Cooking Articles

Off the Cob and Onto the Plate

Corn is no better than it is right now. White or yellow, it doesn’t matter. In the husk, on the cob, fresh off the grill, with butter or without, salt and pepper dusted or Plain Jane, there is nothing...

Relief For The Pressure Cooker

I am a human pressure cooker. I mean literally, when I am under pressure or stress, what do I do? I cook. Some people do yoga, others golf, I cook. I do other forms of stress relief, for sure: run,...

Back to School With an A+ Breakfast

Can it be that backpacks and school supplies season is here already? Not only is back to school season right around the corner, but back to breakfast is the best way to send your kids back to school....

Dorm Sustenance: Hot Plates and Other Fire Hazards

Recently I found myself in Bedknobs, Broomsticks and Beyond and was overcome by the piles of cheap, particleboard junk and low-thread count bedding that stores like this tend to heave up near the check-out...

Feeling Crabby?

With our long awaited summer vacation just a week away, I am thinking one thing: How soon can we get our hands on some hard shelled crabs? We spend a beach week at the Delaware shore and, in that area...

The Rules for Real Meals

When I informed my friends and family that I would be writing a column on 30 Minute Meals, I felt compelled to preface the announcement with a "Just don't call me You-Know-Who." Not that there is anything...

New Food of the Month: Coconut Milk

With food trends turning global, the kids and I have been spending more time exploring the international aisle of the market. This month we tried coconut milk. Sure, we’ve tried drilling, cracking...

Preserving Basil

Fresh basil is the ultimate “scent of summer.” Pungent and slightly sweet, it’s the one herb that I simply cannot do without for warm weather cooking. But its lifespan in the garden is limited. As...

Healthy Hiker Diet

My legs are aching but my stomach is not. I have been in Switzerland for several days now living out my Alpine hiker fantasies along with my boyfriend. We are staying at a friend's ski chalet, for our...

Eggspert Advice, Part II

Last week I gave an overview of eggs in Eggspert Advice: Part I. �This week I would like to share some specific techniques for scrambling eggs and making omelets. �Even though scrambled eggs and omelets...

Throw a Girl a Scone!

We’ve been deluged by requests to make scones for some of our wholesale clients, so scones have been on The Monkey’s brain in recent days. Whenever we’ve had some spare time, we’ve been playing...

Ye Olde Family Recipes

While the beautifully color-illustrated, coffee table-style cookbooks that catch our eye at the bookstore might be fun to cook from when we have a free weekend afternoon, it is the basic family-style cookbooks...

The Most Important Meal of the Day. Really!

As kids, adults always told us that the most important meal of the day is breakfast. Like many things in life, it wasn’t until I was much older that I realized, for me, just how true that was. And...

Walk the Plank!

As the summertime comes to an end, your grilling routine might need a little shaking up, and I have just the idea for you. I just recently attempted a grilling method that I had wanted to try for a long...

PB & J: Not Just For the Lunchroom Anymore

A friend of mine recently told me about a dessert she had that she just couldn't get out of her mind. It was a molten chocolate lava cake. Okay, standard fare, I thought. One would be hard pressed to...

Some Like It Hot . . . In the Crockpot

Have you ever tasted something so hot that you felt the heat rising through your body and felt the need to go running for the nearest glass of water? Every time I cook or taste anything flavored with...