Pork goes elegant for entertaining
Just over a month ago, you probably swore that you never wanted to cook another big dinner party again. The holiday season just has that ability to use up every...
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A taste of summer picnic food for midwinter
In the depths of winter, it can often feel like summer and its many eating pleasures are a long way off. If you live in a colder climate than my...
Resolved: Eat more healthy seafood
It's official: Three of the perennial top-10 New Year's resolutions, as listed on the national website USA.gov are "Eat Healthy Food," "Get Fit," and "Lose Weight." And one thing you...
A favorite winter soup
This is the best time of year for a warm bowl of soup. All those big holiday feasts are receding into the past, and we yearn for simpler meals. Our...
The family dinner table
All across the country now, children have returned to their classrooms. Families are settling back into their usual school-year schedules of drop-offs and carpools, pickups and after-school and weekend activities....
A satisfying late-summer salad
"If you can't stand the heat," as the popular saying goes, "stay out of the kitchen." While that line is usually used to suggest that people shouldn't attempt more than...
End-of-summer grilling spectaculars: Part 3
Sometimes when you grill, you simply want to pull out all of the stops and serve your guests something that is really spectacular in terms of quality ingredients, preparation, flavor...
End-of-summer grilling spectaculars: Part 2
When it comes to grilling during the so-called dog days of summer, the hottest and muggiest of the seasons, smart cooks find ways to enjoy all of the smoky flavor...
End-of-summer grilling spectaculars: Part I
All over the nation, children are beginning to go back to school. And their migration, between now and just after Labor Day a couple of weeks away, signals the end...
A bittersweet farewell to fresh raspberries
Everybody thinks of berries as year-round fruit. And modern international shipping certainly helps to support that illusion, making fresh berries widely available in supermarkets everywhere at any time. But more...