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Dinner Parties: Make Them Fun For Everyone
Cooking for dinner parties should be fun. If the occasion is a holiday, a birthday or a personal landmark, celebrating at home with a meal cements relationships with friends and family. But when...
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New Year Pantry Purge Blows Open Your Mind
When was the last time you cleaned out your kitchen pantry? I mean really cleaned it out? Sure, you try to stay on top of it, but the next thing you know you’ve got expired cans of tomatoes dating back...
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Fennel Granola Is A Wild Breakfast Treat
Granola is a marvelous vehicle for foraged seeds. When I harvested more than a quart of fennel seeds last fall, I never could have imagined that I’d have used them all by spring. Thanks to the delicate...
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Asian-Style Congee Gets Comfy With Summer Bounty
For many people the arrival of vine-ripened tomatoes marks the beginning of summer. But for me, it’s the mounds of corn at our farmers market. With countless ways to enjoy corn, one of the most...
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Rye Is Rising: The Age-Old Grain Spices Up Baked Goodies
Bakers are falling for rye, using the “it” grain in breads and pastries. Jennifer Lapidus of Carolina Ground, a flour mill in Asheville, North Carolina, ran out of rye last year and had to find more. A...
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Chefs Discover The Vegan Soul In Iconic Comfort Foods
In pursuit of a healthy cuisine, chefs are adding vegan dishes to their menus. Eliminating all animal products? That raises flavor concerns for some diners. Comfort food, says Swiss chef Olivier Rais,...
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Celebrate Breakfast With Zesty Polenta Cake
Cake. It’s what’s for breakfast. And why not? Some studies show that a high carbohydrate and high protein breakfast actually helps people shed pounds. So it turns out your Marie Antoinette breakfast...
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In Northern Italy, Polenta Commands Center Plate
When the young teen superstar Mozart arrived in the Trentino region to play his first Italian gig, they had to call out the guards to protect him from being mobbed by fans. The Justin Bieber of his...
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4 Quick Tricks Banish Boring Summer Salads
The grill is blasting away, people are licking their chops, and you’re asking yourself, “what sides?” A great approach is a salad, of course. But why stop at merely one salad? And too often that salad...
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6 Naturally Gluten-Free Japanese Summer Dishes
These days, many are choosing a gluten-free lifestyle. But artificially contrived gluten-free products such as pasta, bread and baked goods can be disappointing. With its rich tradition of rice-based...
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Mexico’s Best Street Food Treat Makes A Killer Salad
An abundance of corn in farmers markets is a delight and a challenge. Having already grilled platters of corn on the barbecue and boiled armfuls of shucked ears, it is time to invent another way to...
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Asian-Style Congee Gets Comfy With Summer Bounty
For many people the arrival of vine-ripened tomatoes marks the beginning of summer. But for me, it’s the mounds of corn at our farmers market. With countless ways to enjoy corn, one of the most...
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