Cooking Articles

Bachelor Bar Basics

Y'all might have noticed I've been stressing "host" style tips and meals in Bachelor Chow. I do this because if you are a single man living alone, you probably need some company, and the best way to entice...

Vinegar, Vincotto, and Verjus: Part Two, Vincotto

Sweeter and thicker than traditional vinegars, vincotto is a condiment that no foodie's pantry should be without. The word vincotto is translated as "cooked wine." Vincotto is made from Negroamaro and...

Tricks of the Trade

This week I want to share my favorite place to buy pastry tools with you. A fancy cake decorating supply store? A gourmet cooking shop somewhere in New York? Somewhere in France? Well, yes. I do...

Men Who Cook: It's More Than Just The Kitchen That's Hot

Recently I found myself flipping through the pages of a popular food magazine and I found my progress abruptly interrupted when my eye caught a picture of a young, rising chef donning his whites. I’ll...

A Drawer Full of Kitchen Gadgets

A tisket, a tasket, a drawer full of kitchen gadgets. Yes, you all know the drawer I am talking about. It is the drawer you approach with trepidation every time you must dig to find the vegetable peeler,...

The New Victory Garden

Spring is slowly warming our shoulders here in the Northeast. While the first day of spring was colder and more blustery than I was hoping for, we decided to forge ahead and celebrate the return of the...

Three Smart Slow Cooker Tips

Last week we had a little blast from the past learning about how Mable Hoffman revved up interest in the slow cooker with her demos and bestselling cookbooks. She was a popular recipe developer and cookbook...

The Present: Chocolate Cupcakes

One important thing I’ve learned about when one of my kids expresses an interest in baking or cooking: Go with it. The trick to building their long-term interest and supporting their enthusiasm is...

So Many Ways With Salmon

Salmon is one of those few fish so ubiquitous that one can almost forget just how versatile it really is. Cooking it on any given night is almost a cop-out. It’s a fish so forgiving on the stove and...

Earth Day Eats

One of my coworkers refers to me as the “hippie” of the office, mostly because I am from California and eat strange things like tofu and bok choy. I do eat healthy (although I don’t think that qualifies...

Superfoods in the Slow Cooker

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of talk in the news about foods that can help you live a longer, healthier life. These foods have come to be known as “superfoods,” and include a variety...

A Carbonara Fit For Spring

I get a little excited about spring vegetables. Happens every year. The first artichokes, asparagus, and peas (not to mention ramps, fiddlehead ferns, spring onions) appear and I go overboard with spring...

Homemade, Better Than From The Box Snacks

One of the main themes of Earth Day, a global holiday honoring our planet, is to conserve ecological resources for future generations. It’s a good chance to think about the various ways you can lead...

Best Meal Memories

Mexico, mangoes, margaritas, mariachis. What do these words have in common? They are all ingredients that went into making one of the top five favorite meals of my life. Attempting to name the best...

The Word Is Teatime--With Lemon Scones

The word is in. Kids are quite influential when it comes to where the grocery money goes. According to a recent Just Kid Inc.’s FUNdamentals study, “most kids between the ages of two and 12 want...

Cooking Origami

What do boy scouts and fine cooks have in common? They both employ a method of folding meals into packets with delicious results. The boy scouts have their simple foil pouch cooking, while French and Italian...