economy, Cooking, Cheap Eats, Food, Culinary School, Style News, Style News
Sophie Brickman

When the economy tanked, my friends and I started cooking. It began a few months ago, when I offered to cook a bacon-themed dinner for my boyfriend on his birthday.

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How to Cook a Whole Fish

Chris Hall | Posted 03.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Project Recipe, Bon Appetit, Pan-Frying, Salt Crust, Fish, Poaching, Deep-Frying, Chris Hall, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Food, Cooking Tips, Style News
Chris Hall

A whole fish, in addition to being cheaper than the same weight in individual filets, is an excellent container for cooking (hey, look, it comes wrapped in a tough, scaly skin)!

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Gadget-Less

One For The Table | Posted 03.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Roommates, Kitchen Gadgets, Cooking, Utensil, Style News
One For The Table

While I am incredibly happy to have a complete set of silverware again, I have a newfound appreciation for my once seldom-used utensil.

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Compost in the City

Bridget Moloney | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green, Eco, Soil, Compost, Los Angeles, Bon Appetit, Bridget Moloney, Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Living, Cooking, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Cities, Cities, Green News
Bridget Moloney

In L.A., it is illegal to compost things not generated on site. You would think it wouldn't matter, but people have been fined for it.

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5 Easy Steps To Greener Cooking

Chelsea Green | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Cooking, Food, Green Living, Reducing Energy Use, Cooking, Enegy Use, Green News

There are many ways to decrease your carbon footprint by changing WHAT you cook for dinner: eat less meat, use local vegetables, grow your own, etc. B...

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Eggplant Parm is not Just for Vegetarians

Nancy Cavillones | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Eggplant, Vegetarian, Recipe, Home Cooking, Cooking Recipes, Recipes, Cooking, Egglant Parmesan, Food, Cooking Tips, Eggplant Parm, Style News
Nancy Cavillones

Don't go out and buy pre-breaded, frozen eggplant slices, slap some cheese and sauce on it, then serve it up. You can do better than that. Much better. Here's a recipe for you.

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David Chang: the Porcine Prince Respects the Circle of Life and Worries about the Future of Food

Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Esquire Magazine, Chefs, Ferran Adria, Big Tobacco, Small Business, Andre Soltner, Cooking, Ruth Reichl, Restaurants, Food, Alice Waters, Momofuku, Wylie Dufresne, Sustainable Farming, New York, David Chang, Green News
Louise McCready

David Chang: I'm not an economist, so I'm not the one to say anything about this, but it's going to be very difficult to feed everybody when America doesn't produce food anymore

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6 Ways To Green Your Range

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Cooking, Food, Green Living, Cooking, Green News

Turn off the Oven Early There is no need to blast your stove on high the entire time your pizza is in there. You can cook the food in the oven's resid...

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Heating Up the White House Kitchen

Tim Zagat | Posted 02.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Culinary, White House Food, Daniel Boulud, Sustainable Food, Martha Stewart, Danny Meyer, Americana, Obama Inauguration, Ralph Brennan, Alice Waters, Inauguration Food, Barack Obama Inauguration, Tom Colicchio, David Chang, White House Kitchen, Inaugural Food, Chefs, Lydia Bastianich, Michael Pollan, David Bouley, Rich Melman, Obama Food, Cooking, Inauguration, Sheila Lukins, Sustainability, Food, Inaugural Dinner, Style News
Tim Zagat

At a time when many Americans are overweight, the trim First Family should serve as models of healthy eating balanced with regular exercise.

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Ten Recipes for Each of Your Favorite Foods: Could this Be America's New Go-to Cookbook?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Sheila Lukins, Food, Silver Palate, Recipes, Cooking, Cookbooks, Living News
Jesse Kornbluth

Ten hasn't been in our kitchen long, but it's already muscled out some formidable competition. Soon, I suspect, it will be our go-to cookbook.

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Food Matters, and it Matters More Than Ever

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Sustainable Agriculture, Michael Pollan, Green Living, Sustainable Food, Locavore, Cooking, Sustainability, Green News
Graham Hill

Bittman's recipes are frequently 'flexitarian' -- that means they are good to make either with or without meat.

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Christmas Dessert with Jamie Oliver

Amy Ephron | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Jamie at Home, Apple, Cooking, Dessert, Baking, Food, Xmas Dessert, Plum Dessert, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Amy Ephron

Jamie Oliver thinks "fruit is lovely", he uses words like "drizzle" and you sort of feel like he's in the kitchen with you. We're going to try a version of a recipe from his new book at out Christmas dinner as one of the desserts.

