Cooking Articles

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...

Sauce and the Single Person

The refrigerator of a single person is a mysterious thing indeed. If you are single, or know someone who is, then you probably know what I am talking about. For instance, if you get hungry while visiting...

Go Gluten-Free -- With Kids

Imagine no birthday cakes, hot dogs, apple pie, spaghetti or pizza. Hey, that’s like you might as well forget eating with kids! If you, your child or child’s friends must eat a gluten-free diet due...

Lovin' 'Em: Greek Beans

Some of you may remember that I’m in love with Greek food. Any dish that remotely spanks of sunny Mediterranean skies, of olives, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, of grape leaves—and everything in-between—is...

Real Food For Real Kids

It just so happened that within days of each other, both of my kids mentioned—rather out of the blue—that they would each like to do that “kids night to cook dinner thing” again. First my...

For Da Ladies: Josmos!

Y'all faithful readers of Bachelor Chow may have noticed I have been on hiatus. Alas, I had the "stomach flu," which then got worse: once the norovirus was done with my GI, it decided to migrate north...

The New Couscous Is Fregola

Doesn't there always seem to be a starch of the moment? At one time couscous, the pointillist pasta of North Africa, was all the rage. Then people began forgoing wheat and the wind shifted west to the...

Waking Up To Breakfast

Ah, Breakfast, you beautiful beacon of sustenance and motivation. I am personally a huge fan of breakfast. I’m hungry almost as soon as I wake up and if I don’t get breakfast (and that doesn’t happen...

That's a Cold Comfort (Food)

I thought I had a great immune system. Up until this year I could count on one hand the number of colds I have had in my adult years. Despite the fact that I lived in a city inhabited by more than eight...

Leave No Stem Behind

Growing up my father was known to cook one dish: stir-fry. My dad was not like other dads in a lot of ways. Cooking was no exception. Where other fathers mastered the domain of the barbecue, specializing...