Cooking Articles

After all the spring cleaning I accomplished a few weeks ago, I have one last cleaning task left to complete ñ organizing the spice drawer. A while back, when I had a bit more free time on my hands...

Amidst the power tools and golf gear, every year around Father’s Day there's an abundance of advertisements for grills and their various accessories. I realize that most ad agency copywriting done in...

Not only is Father’s Day right around the corner, so is the first day of summer, or Summer Solstice as traditional cultures have referred to it through millennia. But how does Father’s day take shape...

Every year in June, around Father’s Day time, a friend of my dad’s gets a group together to charter a boat off the coast of New Jersey to fish for bluefish. My first and last official ocean going fishing...

Whether his choice of fuel is charcoal, gas or just plain wood, most dads love food cooked over an open flame. With over 15 million grills and smokers sold in the United States in 2005, grilling certainly...

Coming up on Sunday, we have Father’s Day, one of the best days of the year to cook out on the grill. It’s a great time for your kids to get together and plan a meal for dear old dad. And what the...

Father’s Day is this Sunday, so it’s time for me to thank that man in my life who had such a profound culinary influence on me: Grandpa Ted. From as far back I can remember, my grandfather and I have...

It is not often that a Korean market evokes memories of my California childhood, but that is precisely what happened a few weeks ago. Having stepped into the busy market in search of beef short ribs,...

When it comes to Father’s Day, we all know that grilling is not only an option, but a requirement. Barbecue has stood the test of time as the one of the manliest of activities and for good reason. ...

Recently I had drinks with a friend at a conference in Seattle, during which I revealed that I wrote this weekly column. Her jaw dropped and she exclaimed, "you cook?" "Yes, and I really enjoy it...

I love pretty cakes. �Not fancy, but more of a pretty, feminine, happy look to my dessert design. �My aesthetic has been described by a few people as nostalgic, 1940s, retro, even 'grandma's attic.' �...

Thanks to the spectacle that is the World Cup, many of us around the world are learning more about the culture of South Africa, the host country, than we ever knew before. For example, few had heard of...

When the summer sun really warms your house or apartment up, the last thing you want to do is turn on the oven. Even cooking over the stove in my little kitchen heats up the entire apartment, and makes...

Ever since Little Jack Horner stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, stone fruit and desserts have been linked in the minds of English speakers. Plums and their stone fruit cousins, nectarines and...

Patio Produce: Tomatoes

“Rufus, what do you have in your mouth? Oh, no…Rufus, give…” I could hear my husband’s voice booming across the property. What could that dog possibly have in his mouth this time? Please don’t...

Can you imagine not going to the grocery store? Me either. But that’s exactly how folks lived not so very long ago. Think back 50, 75 years and more … talk to your grandparents, if you’re still...