The $1 million recipe
We have a sneaking suspicion that most of our members have a soft spot for the Pillsbury Bake Off contest. Certainly anyone who's ever made a bundt cake should be grateful to the 2nd place winner of the 1966 contest:…
Recipes
54 winning healthy lunchtime entries from kids
Sometime ago Epicurious announced The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. They asked kids between the ages of 8 and 12 to submit healthy lunchtime dishes. They received over 1,200 entries and a distinguished judging panel…
Happy National Rice Pudding Day!
There are so many fancy dishes out there. And so many wonderfully fresh ingredients. And they all have their day. But rice pudding is one of those unsung heroes of childhood that somehow still strikes a chord - and it's…
Five ways to create dessert without turning on the oven
Epicurious has 5 ways to create fun desserts without having to turn on the oven. Start by buying a pound cake or angel food cake and then: Grill, toast, or broil (Huffington Post has 5 recipes here) Make shortcake Make…
Baked chicken and lazy summer pudding
Having imbibed the Olympics spirt, we thought these two recipes from Nigel Slater in The Observer serves two purposes. First, they cater to our British frame-of-mind and, second, the recipes are easy enough to be able…
Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Celebrating the Olympics
We're celebrating the beginning of the Olympics with two articles from our friends at Serious Eats. Kenji Alt has concocted a "A Ring Shaped Meal for the Olympics" including recipes for Homemade Bagels, Guinness Onion…
15 need-to-know tomato tips
For those of us in the summer months, fresh tomatoes are at their peak - making this article from The Kitchn, "15 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Tomatoes" particularly timely. Here's their list, we hope you…
25 baked alternatives to French fries
No one is going to argue that a good French fry (or chip) is a birthright around the world. But sometimes you just want something different, something healthier, something that will use up any excess vegies you may have…
3 must-know tips about bacon plus a novel corn recipe
We're in a bacon mood today, so we're offering a two-parter. From America's Test Kitchen Feed, here are 3 things everyone should know about bacon, including how to easily separate the slices (roll the package),…
Beer Can Chicken is just a waste of beer
Over at the Huffington Post, Meathead (aka Dr. Greg Blonder) tackles one of the major barbecue legends - that grilling a whole chicken on top of an open beer can produce succulent, moist, delicious chicken. Using quite…
How to make a better peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Many of us sometimes crave a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but the actual sandwich just never seems to match expectations. In this video from Chow, Keena Tallman from the restaurant, "PBJ's," offers some savvy…
Making crème fraîche at home
Food52 has a nice lesson in making crème fraîche at home, using 1 cup of pasteurized heavy cream and 2 tablespoons buttermilk. It only takes a day to thicken and then will be available for up to two weeks in the…