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Keeping Holiday Traditions Alive
As we leave 2020 behind, the holiday feasts are memories to savor, and we look hopefully toward the future, have you thought about keeping a diary of your experiences? For most of us, I suspect that this unusual holiday season…
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Getting Lucky in 2021
Feeling better about 2021? Want to hedge your bets? Since we are cooking more these days, let’s look at the cultural food traditions around New Year’s that promise good fortune for the coming year. We all need to eat, so…
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Making Hash Out of Holiday Dinners
We’re getting to the end of the festive holiday meals, and the leftovers are piling up. Now’s the time to think about that old standby: hash. All those potatoes, vegetables, and that large hunk of meat are just asking to…
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Do Something Different with Holiday Treats
What can you do with all of those leftover Christmas goodies? Some will be taking up space in the fridge, others clogging your counter or cupboard space. We don’t want to waste food or end up with a science project.…
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Preserving Treasured Stories in a Family Cookbook
When I was young, my grandmother made the best date-nut cookies. They were a dark chewy blend of sweet and nut, and always around and available in a ceramic cookie jar in her kitchen. My father’s mother, she was a…
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Holy Sheet Pan! No-Fuss Dinner in 30 Minutes
Looking for a way to make your life easier? How about a meal that’s easy, nutritious, and takes less than an hour from start to finish? Look no further than a sheet pan. I suspect that you might already have…
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What to Do When You’re Just Bored with Food
If you feel like you’re in a cooking rut, apparently, you’re not alone. In a recent article in the New Yorker, author Helen Rosner wrote an essay entitled “The Joylessness of Cooking.” And The New York Times’ Sam Sifton, while…
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Gifts of Love that Keep on Giving
If we want a festive holiday season this year, we’ll have to be even more creative than usual. When I think festive, I think food. What came to mind for me was the result of a simple human interaction. This…
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You Don’t Know Beans
Growing up, I never would have expected to sing the praises of beans. But, of late, I’ve come to admire the lowly pods of protein and carbohydrates first domesticated in South America 10,000 years ago. Compare them with a hamburger.…
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Jell-O: A Legend in Its Time
There’s Always Room for Jell-O. Well, maybe not anymore. That 1964 advertising slogan, well remembered by those of a certain age, was introduced to help sell Jell-O as a “light dessert” after a heavy meal. And the 1950s and 60s…
