CookShelfCooking Light is celebrating its 25th anniversary by publishing, both in print and online, its best 25 recipes. As they say, "25 years, 25 dishes. We're going back in time to count down our best of the best, from 2011…
Here in western Mass., we escaped pretty much scot-free - a power flicker or two, and then it was over. The kids went to school this morning. Last year, after the Halloween snowstorm, it was a totally different story.…
First, we want to send all our members who were affected by Hurricane Sandy our very best wishes; we hope you're safe and recovery will be swift. And since survival is on our mind, we thought it appropriate to share…
Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Over at Gourmet Live they're getting in the Halloween spirit and we were happy to see these little potato ghosts come front and center. They first appeared in the 90's and due to both how easy they were to make and…
Cupcakes have been an intensely popular food item for several years now, so it is not surprising that one of the key questions tormenting the food world has been how to avoid that dreaded modern problem - the frosted…
Sandwiches are certainly the ultimate in convenience food. Indeed, the very story of their invention - the Earl of Sandwich wanting to have a convenient way to eat his bread and meat so he wouldn't have to leave the…
Recipes calling for brown sugar are surprisingly ubiquitous. Cookie season is fast approaching in the Northern hemisphere (of course, for many of us, it's always here), and so many great cookie recipes seem to call for…
Slate recently published a wonderful article called "When Life Gives You Lemons, Put Them in Everything." And what's not to love about a lemon? It's a beautiful fruit which adds zest to both sweet and savory dishes,…
Of all the many recent food fads, bacon seems to be hanging around longer than most. We'll admit there have been some extremes (Jack in the Box's Bacon Milkshake certainly qualifies), but that still doesn't eliminate…
Food science seems to have turned a corner for those of us who cook at home. Of course, practical advice has been around as long as there have been cooks - have all your ingredients at room temperature before baking!…
As this article from Endless Simmer* warns, "Steel your arteries." They've compiled a list of the top 10 new foods from the state fairs. The intro states it all, "Well, in regards to ridiculous overloads of novelty…
Local, healthy ingredients are a world-wide craze. But what do you do when your growing season is only two-months long? This is one of the challenges that modern Nordic chefs face as they try to expand beyond "Ikea…
