Cooking Articles

Gimme S'more, Please!

Picture this scene: the stars have come out on a warm summer evening and your family is gathered around a glowing campfire. Perhaps you’re at a campsite or even a tent you have set up in the backyard....

Corn on the Cob on the Grill

Long Island and New Jersey have more to offer this time of year than just beautiful beaches and sun-kissed waters. Every August fresh corn is at its peak in this part of the country. The flesh is so...

Summer's Best Salad

If there’s one entrée that defines “the ultimate summer meal” for me, it’s my friend Karen’s Salmon and Green Bean Salad. When our green beans are ready for harvest, this is the first meal...

The Gulps: Is This Your Family?

Get this: A family sets off on a vacation in their motor home—they fill it with all sorts of junk food that they love (and can’t imagine living without!). It’s not long before the motor home breaks...

Lovin' Enchiladas

Do you eat enchiladas at your house? Or does the term conjure up Mexican fare that’s ordered out? According to the Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, an enchilada is: “A tortilla stuffed with...

Summer Drinks for the Dogs!

The phrase "dog days of summer" refers to the hottest time of the year—and certainly that's what it feels like outside here in Texas! The phrase derives from the ancient Greeks, who marked the hottest...

Extreme Makeover My Barbecue

Ah, the end of summer. At this point the barbecue has been in rotation (perhaps as the sole cooking instrument) for a full three months now. Not a terrible thing, considering that when the snow starts...

You Say Potato; I Say "Okay!"

Ah, the potato. That glorious starchy tuber that is remarkably diverse. It can be baked, fried, shredded, diced, blended, whipped, and served whole. Whenever I was sick and had a fever as a kid, my...

Healthy and Delicious Beans

This week the Savvy Slow Cooker will be revisiting the topic of salads. I had so many ideas for beans in salads when writing my salad article last week that it turned into another article! Cooked...

Bringing Home the Ice Cream

Simply put, I am obsessed with ice cream right now. Happens every year about this time. The heat turns up, lacking a pool to throw myself in, the next best thing is to bring down the temperature from...

Pretty Ugly Tomato

Men are not like tomatoes. I decided a long time ago that I could never date a man who did not fall into the “Live To Eat” category of individuals. When I made this statement to a friend I was dining...

Good Reads On Good Eats

We’re in the thick of it. Yes, not only August’s deep, steamy heat, but also vacation season. August is the most popular vacation month of the year, and you know what that means ñ eating out,...

The Vicissitudes of Freedom: The Freshman Fifteen

For many young bachelors, the month of August is spent procuring the basic necessities for college. For the very freshest of bachelors---that is, for Freshmen---August is also the time to plan ahead:...

Presto, Pistachio Pesto!

Recently I had a wonderful meal at a nearby Italian restaurant that specializes in homemade pasta and sauces. The owners are from Italy and don’t serve the Italian American standard spaghetti and meatballs...

I Scream, You Scream . . . Easy Ice Cream Sorbet

Chopping, pulverizing, pureeing and crushing . . . sometimes working in the kitchen requires heavy-duty equipment and power tools. Certainly squashing, pummeling and mashing the next meal are not techniques...

The Perfect Tomato Sandwich

Once the tomatoes in our garden begin to ripen, I have the same thing for lunch every day—a big tomato sandwich. While the concept of a slice of tomato between two pieces of bread is simple, the options...