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...
When I was in high school, my mom and I threw all kinds of dinner parties.
OK, she threw the parties and I helped with the cooking. Our go-to entree was veal scaloppini....
The first time I ate white chicken chili, it was wrapped in a burrito. And I fell instantly in love.
Of course, I'd always been a fan of tomato-based red chili, but the ...
QUESTION: When I watch cooking shows, they allow their spaghetti sauce to come to a boil. Doesn’t that break the sauce and make it watery when you plate it? It has alway...
Our crush on the fruit breeds a confusing array of products
Judging by the number of coconut products in supermarkets these days — beyond the flaked coconut your granny u...
