Cooking Articles

Winter Blues? Think Bolognese.

Is everyone you know on a juice cleanse right now? In my world it seems that way. I understand the desire to come clean after the holiday season of indulgence. But the notion of consuming nothing but...

First Cooking Principles in Sin City

Las Vegas: city of sin and, more recently, culinary playground for celebrated chefs from around the world. I recently spent a week working, eating, and playing in this unlikely food mecca. It was perhaps...

Got Stale Bread? Think Paninis

Who would have thought there’d be a day when I was glad stale bread was waiting for lunch? Several weeks ago, a friend and I stopped by a fabulous Greek market in her neighborhood and each ordered...

Out With The Old And In With The New

We're a couple weeks into the New Year now, and I’ve been a bit slow to get started on my set of resolutions. Each year, come January, I make up my mind to try to eat healthier, and this year, I have...

Now Appearing: The Winter White Vegetable

In the world of under-appreciated vegetables, the lowly cauliflower must be somewhere near the top of the list (or would it be 'the bottom?'). In all honesty, its poor ranking can hardly be avoided. ...

Oh, My Gyro!

For one of our first dates, my boyfriend brought Greek food from a nearby restaurant to the campus where we were both going to college. We met under the trees, at a stone picnic table. He opened the brown...

Of Whole Grain Loaves and Heart Healthy Fishes

If you haven’t given up your New Year’s healthy eating resolutions yet, chances are you will soon enough. That is, unless you can add some new, filling yet healthful dishes to the rotation. You’ve...

Feeding Fido

When it comes to healthy eating, what’s good for you may not be so good for your dog. According to Lila Miller, DVM, ASPCA Vice President and Veterinary Outreach Advisor, and Adjunct Assistant Professor...

Hillbilly Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits

Some years ago one of my best buddies invited me to join him for a family gathering in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His selling points were twofold: good lookin' ladies in short-shorts on Dixon street at night...

Juicy Pork, No Scary Ingredients Required

In a Sunday night pinch last weekend, my boyfriend and I found ourselves at the local Safeway staring at a bunch of plastic wrapped logs of meats wondering what to cook for dinner. In an ideal world we...

Getting Back In the Saddle (Without the Saddlebags)

All right, it's a new year and all. Time to get back on the Stairmaster, eat better, forego dessert--wait! Hold the phone! My friend Lucy recently lamented how she's sick of hearing about how "weight...

Your Own Brand of Spaghetti Sauce

Being of partial Italian descent, one of my dietary staples is pasta with red tomato sauce. I have had this meal for dinner about once a week for almost as long as I can remember. Unlike a lot of my...

Coming to a Costco Near You: Burrata

Close your eyes and let your finger drop at random on most Italian-American restaurant menus and there is a fairly good chance your dish of choice will contain the stringiest of Italian cheeses, mozzarella....

Snow Day Treats

“Snowed in” is a relative term, depending on what area of the country you live. The farther north you go, the less of a big deal a few inches of the white stuff is. As you head south though, just a...

Everyday Beef Bourguignon

Several years ago I hosted a dinner party themed around its main dish, such that the party eventually took on its own name among the attendees: “Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner.” As you can guess,...

Leftovers In A Can?

Daughter recently had a friend over to play who stayed to eat dinner with us. A spunky, enthusiastic girl, she began to regale us with tales of leftover food funnies from their house. You know, the green,...