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Orange and Sage Scented Shortbread Biscuits
Orange and Sage Scented Shortbread Biscuits
Shortbread is a versatile and quick cookie to bake. It freezes well, too. You can make a simple version with a little vanilla, skipping the flavors below. Another ...
05-31-2023
Fish in Crazy Water (Pesce All’acqua Pazza)
Fish in Crazy Water (Pesce All’acqua Pazza)
An alternative to baking or frying, cooking the fish in a little water results in a tender, flaky fish along with a tasty broth. Plate in shallow bowls ...
05-31-2023
Pea and Shallot Crostini (Crostini di Piselli e Scalogno)
Pea and Shallot Crostini (Crostini di Piselli e Scalogno)
Crostini are toasted slices of a finely textured bread loaf, usually a baguette. Bruschetta is also toasted, but it uses larger slices of a rustic Italian or sourdough ...
05-31-2023
The Dandelion Challenge
The Dandelion Challenge
I make a point to eat a dandelion every day. The whole plant is edible, from the sunny top to the deep taproot, and all the stem, stalk, ...
05-30-2023
Channel Summer With a Vegetable Gratin
Channel Summer With a Vegetable Gratin
Eat your lasagna and have your vegetables, too, with a veggie-enhanced rendition of a family favorite. This layered gratin resembles a lasagna, with one key difference: There are ...
05-30-2023
Rosé for Summer
Rosé for Summer
When we want to avoid cooking to keep the kitchen cool, dry rosé wines are among the most perfect hot-weather refreshments to accompany salads and other uncooked summer ...
05-30-2023
S’more Pie, Please!
S’more Pie, Please!
By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette S'mores have been a much-loved summer treat ever since the official recipe for the sweet but simple combination first appeared in a ...
05-29-2023
Mushroom Chili Is a Quick, Smokey Veggie Dinner
Mushroom Chili Is a Quick, Smokey Veggie Dinner
By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Savor this light, “meaty” mushroom chili made without any meat. It’s a quick vegetarian dinner. I added smoked paprika to mushrooms, ...
05-29-2023
Green Pea & Asparagus Soup with Feta, Mint, & Pita Croutons
Green Pea & Asparagus Soup with Feta, Mint, & Pita Croutons
View the print-ready version of this recipe. With a bunch of asparagus sitting on my countertop, a bag of peas in my freezer, and mint growing out of ...
05-29-2023
Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
One of our absolute favorite things to do during summer is to throw luscious steaks over a smoking grill. Few things are more tantalizing than perfectly cooked ribeye ...
05-28-2023
From Prisoner to Barista, This Jail Offers Inmates a Chance to Find a Career in Coffee
From Prisoner to Barista, This Jail Offers Inmates a Chance to Find a Career in Coffee
By Benjy Egel From The Sacramento Bee Sacramento—Jamie Mason was more than 20 years into her career in specialty coffee when she got a call from an alarming ...
05-27-2023
California Has a New Take on Mezcal and Tequila. How Sacramento-Area Farmers Are Leading It
California Has a New Take on Mezcal and Tequila. How Sacramento-Area Farmers Are Leading It
By Benjy Egel From The Sacramento Bee Sacramento—On recent a brisk March morning in Woodland’s rolling hills, Raul “Reppo” Chavez was already covered in sweat. Chavez and his ...
05-27-2023
Delicious, Healthy Memorial Day Recipe Ideas
Delicious, Healthy Memorial Day Recipe Ideas
Editor's Note: Elizabeth Stein shares some of her favorite healthy and delicious recipes in her latest cookbook, “Eating Purely: 100 All-Natural, Organic, Gluten-Free Recipes for a Healthy Life.”  Stein, ...
05-27-2023
Bánh Mì (Vietnamese Sandwich)
Bánh Mì (Vietnamese Sandwich)
View the print-ready version of this recipe. I love the fresh, bold flavors of Vietnamese food, and I especially love attempting to recreate my favorite dishes in my own ...
05-26-2023
One Pan Coconut Chicken Curry Is Seriously Simple
One Pan Coconut Chicken Curry Is Seriously Simple
As a French trained chef, Indian cooking had been out of my comfort zone. Recently, my friend Laurie Burrows Grad sent me her favorite quick chicken curry recipe for me ...
05-26-2023
Inside the Most Expensive Chinese Restaurant in America
Inside the Most Expensive Chinese Restaurant in America
The idea of Chinese food doesn't often bring to mind an elaborate, 19-course meal of meticulously composed dishes served in custom-made vessels. “Chinese food has thousands of years ...
05-25-2023
Gretchen’s Table: B in This Vegetarian BLT Is Rice Paper ‘Bacon’
Gretchen’s Table: B in This Vegetarian BLT Is Rice Paper ‘Bacon’
By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When it comes to favorite sandwiches, one meat-and-veggie combination stands head and shoulders above the rest: bacon, lettuce and tomato. A BLT ...
05-25-2023
This Lemony Stuffed French Toast Is the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
This Lemony Stuffed French Toast Is the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
Nothing screams springtime quite like a bright, celebratory brunch punctuated with lemon, and this stuffed French toast is just that. Fluffy, custard-like slices of brioche or challah get ...
05-25-2023
French Tarragon Chicken Is the Perfect Warm-Weather Comfort Food
French Tarragon Chicken Is the Perfect Warm-Weather Comfort Food
Chicken, fresh tarragon, cream, and white wine are no strangers to a French kitchen, and they all come together wonderfully in this classic French bistro dish. Known as “poulet ...
05-25-2023
Charred Chicken Thighs With Dill Greek Yogurt Sauce
Charred Chicken Thighs With Dill Greek Yogurt Sauce
This chicken number made me some good friends when we first moved to Atlanta. We lived in an extended-stay hotel for a few months, and because there wasn’t ...
05-25-2023
Everyday Tomato and Cucumber Salad With Dad’s Salad ‘Whisky’
Everyday Tomato and Cucumber Salad With Dad’s Salad ‘Whisky’
For most meals at my parents’ house, my dad was in charge of the “extras”: the salad, the feta plate, the pickles or olives—all the things he loved ...
05-25-2023
Seafood Shakshuka
Seafood Shakshuka
Most people familiar with shakshuka think of eggs as the common denominator, but here I pay tribute to shakshuka made in the style of Egypt’s Mediterranean cities, where ...
05-25-2023