Cooking Articles

Dem Dirty Dish Blues

As an undergraduate I had a roommate, or rather, I had roommates, since my buddy's girlfriend practically lived with us. We were crammed into a small efficiency apartment in the Foggy Bottom district...

Not-Quite-Instant Noodles

The appeal of a cup of noodles is undeniable. Ask any college graduate and there was probably a time in his or her life when instant noodles were such a diet essential they could have been their own food...

Shortcuts In The Kitchen

Do you find yourself in a time crunch for almost every meal you prepare at home? I know I do, and lots of other parents I talk to do too. It seems like I always have hungry boys waiting on me, so in this...

Kitchen Aromatherapy With Infused Oils

When you are tired of the same standard weekday meals, it’s time to make your old slow cooker perform new tricks. It is at this point in the winter when I start wanting fresher flavors and a break from...

Spicing Up Dinner With The Indian Cupboard

It seems to me that as home cooks in America, Asian food tends to scare us. If the recipe doesn’t utilize premade teriyaki sauce, a jar of curry paste, or a packet of pre-blended spice mix, we’d probably...

The Birthday Express

As time goes by, I realize that the older I get, the faster it goes. However I was totally unprepared for this first year of my second child to go by so quickly. But here we are chugging full steam ahead...

On a day that’s all about love, Valentine’s Day is a great time to check how you are doing in taking care of your heart, and what you are doing to pass those healthy habits on to your kids. Heart...

President's Day is here and with the cold and snowy winter weather, you may be looking for some fun activities for your kids to do if you are stuck inside the house. As I write this, a record forty-nine...

Alas, loyal readers, we find ourselves again in that time of year when stuffy heads and the sniffles reign supreme. Whether you are suffering from winter allergies (here in Aus-Vegas, mold and cedar pollen...

Let’s play a game of guess the food. Who am I? Although not called by name, I was most probably first described in writings by the Roman historian, Pliny the Elder. In spite of my early recognition,...

Substituting is a big part of my cooking experience. When I was growing up, I often cooked for my parents and three siblings. Every one of them had various allergies, likes/dislikes, etc., that required...

Today is Fat Tuesday. According to tradition, it is the last day for many Christians to eat, drink, and indulge in a multitude of worldly pleasures before the Lenten season begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday....

Since February is the official month of president’s birthdays and commemorations, and having just celebrated President’s Day (George Washington’s birthday) the first federal holiday to honor an American...

There is a very definite possibility I will offend someone with this article. Not that I intend too. But it seems the subject of “stroganoff” is one that breeds deep beliefs and occasionally heated...

Well, it’s been several months since I shared our experiences with kids’ night to cook—and I’m wondering how it’s going out there. Is anyone else having a kids’ cooking night also? We’ve...

As it turns out flu season has just now arrived, far later than is typical perhaps thanks to the unusually warm winter in many parts of the country. It is great timing then that the first California tangerines...