Cooking Articles

Food Safety For Weather Emergencies

We never want to think about finding ourselves in a weather emergency that results in a loss of electrical power or flooding in our home damaging our possessions and contaminating our immediate food and...

Delicious Plan B

You know that saying, "Can't always get what you want?" That seems to happen to me, often, when at the grocery store. Maybe I’ve been looking through a cookbook and I'll see a fabulous looking recipe...

Rosh Hashana: A New Year of Food

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins on the first day of the month of Tishri and lasts for 10 days, culminating in the conclusion of Yom Kippur. These are known as the Days of Awe, the holiest of...

A Stinky Rose By Any Other Name

Can you imagine a culinary world without garlic? It’s hard to believe, but some food historians say that its widespread use in American cooking goes back no further than the mid 1960s. Historically,...

Five Fabulous Fall Beverages In the Slow Cooker

As the air takes a brisk turn, it’s time to start thinking about ways to celebrate the autumn season. And what better way to take the chill off than with a warm beverage that has been simmering in the...

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...