The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. That's beans, aka legumes, to you and me. They're a great investment: cheap, sustainable, pantry-fr...
Alice was our au pair from China, and when she joined our family she brought with her a slew of tasty dishes.
Our family fell in love with her complex fried rice, dumpli...
I loved every bite of the holidays and I'm not going to look back with regret.
I am, however, not going to continue eating this way indefinitely. And this salad is why I...
The first time I ate spicy, red chorizo sausage was at a Cuban friend's house many years ago. I loved the small, crisp slices of chorizo nestled among the shrimp, chicke...
Eggs for dinner! Talk about serious comfort food. And one of my favorite weeknight ways to prepare them is as frittatas.
A frittata is an Italian omelet, but one in whic...
The best New Year's Eve party I ever attended was a progressive graze of one appetizer after another all evening. When a dish came off the grill or out of the oven, we n...
Salad: The least loved side of holiday dinners.
Most salads served at holiday meals tend to lack inspiration and usually are made from lackluster ingredients. Our focus ...
It's the malleability of Christmas dinner that can make it so challenging to plan. Which is to say, choice can be intimidating.
At Thanksgiving, it's about the turkey. V...
So many flavors and aromas are associated with Christmas and holiday treats: peppermint, chocolate, anise and orange, to name just a few. In my family, the first and for...
Jazz up a basic pork loin
Holiday roasts — as delicious as they are — often suffer from slab-of-meat syndrome. Which is to say, you plop down a honking hunk of meat and ....
