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Green With Envy"It's not easy being green." These are familiar words from a familiar frog, but completely untrue when it comes to vegetables. So many people, though, make the unfortunate mistake of overcooking their...
Asparagus and . . .At some point during the day, most of us will ask the question “What’s for dinner tonight?” For the past six weeks, I knew with a good degree of certainty that my answer to that question would be...
A Little Hawaii At HomeIt is quite possible that I spent more money on gas this morning driving to my local coffee shop to get my usual cup of Joe than I spent on the latte itself. With the price of gas sucking every last dollar...
Learning to Make PastaPasta. It's one of my favorite foods. Convenient, quick cooking and in shapes and forms to meet almost any appetite (and recipe), pasta is one smart go-to solution when I'm in a mealtime crunch. I usually...
Life With DishwasherOur life has entered the modern era. Yep, our kitchen now has a dishwasher. What, you say? A food writer and columnist whose kitchen was missing that all-important appliance? Yep, ‘tis true. After...
Hot Dang!Central Texas is already in a heat wave, y'all—for the past two weeks it's been in the triple digits, and there's no sign of these high temps coming to an end. These temps bring irony, as the second...
Tales of a Food StylistHow does Emeril make all that food for Good Morning America so early in the morning? Well, matter of factly, he doesn’t. Most chefs of fame and stature do not have the time to arrive at a network at...
The Other Independence DayChances are as you are reading this article you still may be recovering from a 4th of July celebration. But before you write off the rest of the summer as devoid of meaningful holidays until the fall,...
A Bastille Day Picnic From the Slow CookerLast year we were lucky enough to happen upon a little street festival in New York celebrating Bastille Day. Bastille Day falls on July 14 and is a French national holiday commemorating the storming of...
Fiery Chilies For Red Hot SummerIt’s getting hot out there. And I’m not just talking about the temperature. Check out the wares next time you are at the Farmer’s Market or roaming the produce aisle and you might notice an explosion...
Beet This Article!A funny thing happens when you talk to people about a love-em-or-hate-em food such as beets. When you delve into it, into the passionate arguments for or against, you usually find that you're not actually...
Simple Pleasures: Jenny's Cooking ShowIt all started with the marble-shaped onion sets that we discovered on the greenhouse shelf. “Let’s grow onions in our garden this year,” I suggested, selecting a box of small white and red bulbs....
Big Dirty Huevos BreakfastsThat Australian font of lyrical wisdom---the rock band AC/DC---had some dirty deeds done dirt cheap, and then bragged about the how big their huevos were. Although they're from Down Under, no doubt Angus...
A Salute to the KernelWhen I was a kid there were no video stores, pay-per-view, or movies on demand. If you wanted to see a particular movie, you just waited, sometimes for a year, and then sat in front of the black and white...
Summer Seafood For AllSeafood and summer are two words joined together in the collective mid-year consciousness. Lobster rolls are a fixture in New England. Clam bakes bring visions of family reunions on the Cape. Trays...
Brownies, A Legacy in ChocolateAs much as I love cooking food and having dinner parties, my strengths have always been in baking. Homemade cakes, cookies, bread, candies, and son on--foods that make the whole house smell like love...
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