Looking beyond curry to kootu and korma
Curry has become a catchall word for any Indian meat, vegetable or legume dish in a sauce. But that's a distortion. In fact, it's plain wrong. It is not a...
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Load up the nachos and you’re set for football Sunday
Request a recipe for nachos and you might get an eye roll. After all, there is nothing to it. Piling things on chips and warming them in a microwave or...
French dish clafoutis has a savory side, and it is delicious
Clafoutis has a luscious yet homey French pedigree. Pronounced kla-FOO-tee, it requires little muss or fuss to be instantly satisfying. A slightly sweet egg-flour-milk batter is poured over tiny cherries,...
How to build a picture-perfect summer trifle salad
Trifles are terrific. They don't require hard-to-find ingredients and draw lots of accolades for barely any work. They look the part whether it's a laid-back family get-together or a soiree...
Duke’s mayo stars in breads, cakes and even pasta
Ashley Strickland Freeman follows the Duke's Real Mayonnaise diet. Whether it is to make a three-layer strawberry-rhubarb cake or rum-spiked Bananas Foster bread moist, peach-filled crepes extra soft or Nashville...
Skillets bake, sear, fry and spread love
Anne Byrn's black Griswold has been a workhorse in her kitchen. She has fried bacon, cooked pancakes, seared salmon and baked Southern-style cornbread in the 12-inch cast-iron skillet umpteen times....
Ice cream toppings to help you chill out this summer
Ice cream without toppings is like a salad without dressing, burger without fries, chips without salsa. It just should not be. Toppings add pizazz to an ice cream — whether...
Is it safe to eat foods past expiration date? Oh, yeah
PITTSBURGH — Don't toss out those remaining eggs in the carton or dump the pasteurized milk or pitch the can of peas just because the date on the label has...
7 useful takeaways from Jamie Oliver’s ‘Ultimate Veg’
Chef, author and meat-lover Jamie Oliver did not want to compromise on flavor when he sought to write his first-ever vegetable-focused book. And he doesn't. Not only does "Ultimate Veg"...