Cooking Articles

The Food of Break-Ups

Whether it was the solar eclipse in Aquarius earlier this month or some other cosmic forces at work, it certainly seems as though this summer has brought on a sea change in relationships for many of the...

A Very Serious Matter

Usually I like to take a lighthearted approach in this column and talk about fun topics associated with cooking and eating with kids. But this week I would like to turn to a more serious matter ñ...

Persimmons, Per Se

When it comes to recipes, my friend Jane is a “little bit country” and I’ m a little bit . . . well, you know the rest. Jane has a treasure trove of vintage, handwritten family recipes stuffed into...

The Fruits of Our Labor Day Weekend

Last weekend to wear white, last party weekend of the summer, last three day weekend until Columbus Day--Labor Day weekend means a lot of things to a lot of different people. What I think we might forget...

Did You Celebrate National Junk Food Day?

Junk food. What do those two words bring to mind? How ‘bout potato chips, pizza, Pop Tarts and doughnuts? Funnel cakes, Twinkies, and Tastykakes? Cheese puffs, candy bars and double-stuff Oreos?...

Back-to-School Mealtime Challenge

Yes, it’s that time already—with kids heading out to school and work-a-day parents heading out to take care of business, it can often mean that everyone is heading in many different directions. By...

Broke Bachelor Blues

Drawing on your own hard times experience, let us pretend we have a friendly, hardworking bachelor who puts in the overtime. Let's say he worked an extra job this summer to build up some of the savings...

Building a Better Burger

This coming weekend we say goodbye to summer, stow away our white shoes, and stash the grill until the next heat wave. Even with the grill retired, however, chances are that some of those grilled classics...

Sauce Required; Napkin Optional

When I first moved to Memphis, TN more than a year ago, I had no idea what the heart of the city was. I was surprised to find a large, silver pyramid glistening beside the river. I also discovered that...

You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatoes in the Slow Cooker

I am proud to say that I have finally achieved gardening success. After a few years of trying to grow non productive tomato plants in the mostly shaded back patio of my old apartment, there is a bumper...

How Bacon and Pasta Helped Me Lose Weight

I have a confession to make. I have lost weight in the last year. Quite a lot in fact for a person who wasn’t overweight in the first place. No, I am not sick. Nor have I been on some crazy new...

A Louisiana Labor Day

Dear US Government, Although certain decisions you have been making of late may be questionable at best, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize something you did correctly a long time ago....

Twenty Mix-n-Match Breakfast Ideas

As you know, I’m all for kids getting their own meal—for building those vital independent, know-your-way-around-a-kitchen skills. And in the morning, I need all the help I can get. Hot, fresh coffee...

Little Blue Life-Boats: Living On Mac and Cheese

Here we are in week-three of our college preparedness for bachelors. Over the last two weeks we have discussed how to avoid the dreaded "Freshman Fifteen" and what items every bachelor needs for his dorm...

Risotto: Love at First Bite

My love affair with risotto began as a teenager. And I dare say it was love at first bite. It is hard to pin down any single feature that did me in; rather it was the divine combination of the whole....

Back-to-School With Whole Grains

Are kasha, oat groats and brown rice common fare at your house? Probably not. Yet starting this school year, your kids may get an extra healthy lunchtime boost from just that: yep, whole grains. That’s...