August 18th: National Fajita Day
Fajitas, that sizzling grilled seasoned meat served with salsa, tortillas and guacamole, is the result of the creativity of Mexican vaqueros who back in the early 1930s were given a […]
Midwest Made: Honeyed Raspberry and White Chocolate Cream Pie
With MIDWEST MADE, Shauna Sever offers bold recipes for treats we’ve come to know as all-American—from Bundt cakes to brownies—most traced to German, Scandinavian, Irish, Polish, French, Arab, and Italian immigrant families that came to call the American Midwest their home.
Beautiful Vieux Montreal: Now Open for Summer Fun
Great news for those who love this lovely city–the dining rooms and terraces of Montréal’s wonderful restaurants are now open. It’s time to sample the culinary delights of the recently […]
Celebrating National Cheesecake Day: A Brief History with Recipes
The popularity of the New York Cheesecake increased so much that different cities came up with their own versions, for example, the Chicago cheesecake, the Pennsylvanian cheesecake, etc. making cheesecakes so much a part of the country's culinary culture that in 1985, July 30 was designated as the annual National Cheesecake Day.
Cooking in a different time: ‘Downton Abbey’ inspires a delicious look at Edwardian recipes
Those Edwardians knew how to eat and the book contains recipes for Edwardian Leg of Lamb, Lobster Pudding, Oyster Roll, Leek Pie, Downton Pheasant Casserole, Lemon Creme Soufflé, Raspberries in Sherry Sabayon Sauce, Stilton Chowder, Queen Victoria Rice Pudding and Downton Abbey Honey Cake.
Faith, Family & the Feast: Recipes to Feed Your Crew from the Grill, Garden, and Iron Skillet
“I learned to cook from trial and error because there wasn’t a recipe,” says Kent Rollins. “I still don’t measure. When people say how much is that, I say just enough.”
In San Sebastian: Organic Coffee, Haciendas and the Casa Museo de Doña Conchita Encarnación
Early Friday on the day before we were to leave Puerto Vallarta, we drove to San Sebastian de Oeste, once a booming mining town in the Sierra Madres northeast of […]
Molino Tortilleria: Making Tortillas Like a Millennium Ago
From making tortillas from scratch in their home kitchen using imported non-GMO heritage corn varieties from a milpa or small cultivated farm in Oaxaca, Mexico to the recent opening of […]
The Little Women Cookbook: Novel Takes on Classic Recipes from Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Friends
The Little Women Cookbook: Novel Takes on Classic Recipes from Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Friends, is a charming look at the way the characters of the book would have eaten back then.
