The good egg
Recently I met a chicken. She was the fluffy, pecking, chatty sort of chicken, keen on her afternoon snack of fresh thyme and stale graham cracker. I believe she said...
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The rules of cake engagement
The rule is a bossy know-it-all. Consider the speed limit, stop sign or recommended daily allowance. Well intentioned. But exasperating. Who wouldn't rather drive 80, unfettered, while singlehandedly dispatching the...
The rules of cake engagement
The rule is a bossy know-it-all. Consider the speed limit, stop sign or recommended daily allowance. Well intentioned. But exasperating. Who wouldn't rather drive 80, unfettered, while singlehandedly dispatching the...
Cracking the code of the cracker
The cracker strikes many a pose. The scallop-edged ersatz elegance of the Ritz. The sea-salt-of-the-earth languor of the Lavash. The trim tension of the Wheat Thin. The pale solicitude of...
Brazilian dish with Irish accent
Corned beef calls for beef, though no corn. Rather a corn, or kernel, of salt. Propelling mere brisket toward tender, pink, salt-cured immortality. Which comes in handy this week as...
‘Average Mom’ does it all
"Iron Chef" fails to impress. Likewise "Chopped." Sure those chefs can compose a complicated, beautiful and delicious dish — times four — in less than 60 minutes. Sure they can...
Mix-and-match meal
Should you find yourself stranded in a cabin, on a mountain, in the snow, with no distraction save one overwrought puzzle, you will be seized by a desire to cook....
Mix-and-match meal
Should you find yourself stranded in a cabin, on a mountain, in the snow, with no distraction save one overwrought puzzle, you will be seized by a desire to cook....
Real food provides real comfort
The needy need sustenance. So when the casserole contingent cornered me, I shrugged "sure." I was issued a 9-by-13 foil pan and marching orders: bake, freeze and deliver. That's the...
Real food provides real comfort
The needy need sustenance. So when the casserole contingent cornered me, I shrugged "sure." I was issued a 9-by-13 foil pan and marching orders: bake, freeze and deliver. That's the...