Start Thanksgiving meal with savory squash soup
What's the first thing you'll serve to your guests when they sit down to Thanksgiving dinner next week? That's an important question for any menu. The first course sets the...
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Turkey croquettes can transform your Thanksgiving leftovers
Here's a sobering thought as we all look forward to the bounty of Thanksgiving dinner: According to the subtitle of a study first published in 2012 and updated in 2017...
A delicious Vietnamese take on braised beef short ribs
One of the questions reporters and restaurant guests like to ask me is whether I ever get bored eating the same delicious food all the time. The best reply I...
Fish fillets make it quick and easy to move your grilling indoors
Many people refer to the Memorial Day weekend, now more than two months past, as the unofficial end of summer grilling season. But those of us who love to grill...
Grownups and kids alike will love these simple yet sophisticated treats for Halloween — or any party
"Trick or treat!" We'll all be hearing these words countless times come Halloween. Yet the trend seems to be that they're spoken at parties rather than by groups of children...
Grilling cauliflower is not as outlandish as it may sound
If you considered Memorial Day Weekend the official start of the grilling season (as lots of people do), and July 4th as one of its main events, then around now...
A sweet toast to St. Patrick’s Day – and springtime
Top o' the mornin' to you! -- or whatever time of day it is you happening to be reading this. Saint Patrick's Day is coming this weekend. And its day...
A beautiful side that’s so classic it’s new again
Anyone who loves good food wants it to look good, too. After all, as I often like to tell people, we eat with our eyes before we eat with our...
An easy splurge for your choco-phobic Valentine
I love chocolate. Put a dessert flavored with it near me and I have to taste it. My wife, Gelila, will even sometimes hide little chocolate truffles for me to...
Double happiness for the Chinese New Year
Gung hei fat choy! That's the traditional Cantonese greeting (roughly translated as, "Wishing you great happiness and prosperity!") heard in midwinter with the arrival of the Chinese New Year, a...