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Decorated Easter eggs lie in dishes during the Sorbs Easter egg market in Bautzen, Germany, Saturday, March 7, 2020. Painting eggs and decorating them in different design for Easter is a long tradition in Sorb families. Sorbs are an ethnic Slavic German minority located near the German-Polish border. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

The history of dyeing Easter eggs and a few wacky ways to do it

March 18, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

Transforming everyday eggs into bright, colorful, sometimes speckled or glittery objects is one of spring's great pleasures, even if you aren't a kid. Although the most famous decorated eggs today...

Using a cast iron skillet to reheat leftovers instead of a microwave adds much-needed texture. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Hate leftovers? Here are 10 tips to make yesterday’s meals more exciting today

March 12, 2020 at 10:59 a.m.

Not thinking ahead about leftovers is one of the biggest mistakes that home cooks make. The best cooks I know are thinking about the meals they'll make with leftovers while...

Cozy up with homemade slow cooker chai, plum chai pie

February 4, 2020 at 11:14 a.m.

It's not exactly plum season, but it's certainly chai season. The traditional Indian tea has become popular the world over, where it's often erroneously referred to as "chai tea," which...

Cover of "Meals That Heals" by Carolyn Williams.

Back to the basics: How to make a roasted veggie and polenta bowl

January 6, 2020 at 11:04 a.m.

Ready for another year of cooking? The post-holiday season is a natural time to think about what we want to carry over from last year and what new habits, ideas,...

Whole Foods saw White Claw coming; what grocery trends will be big in 2020?

December 24, 2019 at 11:34 a.m.

A year ago, Whole Foods predicted that Pacific Rim flavors, faux meat products, shelf-stable probiotics, hemp-based and fat-forward foods, fancy ice creams and sea vegetables would be the biggest food...

Tartine: A Classic Revisited: 68 All-New Recipes & 55 Updated Favorites,by Elisabeth Prueitt.

Recipe: Sweet potato tea cake with meringue

December 18, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

The original "Tartine" came out in 2006, which feels like eons ago. Inspired by the San Francisco bakery of the same name, the book became an instant classic for bakers...

Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

Test your Griswold knowledge in this ‘Christmas Vacation’ quiz

December 4, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

"Hallelujah. Holy (expletive). Where's the Tylenol?" As foul-mouthed holiday rants go, a couple of Chevy Chase's — as family man Clark Griswold in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" — are up...

Skillet Love: From Steak to Cake: More Than 150 Recipes in One Cast-Iron Pan" by Anne Bryn.

Pull out the cast-iron skillet for these lamb chops with tomato and mint slaw

November 25, 2019 at 10:57 a.m.

With the acquisition of one of my grandmother's 10-inch cast-iron frying pan with a near Teflon-level of seasoning, I now have three heavy-bottomed skillets on my stove right now. That's...

Chilly nights call for cozy bowls of steaming soup (or stew or chili).

Cold front coming? Here are 6 soup recipes to keep you warm

December 20, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

If you haven't put your stock pot — or slow cooker, Instant Pot or Dutch oven — to work yet this season, what are you waiting for? Chilly nights call...

Book cover of "Comfort in an Instant" by Melissa Clark.

Making comfort food in a hurry? Try this Instant Pot shrimp and grits with bacon, cheese

November 20, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

Shrimp and grits are a cozy meal that can feed a crowd, but it can take a while to cook each element, especially if you're not accustomed to cooking (and...

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