CookShelfSeveral US regions are known for their particular barbecue styles: Texas beef brisket, Eastern North Carolina's vinegar and pepper sauced whole hog, Western North Carolina's pork shoulder with a tomato-vinegar sauce,…
Tomorrow is Father's Day, which people will celebrate with cookouts, trips to a preferred restaurant, or by making Dad's favorite meal. Facebook news feeds will be filled with nostalgic photos of fathers and daughters…
Travel writer and photographer Eric Hansen has spent over 25 years documenting his travels through Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Nepal and Southeast Asia. Last year he visited Uzbekistan, and wrote a fascinating,…
Boston-area EYB Members, you may want to rearrange your weekend schedule for the inaugural edition of The Readable Feast, an annual culinary book festival celebrating and supporting New England's writers, cookbook…
Who has the best restaurant in the world? According to the latest edition of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, it's Osteria Francescana, helmed by chef Massimo Bottura. The tiny venue located in Modena, Italy bested last…
Author Marie Simmons has won both James Beard and IACP Awards during her storied career, and her recipes and food articles have appeared in hundreds of magazines. For more than 18 years she wrote the Cooking For Health…
The best of our vegetarian recipes have always drawn inspiration from other cultures. In her new cookbook, Whole World Vegetarian, veteran cookbook author Marie Simmons follows her culinary wanderlust, bringing together…
The globalization of our food supply is not a new concept. Some of us may recall from grade school science class that the tomatoes prevalent in Italian dishes and the potatoes frequently associated with the Irish…
Does the following scenario sound familiar? You make delicious, light and fluffy buttermilk pancakes for a leisurely Sunday brunch. Then for the next couple of weeks, every time you open the fridge, the mostly-full…
Ah, summertime. What could be better than sipping margaritas by the pool, enjoying a Southside on the deck, or imbibing a non-alcoholic Cherry-lime cooler in the garden? But these carefree moments could prove painful,…
You may remember an interesting cookbook from a few years ago, Modern Art Desserts, that featured art-inspired cakes from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) by baker Caitlin Freeman of the Blue Bottle Café,…
Few cocktails conjure summer like refreshing mint juleps and mojitos. Both drinks prominently feature mint, which adds a bright note and brings the liquor-heavy cocktails into balance. Properly using mint in cocktails…
