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Grilling with ease

Grilling with ease

Wrap up your Memorial Day menu to lock in flavor and aroma. Some food items are too delicate to withstand the searing heat of a grill.  Read more...

Lighten the grill

Grilled turkey burgers, more

Lean turkey appeals when seasoned in a way that allows the meat flavor to shine. Proper cooking will yield juicy results. For more tips on...  Read more...

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After warm March, April frosts devastate cherries

April frosts devastate cherries

The ruby-red sour cherry, the fruit of choice for a classic lattice-topped summer cherry pie, suffered from an all-too-early growth spurt in...  Read more...

A world of influence

A world of influence

Foods and dishes from Portugal have crossed and re-crossed the world, according to author Cherie Hamilton, who penned a book offering...  Read more...

Moral of a failed morel hunt: Enjoy what's at hand

Gemelli with shrimp

Season's first green garlic rekindled memories of a morel hunt. Wild onion inspires spring-time pasta recipe.  Read more...

Vegan brownies to bowl over the crowd

Vegan brownies

Bowl over friends and family with a tasty vegan brownie recipe.  Read more...

Mix your own sausages without the work or mess

Make sausage without the fuss
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

A festive stew
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Spring-loaded bread

Gluten sounds gluey, and frankly it is. It's the stuff that makes bread dough elastic and baked bread delightful.

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Tried-and-true wines

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Latin touch

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    Stuffed burgers

    Before you toss the usual burgers on the grill this summer. Before you endure the usual groans from bored burger eaters among family and...

    Symbol of the South

    Skillet corn pie

    As interest continues to grow nationwide in all things Southern food — restaurants, chefs, cookbooks — there's a "natural...

    Summer bounty makes a savory stew

    Savory ratatouille

    The French sure know how to create a tasty dish from the garden. Consider the healthy medley of colorful vegetables, rich olive oil and...

    Slow burn

    Barbecue brisket

    Grilling is high and fast, barbecuing is low and slow, or so the old saw goes about the differences between these two outdoor cooking...

    Bring on the tofu

    Fingerling potatoes with tofu

    Tofu is the amazing chameleon of high-protein foods. It can add a variety of textures and be prepared several ways: sauteed, steamed,...

    Kimchee's new chapter

    Kimchee fried rice

    Marja Vongerichten's new cookbook and public television travel/culture/cooking series share the same name: "The Kimchi Chronicles." The...

    A salad that won't leave you hungry

    Grilled bread salad

    Perhaps you're someone who finds salads a turnoff. They're "diet food," you say. They're "rabbit food." If eaten as a meal, they leave...

    Revisit the chopped salad with new twists

    Chopped salads

    Chopped salad could well be described as a buttoned-down version of a tossed salad. For while the latter can be something of a leafy anarchy...

    Caraway, aromatic herbs enliven split pea soup

    Vegan split pea

    Years ago Frau Schmitbauer, owner and chef of the inn where I stayed in Heidelberg, shared this recipe with me. I love that the caraway...

    Mushrooms impart earthy flavor to satisfying soup

    Barley soup

    I love mushrooms for their flavor, texture and meatiness. It's almost odd to say so, but mushrooms do have a texture and deep flavor that...

    Crackerjack bites

    Cracker bites

    The crunch of a cracker is a happy thing, whether it lifts up a gooey blue cheese or floats atop tomato soup or is eaten right out of the...

    Endlessly adaptable rugelach

    Buttery bites

    Call them rugelach or nut horns or cream cheese cookies. Fill them with jam or ground walnuts or chocolate chips. Nix the cream cheese and...

    Sweet treats for Mom

    Love bites

    This is a story about baking perfect sweets.

    In your kitchen, in your corner

    Buttermilk cake

    Maida Heatter appears on the front cover of many of her nine cookbooks, surrounded by sumptuous spreads of cookies, cakes and pies.

    Reach for the heights

    Pavlova

    Egg whites are the workhorse of the kitchen, providing the strength to bind ingredients, the power to puff souffles and the delicacy to...

    Spicy edge for Valentine dessert

    Chocolate mousse

    "Do I really need another way to make chocolate pudding?" I asked myself. I can make a vegan version by whisking cornstarch, a sweetener and...

    On the Lighter Side

    Dinner tonight: Savory trout

    Rainbow trout with flaxseed

    Dish yields savory, luscious trout that will have you going back for seconds.

    Shredding expectations

    Shredded beets with shrimp

    The idea for this recipe started with the salad, instead of the protein, as with most meals. Step back a bit, and it really started with...

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    Leah Eskin: Calamari fritter

    Words come in handy so often, we've decided to stock up. At breakfast, we click the vocabulary app. At dinner, we hand out points for usage....

    Baja at home

    Baja fish tacos

    We're having a fish taco moment. Fish tacos began life as after-work sustenance for fishermen in Ensenada, Mexico, became cool as the...

    Crunch is king

    Pan-fried fish delivers in taste

    Crispy-crunchy gets our vote every time. The combo beats out all other textures (yes, even rich and creamy). Perhaps that's why we can't...

    Slimming down the calories of Buffalo wings

    Boneless Buffalo wings

    As soon as the time comes for me to make my picks and fill out my bracket for March Madness, I have a problem. Being glued to the TV...

    Happy accident becomes a simple chicken recipe

    Simple, delicious chicken

    I often have trouble trying to reinvent chicken. It's particularly difficult with limited time and a 5-year-old with a picky palate. So...

    Ancient grain makes a healthy comeback

    Millet loaf

    Millet was one of the earliest wonder foods. Easy to grow and store in dry climates, the grain served as a mainstay of Chinese, African...

    Vegan pancakes

    Corn pancakes

    If you wonder why vegan recipes use such weird, "health food" ingredients, it's not to annoy you.

    Let salads make the meal

    Let salads make the meal

    Asked why her latest cookbook focuses on salads, veteran author and food writer Patricia Wells says the theme simply reflects the way she'...

    Couscous salad

    Couscous salad

    Vary a couscous salad with chickpeas using any fresh vegetables you like.

    Soup to the rescue

    Soup to the rescue

    The smart snow bunny who finds herself floundering on the slopes will pray not to be rescued by a St. Bernard but by the ever-dashing...

    Eat radishes from top to tail

    Radish-top soup

    The piquant, peppery flavor and crunchy texture of radishes make them a popular addition to fresh salads, but these root vegetables in the...

    Take a poundcake...

    Take a poundcake...

    Way, way, way down, near the bottom of the "List of Very Interesting Foods," you'll find poundcake. So-called because, traditionally, it was...

    No butter shortbread

    No butter shortbread

    It's always nice to have an ultraquick, ultraeasy cookie recipe on hand when you have a craving. Here's my latest favorite: A shortbread...

    Sweet potato rolls

    Sweet potato rolls

    A holiday table isn't complete without a big basket of fluffy dinner rolls. How else are you going to sop up the last bits of gravy? These...

    A boost for PB&J lovers

    A boost for PB&J lovers

    For strict PB&J constructionists, there are certain unwavering rules. The peanut butter is creamy. The jelly is grape (strawberry in a...