Category: Cooking

The other day I had to introduce my father to my grandmother, a delight he had never experienced before. “I really like it,” he went […]

After watching TikTok about flipping pancakes , I wondered if I had been doing it wrong all my life. I turn my wrist, but I […]

Cheese selection should be the focus on the cheese board, but crackers should be a big focus. Maybe it’s a pack of club crackers you […]

Pickling is the ancient art of canning. Without it, many of our ancestors would have died of starvation or malnutrition, especially in the dead of […]

Lemon bars, citrus smoothies, lemonade and the like may seem out of place during the winter months. But when the sun goes down at around […]

I don’t know if I’ve ever had a bad spinach and artichoke sauce – it’s hard to make something unappetizing with that much milk and […]

The classic tarte tatin is sweet, stuffed with apples, and requires a little fiddling with the caramel sauce. It’s worth the effort when you’re looking […]

Cheese appeals to the crowd – an ideal product that can be sliced, melted, or otherwise turned into something more complex, such as a sauce […]

One of my favorite Christmas treats is a three-ingredient candy called Rolo Candies. (At least that’s what my family called it.) You take a mini […]

Not so long ago, vanilla reigned in the land of aromas. It is found in cookies, cakes and foaming shower gel. It is written in […]

Canned fish has been in vogue for a few years now, but the chic mostly extends to whole canned fish, which comes in neat little […]

As much as I love tofu , I have to admit that tempeh can be the real champion of soy-based meat substitutes. It has more […]

More than two thousand years ago, a motley group of Jews rebelled against their Greek invaders and reclaimed the Second Temple in ancient Jerusalem. Later, […]

When it comes to puff pastry, I’m equal, but that doesn’t mean all puff pastry is the same. Puff pastry and filo pastry are two […]

Marinated tofu is great, but getting tofu to actually absorb marinades is harder than it sounds. If you want the flavor to fully penetrate, you […]

Due to one gaffe that resulted in a broken left ankle, I stayed with my parents for a week because I am still – three […]

Making holiday cookies for the holidays doesn’t necessarily mean having six types of sprinkles or three different types of sugar. In fact, I find that […]

This holiday season, between cooking birds and grilling cheesecakes outside , I haven’t had much time to think about anything other than putting food in […]

Something about making a dessert that looks like fissile chunks of salted meat really works during the holiday season. This no-bake dessert is surprisingly light, […]

I love ham, roasts, potatoes and pies, but December is snack season for me. It’s time for textured, salty snacks, and the more of them, […]

Part of the job of a food writer is to write about things that are popular, because popularity leads to clicks, and clicks are what […]

Some recipes are easy to cut in half or thirds; one cup of sugar becomes half, or half a teaspoon of baking powder becomes 1/4 […]

Sliders, cupcakes, custard tarts, and piglets with blankets have one thing in common: they were all crazy ideas, miniature favorites that quickly became the greatest […]

There are a lot of ways to make puree , and almost all of them are acceptable (even, or even more so, the microwave method […]

You should never skip lunch, but when you’re working from home, it’s all too easy to succumb to bad eating habits. The perfect WFH lunch […]

Christmas is big food day. Cinnamon rolls for breakfast! Liquor in coffee! Champagne in your orange juice! Fried meat with crispy potatoes! Sauce for your […]

The best pot pies are homemade, but lazy pies are the best answer to cold weather and low energy. You have every right to eat […]

Tofu omelet is often the only vegan item on the brunch menu, and to be honest, it doesn’t do much good for me. A pile […]

I bought my first food processor when I was still in college, working towards a degree in chemistry that would be used much less frequently […]

There has never been such a variety of vegan milks, which is great news for people who don’t (or can’t) drink cow’s milk, and a […]

Now people are very passionate about their boards. I’m not going to comment on the viral oil board, only to say that it’s a perversion […]

I find muesli and other uncooked muesli frustrating and insipid. The nutritional benefits are a plus and everyone appreciates dried fruit, but I have a […]

In my house, I am the cook and custodian of everything related to the kitchen. But a few weeks ago I broke my whole leg, […]

During the average month you eat cookies, it makes sense to keep a few pre-cooked cookies in the freezer for when you feel like a […]

I’ve been working from home for about eight years and I’m still terrible at cooking my own lunch. I couldn’t do it before COVID, and […]

In December, my oven is ready for the biggest challenge of the year: baking cookies. Over the next three weeks hundreds of cookies will be […]

The mixes I’ve put together these days since Thanksgiving have given me a lot of insight. In particular, the idea that some products “combine” and […]

Some foods last longer in the refrigerator than others, and whether you follow USDA guidelines (which recommends throwing most foods away after three to four […]

It’s been a few days and this giant mountain of turkey is still watching you. You’ve cut down on a bunch of regular turkey soup […]

It would be too easy to forget about Thanksgiving and move on to the December holidays if not for that bowl of cranberry sauce that […]