CookShelfOver at Slate, Tony Scocca is fed up with recipes that perpetrate lies; in particular, the fallacy that you can caramelize onions in 10 minutes. He quotes recipes from such respectable sources as The New York Times,…
Following up on Susie's blog, Epic fail - anatomy of the recipe that didn't, we found a great follow-up article. Susie's article, besides being funny, details many of the ways a recipe can be poorly written. As she…
As a night owl myself (as anyone who gets emails from me after midnight EST knows), I could really relate to Susie's article on NPR Kitchen Window. For those people who have more energy and brain-power at night than in…
At least here in the United States, most of us are probably feeling a bit poorer - April 15 was tax date. So we thought an article about taking a remarkably inexpensive food - packaged noodles/ramen - and converting…
The German design firm, Korefe, has generated a lot of buzz in the food world with the first edible cookbook. The book is made of pasta sheets that have a lasagna recipe directly printed on them. The pages go into a…
For a comfort food that almost everyone loves, it's rare to see peanut butter and jelly used apart from the basic sandwich. However, this collection of recipes from Buzz certainly challenges the concept that PB&J should…
Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Many of our favorite sites have inviting recipes for Easter and Passover. Just to single out a couple, The New York Times has a wonderful collection of Passover recipes and, for Easter, Food 52 has a dream dinner that…
Food is truly international and we're very proud of our global website - not only do we get to savor all varieties of flavors but, more importantly, we get to enjoy and share the varied experiences of our members.…
Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream won the million dollar prize at the Pillsbury Bake-off this month. It's a dessert using crescent dough, cream cheese, canned pumpkin, and caramel sauce. Other category…
Nigella Lawson's recipe for Lemon Meringue Cake (courtesy of the recipe website Cookstr) struck us as the perfect springtime dessert option. Easier than its namesake pie, it's just as delicious. In fact, to use her…
How better to celebrate the first day of spring than with an asparagus recipe. This recipe for Absurdly Addictive Asparagus won Food 52's Best Asparagus Recipe last year, earning such accolades as "Oh yeah, you've made…
We appreciate that everyone might not love the classic St. Patrick's dish-corned beef and cabbage. Over at Serious Eats, they're producing a Guinness Week of recipes. This Guinness stout beef stew may please your…
