Mash it, roast it, stuff it, soup it: there's only so much you can do with a winter squash. If squash, potatoes, beets and Brussels sprouts have become a tedious mainstay at your table, it's time to get out of your winter vegetable rut.
Confident with a latke recipe, I surveyed my spices. I immediately thought of one of my favorite Indian street foods, aloo tikkis - fried patties of spiced mashed potatoes and onions.
When health and nutrition expert Joy Bauer visited me on Mondays With Marlo, she told me that she is learning new facts about health and nutrition eve...
There are a number of delicious foods you can eat for the sake of your health -- but still, all too often, we hear complaints that healthful food just...
Making this recipe is a broader sensory experience than most others. Plums with brandy and cinnamon glisten as you sauté them on the stove top. Not long after your start baking the cake, the vibrant notes of saffron permeate the kitchen.
I've never really thought about what actually goes into a pumpkin ale. I guess, I thought it was just a blend of spices that gave the beer its signature flavor. Until now.
Tex-Mex (a cross between Southwestern and Mexican) is a super easy cuisine to play around with in your own kitchen, especially since it's fusion in nature and includes a lot of pantry ingredients.
Should I hide the fact that one of my favorite (and most requested) cakes is made with a mix? I don't care. The cake is delicious and I'm not ashamed of it.
I love Indian food and being a spice geek it is a complete inspiration to me. My Kadahi chicken is a North Indian inspired curry that is made with the simplest of spices.
The easiest way to integrating more exotic spices into your own cooking is by starting from a place of familiarity. What spices do you feel comfortable with now?
Most of the chefs I know love hot and spicy food. But the hot flavors get left outside with the street clothes when they don their whites. What's up with that?
While we all wait for tomato season to arrive, there are plenty of bottled Bloody Mary mixes on the market, and there's a version out there for everyone.
When you hear a new word, it can be difficult to make it stick -- particularly when it comes to the remembering the correct pronunciation. It's easy t...
Sercarz's custom blends are his form of loving attention -- not just to a client's culinary tastes, but to her cravings and curiosity; her past, present and future; her off-the-cuff associations; her mundane routines and dreams.
Beautifully serene settings coupled with a culture as vibrant and warm as the very sun that shines on Kerala's verdant land make a trip here unforgettable.
Usually when a restaurant becomes so renowned, one may question if the quality of the food and experience can live up to the reputation. Upon arrival, I was immediately assured that this was not the case, as locals and foreigners alike filled the vibrant room.
You know fennel as the knobby bulb you use in a poule au pot or, in small quantities, in pasta sauces. Or as the seeds in Italian sausage. As pollen? Probably new to you. It certainly was to me.