Cooking Articles

Can You Put It In The Microwave?

What’s the most essential piece of technology in the kitchen for the modern family? Nope, it’s not the computer notebook or smart phone (although I’m starting to find those devices more and more...

It Takes the Biscuit!

I was going through my piles of cookbooks and I ran across a cookbook from Britain, On Baking by Sue Lawrence, a renowned Scottish baker and author. As I leafed through the pages, I pondered the fact...

Slow Cooking With Fall Flavors: Apple Harvest

It’s official— the apple season has arrived. Now that autumn is here you can find apples everywhere from your local market to the nearest orchard. The forbidden fruit is symbolic of many things and...

Brown Butter is the Color (and Taste) of Fall

With October First usually comes the debut of fall menus in seasonal restaurants around the country. In your own seasonal kitchen you might be slowly swapping summer’s berries for fall’s apples and...

Going Bananas For Bread

Recently I was given the fantastic opportunity to start writing the Kiddie Chow column here at CDKitchen. I am thrilled to be writing the column and hope to bring to it the same level of enthusiasm as...

Gaining a Feel For Fillo

It was a rainy evening and we had just arrived home after taking a wet walk after my son’s guitar lesson. These are often the nights that my daughter and I enjoy dallying through town (sometimes Dad...

Hello Savvy Slow Cookers!

If I can make a meal in 20 minutes or less, I’m one happy mama. Have me walkin’ in the door at the end of the day to a house filled with delectable dinner aromas and I’ve just about died and gone...

An October Feast for Oktoberfest

It may be called “October”fest, but if you are just now reading this article, you are already way behind on your beer drinking and bratwurst eating. Read on, and I’ll show just how you can play...

Chicken Soup: Stress Reliever

I have officially survived four weeks of grad school. Actually, survived is a generous term. What’s the word for little sleep, lots of caffeine, too much reading, and general stress? I’ll have to do...

The Fish Who Came to Dinner

Too often at the fish counter I find myself going back to the same old choices. It is too bad, because I am blessed with a particularly nice fish market with a selection of imported and local specialties...

The Kitchen Wanderer

The great thing about having a hobby (or in my case a passion) such as cooking is that your friends know what to give you for all those important gift-giving occasions, from birthdays, to Christmas, to...

Take a Bite Out of Schoolwork

Now that the books are covered, the first tests administered and everyone’s getting settled into back-to-school schedules, maybe there’s a subject or topic that’s getting your kids down. Perhaps...

The Perfect Fall Cookie

My idea of the perfect way to cap off a brisk fall day is with a glass of fresh apple cider and a spiced wafer cookie. These are thin, firm cookies flavored with ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and molasses. They...

Strip Party!

Now that I have your attention. . . get your minds out of the gutter, dirty readers! Allow me to clarify, this article is all about having a Strip Steak Party. Yes, the sexy strip steak is worthy of...

Marvelous Marinades

When you want to add a special touch to a cut of meat, poultry, or a piece of fish, nothing beats a marinade. A marinade is a seasoned liquid containing an acid and herbs or spices. Sometimes it will also...

Cupcake Vs. Muffin: Making the Case for Team Muffin

A friend of mine, Adam Weiss, engaged his twitter followers in the age-old debate: if a cupcake and a muffin were to get into a fight, who would win? Well, maybe that wasn’t exactly his proposition;...