Cooking Off the Cuff: Crazy for chickpeas
The last thing I expected to bring home from a recent trip to Barcelona was a craze for chickpeas. Some kind of sausage or a new rice-cooking trick maybe, or perhaps an odd mollusk not found in North Atlantic waters. But garbanzos? Read full article >>
Make two, freeze one: Spanish Chicken and Rice
Since we're interested in meals we can make ahead, we're adding this dish to the list.
Burritos with Multi-Colored Rajas, Ham, and Cheese
By adding turkey ham and colorful sweet bell peppers to the traditional burrito filled with rajas/strips of poblano chiles and cheese, a delicious antojito can be transformed into an even more delicious one. If you do not believe me, just ask "traditional" Maria.
Matt Preston marinates pork steaks
Recipe by Matt Preston; Stylist - Jane Hann; Food preparation - Sarah Hobbs.
The gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee.
Japanese BENIHANA VILLAGE Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, 732-5821. Japanese tabletop cooking at its finest. The chefs deliver great steaming-hot food, as well as an entertaining show.
Shop the outside aisles, but don't fear the inside
When you start to care about where your food comes from, you learn to shop the edges of the grocery store as opposed to the center aisles. Here's where you'll generally find the fresh produce, the butcher and seafood...
Radishes radiant in winter
A cook’s highest compliment to a fruit or vegetable is simplicity of preparation. Think of a mid-August tomato, the disinclination to interrupt its sun-ripened flavor with anything more than a bit of salt, or May’s first spears of asparagus, the ones so sweet and tender that cooking them seems almost uncivil.
Bulletin Board: Reader-submitted items of community interest
Upcoming events of interest in your neighborhood and nearby communities submitted by our readers.
There is a home–with good food–amid the Terraces
The town of Kiangan in Ifugao is reached after a long drive through landscapes of forested mountains and rushing streams. I had the sense that we were far from everything else, but in truth we were but a few hours outside the bustling cities of the Cagayan Valley.