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Starting with dried fruit, such as strawberries, apricots or cherries, will result in preserves with uncommonly deep flavors. (Corrine Kozlak/food styling.)

Dried fruit packs intense flavor into homemade preserves

June 15, 2018 at 8:23 p.m.

The season of fresh fruit — and the urge to preserve it — will soon be upon us. Strawberries and rhubarb open the season, their bright red signaling the official...

Form the sausage mixture into patties with your hands. Alternatively, you can form links, with or without casings, or balls. (Styling by Corrine Kozlak)

How to make fresh sausage at home

April 19, 2019 at 11:33 a.m.

Every culture around the world has sausage in some form or another. That's because sausages are a great way to get maximum use of a butchered animal — grinding all...

Nutella haystacks, from upper left, fruit gummies and AKC chow are easy confections you can make for holiday gifts. (Food styling by Corrine Kozlak.)

5 easy holiday gift confections even noncooks can make

August 18, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

The season to be harried is upon us. Holiday parties and family gatherings may leave you little time to appreciate the season — and the reason for the season sure...

Your butter is ready for brushing on baked goods and using myriad ways in holiday cooking.

Homemade butter gilds holiday tables

August 18, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.

As we gear up for the holidays, you may think of turkey and all the dishes that go alongside it on the holiday table. You may busy yourself trolling Pinterest...

How to cook grass-fed meat

June 17, 2018 at 10:08 a.m.

Grass-fed beef and bison, pastured pork and poultry, and lamb and goat are enjoying a heyday right now. But if you don't cook them properly, you may be disappointed. We...

Eternal appeal of Mediterranean cooking

June 29, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

Over the past several months, we have noted a fresh crop of Mediterranean offerings. Authors and publishers still find fresh pleasures in the food of the Med, and bet that...

Eternal appeal of Mediterranean cooking

December 23, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.

Over the past several months, we have noted a fresh crop of Mediterranean offerings. Authors and publishers still find fresh pleasures in the food of the Med, and bet that...

When is it done? James Peterson sets out to answer the eternal question

June 18, 2018 at 9:41 a.m.

I've been cooking for more than 35 years, yet I learned more about how to be a good cook in the first pages of James Peterson's newest book, "Done" than...

Finished product. Sourdough bread baked in a cast iron pot.

No-knead sourdough bread recipe

May 31, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

You've seen those lovely domed sourdough loaves and baguettes in restaurants and bakeries or pictured on television and in magazines. And you've wondered whether you could make a loaf as...

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