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Defining The Holidays By More Than Just The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Blackberry, Holidays, Depression, Economy, Ice Skating, Walks, Childhood, Paris, Skiing, Central Park, Marche D;aligre, Ex-Pat, Cooking, Christmas, World War II, Food, Holiday Shopping, Rockafeller Center, Outdoor Activities, Economic Crisis, Holiday Cookies, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Commentary, Houston, Bank Closure, Ex-Pat Christmas, Christmas in Paris, Financial Crisis, Seattle, Living News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Turn the TV off during the next few weeks, don't check your email, and lose the Blackberry. Take a few days off and have some real vacation time.

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Simon Hopkinson's Poached Pears

One For The Table | Posted 01.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Simon Hopkinson, Holiday Food, Special Recipes, Food, Cooking, Fresh Pear, Style News
One For The Table

If you want to cook pears from raw, then buy them rock-hard -- which, I am convinced, is what the canny canners do anyway.

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On the Absurdity of Turning Vegetables

Sophie Brickman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Potatoes, Turnips, Cutting Vegetables, Cooking, Jacques Pepin, Vegetables, Food, Culinary School, Waverly Root, Chefs, Escoffier, Careme, Culinary Technique, Turning Vegetables, Tourne De Legumes, Brillat-Savarin, Style News
Sophie Brickman

The real purpose of teaching how to turn vegetables is to put culinary students through hell.

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How to Make Your Own Holiday Candy

Karen Leland | Posted 01.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Candy, Food, Holiday Season, Cookbook, Cooking, Chocolate, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Style News
Karen Leland

I'm a fan of candy and not ashamed to admit it, but I've always done the crunching and let someone else create. This holiday, I decided it was time to step into the confectioner's shoes.

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I Don't Cook

Erica Jong | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Happiness, Thanksgiving Commentary, Cooking, Thanksgiving, Style News
Erica Jong

Some years it was steak, some years it was my grandmother's home cooked meals. I never learned her amazing recipes because I had to not cook to be free. I can cook in my next life.

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Nothing Says Home for the Holidays Like Take-Out

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Home Cooking, Holiday Foods, Cooking, Traditional Holiday Foods, Baking, Take Out, Food TV Network, Food, Chinese Takeout, Parenting, Baked Goods, Style News
Marilyn M. Machlowitz

Home-cooking may be on its way to becoming an oxymoron. It may only be Baby Boomers like me who still feel a smidge of guilt at not doing it all ourselves.

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Ani Phyo's Raw Food Thai Kelp Noodles

Ani Phyo | Posted 12.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Food, Vegetarian, Natural, Whole, Green, Eco, American, Organic, Seasonal, California, Raw Food Diet, Show, Video, Wheat Free, Farmers Market, Korean, Weight Loss, Living, Superfoods, Recipe, Lifestyle, Vegan, Local, Gluten Free, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beauty, Cooking, Ani Phyo, Style News
Ani Phyo

Watch Ani Phyo make Pad Thai inspired noodles on YouTube. You can also watch it on the new VegNews Magazine website. For the recipe, please visi...

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The Tables Have Turned

Giulia Melucci | Posted 12.24.2008 | Style

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Romance, Brooklyn, Cooking, Dating, Online Dating, Food, Internet Dating, Masculinity, Femininity, New York City, Style News
Giulia Melucci

I like to be the cook in my relationships. When I'm not slaving over the stove for some boyfriend or other I'm not sure what I have to offer.

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Top Chef's Stephanie Izard on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark Bazer, Cooking, Hideout, Top Chef, Stephanie Izard, Interview Show, Entertainment News
Mark Bazer

Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard recently appeared on a talk show I host in Chicago at the Hideout called The Interview Show. Here is video of the interview.

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Feeding the Candidates

Liz Neumark | Posted 12.12.2008 | Style

Read More: Healthy Eating, Gourmet Cooking, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Cooking, Good Eats, Food, Presidential Candidates, Local Farmers, Locavores, Style News
Liz Neumark

This fall, within the period of a few weeks, I fed Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. First thing a good New York foodie will ask is what did they eat.

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Eats, Shoots, and Leaves? More like Shoots, Kills, and Seasons.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Seasoning, Shooting, Turkey, Hunting, Cooking, Culinary Schoool, Food, Nra, Guns, Seasonshot, Style News
Sophie Brickman

I researched and discovered that "SeasonShot" is, indeed, a product. It's tagline? Ammo with flavor. Zing. Palin country.

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Martha Stewart's Cooking School

Kelly O'Reilly | Posted 12.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Recipes, Martha Stewart, Economy, Cooking, Cookbooks, Food, Style News
Kelly O'Reilly

This is a hardcover version of the perfect mother, a comprehensive encyclopedia poised to become your apartment's version of those dirty old red and white tomes touting butter and beef Wellington that punctuated the holidays of youth.

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