Can we all just agree that by 2013 we should be able to do better by green beans than dumping canned soup and fried onions all over them? Surely, there is a better way.
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Unless you really crave those accordion-like ridges or consider Thanksgiving a failure without hearing that classic shplopping noise, you have no excuse for resorting to...
One of the most stressful parts of hosting a large dinner party is figuring out how to time everything so all the food arrives at the table piping hot and at its prime.
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QUESTION: I have noticed that palm oil and palm kernel oil have crept back into some brands of margarine or vegetable oil spreads. Has palm oil been redeemed? Wasn’t it ...
QUESTION: How long can you keep home-canned foods?
ANSWER: There are two issues when you’re evaluating how long any food will keep: Quality and safety. A food can be saf...
This dish is my idea of a one-size-fits-all appetizer for the looming holidays, whether we're talking about Hanukkah, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
It's particularly apt fo...
Six months ago, New York chef Marc Forgione had hardly heard of fish sauce. Then he watched his chef-partner Soulayphet Schwader using it to flavor nearly every dish at ...
People talk about having drama in their lives like it's a bad thing.
Granted, no one likes drama involving teenagers, bank balances or cellphones dropped in lakes.
But w...
QUESTION: I buy big bags of limes at Costco. What’s the best way to store them? If I keep them in the refrigerator, they turn brown, but they seem to be moist inside. If...
It offers fresh take on veg life
In the bearded, Birkenstocked `70s, the Moosewood Restaurant in upstate New York was more than a vegetarian eatery. It was the standard-b...
