A taste of Greece in a casserole
Moussaka, a layered eggplant casserole, is traditional fare at every Greek taverna.
Making moussaka brings back memories of delightful ev...
QUESTION: All of my cookie recipes call for sticks of margarine (AKA oleo). Can I use oil instead?
ANSWER: Oil, margarine and butter aren’t interchangeable in baking.
Bu...
Learn to love the 'other' mashed potato
As a kid I never much cared for parsnips. My dad was wild about them, but I was unmoved, figuring that if they were white and ende...
For this Thanksgiving pie, we decided to see what would happen if we transformed that classic treat of autumn — the caramel apple — into a pie. The result was a crazy go...
Children don't care if you've slaved hours over the Thanksgiving turkey. And they certainly don't appreciate the nuanced layers of flavor you once extracted from the bir...
If you start roasting a 14-pound turkey at 375 degrees at 7 a.m. and need to feed 15 people — including three vegetarians, a vegan and two gluten intolerants — by 1 p.m....
Question: What does it mean to blanch vegetables?
Answer: Blanching means cooking something (usually vegetables) briefly in boiling water. After blanching, the vegetable...
I was shopping at a favorite vendor at the farmers market. A cool bottle of their artisan hot sauce; four varieties of garlic; and several pimento peppers, the largest I...
Edible swamp, bones, mud
Party food is supposed to be easy. You are, after all, having a party to have a good time, right?
That's why we assembled these easy Halloween pa...
QVC host Dave Venable has no problem getting cheesy, on air or in his cookbook.
“Forgive me for getting a little 'cheesy' here, but that's just what this one-dish wonder...
