Featured Cookbooks & Recipes
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Food is a window into our past, says Jacques Pepin
Some of our strongest memories are tied to food, writes esteemed chef Jacques Pépin, who associates specific dishes and ingredients with his family members and the places he has lived. "Going back as far as my memory…
Save 30% on Workman & Artisan books
If you are interested in expanding your cookbook collection (and we know you are), you will love our new partnership with Workman Publishing and Artisan Books. For the next 30 days, you can save 30% off the cover price…
A case for traditional kitchens
Click on almost any kitchen design website, and you'll probably see large, open kitchens that flow seamlessly into surrounding living spaces. While this concept has seen steadily increasing popularity in the past decade…
Tips for achieving latke perfection
Latkes are among the many traditional foods that will make an appearance on tables during Hanukkah. Yahoo! Food offers five rules for making latkes to ensure that each one is perfectly light, crispy, and delicious.…
Williams-Sonoma founder Chuck Williams dies at 100
Charles (Chuck) Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma, which introduced French cookware and high-end ingredients into American kitchens, died yesterday at the age of 100. Williams started Williams-Sonoma in 1956 when he…
The science of baking soda
Baking soda is an ingredient that almost every cook, and certainly every baker, always has on hand. It's so ubiquitous that we generally don't give it a second thought. But as indexed blog Serious Eats points out,…
Featured Cookbooks & Recipes
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Antipasto Holidays & Celebrations
The ultimate holiday foodie gift guide
If you're like most people, your email inbox is brimming with advertisements for every website you've even thought about visiting in the last year. As tempting as those products may be, we have a listing of sites…
How to winterize your favorite summer drinks
Mojitos, daiquiris, and margaritas conjure up tropical shores and a balmy climate. You might feel like these drinks are for the summer only, but PUNCH magazine says we should reconsider that position. They've provided…
Bakers try new takes on challah
Bread of some sort is part of almost every Jewish holiday. Hanukkah's bread, challah, has come to be known as a soft, yeasted bread with an airy crumb. But that wasn't always the case, and recently Jewish bakers have…
Pros recall their worst food disasters
Most of us have kitchen disaster tales about fallen cakes, grossly overcooked meats, or room-clearing smoke bombs. But we're in good company as even the pros have horror stories of food gone terribly wrong. NPR's The…